Nokia X5-01 review: Round the square

01 November 2010
On occasion Nokia will experiment with form factor and shape. The Nokia X5-01 is the kind of phone that might just leave you wondering. Is it having a bad slider day or a great square day? No, the Nokia X5 is better than that. It's a neat and chubby smartie...

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  • 02 Nov 2010

Anonymous, 02 Nov 2010it knocks indicating message counter????? What happened ... more...or you could just answer your messages? :--P If you have 22 new messages maybe you answer them so infrequently you need a bit of annoyance to do something about it! :--]

That's not the only way it tells you how many messages you have - just a cute little feature for when you don't want to look at the phone right then.



I really like the "spin-to-shuffle" idea. You'd need BT headphones though :--]

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    • Anonymous
    • pJG
    • 02 Nov 2010

    OMG!!! Just when I think Nokia can't make the next phone model worse than the last they do it again!

    Who designs the phones in Nokia? A drunken blind man?

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      • Anonymous
      • 39k
      • 02 Nov 2010

      this can not be compared to x10 mini pro or vivaz pro considering prices i can find now x10 mini pro below 200 euros

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        • Tayyab Shahbaz
        • uWB
        • 02 Nov 2010

        What an ugly thing. Come on nokia....

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          • Anonymous
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          • 02 Nov 2010

          it's a marvellous device, let down by a small display and no wlan n.

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            • Anonymous
            • ItZ
            • 02 Nov 2010

            it knocks indicating message counter????? What happened to a voice indication? I would much rather hear a digital voice say twenty two messages... rather than sit there listening and HAVING TO COUNT the knocks twenty two times..... time consuming, and ridiculous. that one feature is a fail.

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              • Anonymous
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              • 02 Nov 2010

              Lol nokia's battery life also sucks despite the low ram.

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                • Emy
                • x86
                • 02 Nov 2010

                I love Nokia but I've never seen anything this hideous in my life. It's the most ugly phone I've seen in my life (keep in mind that I don't take into consideration phones that appeared 10years ago, because they've might be outdated now, but at that time they were cool).

                Seriously Nokia, if you keep it like this you're going to get bankrupt.
                I loved all your products, all my phones were nokia, I even had the N900, but I'm starting to have the feeling you don't know anymore how to make a phone, and you're struggling to make phones. You're making as much phones as possible just to be in the lead, but at the same time you're loosing time and money which you could invest in a good phone which could push you back in the High-end market. N900 was an awesome phone, but you've decided to ignore it. N8 is an awesome phone, but you've ruined it with Simbian.
                You can still make low and mid range smart phones, which are perfect for my dad which doesn't need apps. But please, when you make a product make it right or listen to your users feedback (not like you did with N900).

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 02 Nov 2010

                  Anonymous, 02 Nov 2010Lol what so great about N8 hardware that this is approachin... morefor your information, even the android OS (known as resource hog) on Archos 101 tablet which is a 10.1" screen has only 256mb of RAM and it's silky smooth. The point is mobility applications doesn't need more RAM (battery life IS the important factor here), in desktop PCs it's another story.

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                    • 02 Nov 2010

                    Anonymous, 02 Nov 2010Lol what so great about N8 hardware that this is approachin... moredude, this is a non-touchscreen phone, why do u need more ram? Have you even seen the vid of a E5 (same hardware and os with the x5-01) multitasking 73 apps at one time!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • wuj
                      • 02 Nov 2010

                      what does smart dialing mean?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • ut9
                        • 02 Nov 2010

                        Lol what so great about N8 hardware that this is approaching. 256 ram sucks!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • p$t
                          • 02 Nov 2010

                          no smart dialing? sucks... It is no problem if phone has no latest media functions, but smart dialing it's very important using phone as phone.
                          I will never buy such phone..

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                            • KxY
                            • 02 Nov 2010

                            i like this phone. . .the fantastic design

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                              • YTY
                              • 02 Nov 2010

                              as the various form factors are being utilised by different companies, it is good to see this kinda shape which offers lots of functionality with nice processor speed. The only grouse is the fixed focus cameras that Nokia has started bringing to its portfolio.

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                                • andy burgin
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                                • 02 Nov 2010

                                When people first saw this mobile they thought it was nothing spectactualar,but reading this review shows that its a good little mobile from Nokia,looks like a nice little phone to put in your pockets instead of large touchscreen mobiles,will keep an eye on this mobile an price an might buy this as my spare mobile after getting the n8

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                                  • 01 Nov 2010

                                  when c7 review?

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 01 Nov 2010

                                    Same old specs..

                                    what does 'X' could do with this,when theres same specs like 'E','C',and'N' series.. Their just using those letter,but AGAIN with same feature and specs..

                                    Booorriinnggg. . .

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • iFq
                                      • 01 Nov 2010

                                      Not to mention, I like the funny design of this little phony xD

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                                        • Sails
                                        • ntg
                                        • 01 Nov 2010

                                        Really fun looking little phone.