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Nokia 5310 Mobile Phone Review

Those days are long gone when you had to carry a walk man or even an MP3 player to listen to your favorite audio tracks. Now mobile technology has developed phones that give the opportunity for wireless communication as well as the facility to load up your audio files on to the set. The Nokia 5310 is expressively known as a music phone. In its essence you will find it to be an all round sound phone that has a wide mass appeal due to its list of other popular features.

No doubt this phone is well apt to drive the Sony Ericsson Walkman range out the market it has a lot more to it than just good audio functions. In terms of design this machine is configured to be real slim. Lightweight phones that have a slim and sleek body have a universal appeal due to the cool look that they give and the convenience with which one can carry such a phone. The Nokia 5310 comes in a choice of either red of blue both of which are real hot colors making it a phone that stands out in your hand. It is built in a classic shape measuring only 9.9mm in thickness. The design is highly practical as it does not compromise on the keyboard size or LCD display. Five way navigation keys and specifically dedicated keys for managing your audio files are some of the things that make this design highly practical along with being stylish.

The memory bank on this machine has an extensive capacity of 4 GB with the option to expand via an external memory card lest you need more space to store in your audio files. The 5310 also sports a 2 megapixel camera that although lacks a flash is well apt to give you decent picture quality in good light. The display screen is big and has an outstanding picture quality which tremendously uplifts the value of the phone. Also embedded in this model is Bluetooth technology and in spite of being a non 3G phone it gives you fast data transmission using EDGE technology. Although the phone sports all these interesting features its biggest drawback is its low battery life which considerably restricts the users.