Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Costs P12,150 in the Philippines
By Rico, 7:07 am Sat Oct 24 2009 - Featured, Rundowns - 14 Opinions
In many ways the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is a newer version of the 5800, Nokia’s first touch-screen phone. But the 5530 retails for only P12,150 (compared to the 5800’s P19,990 launch price), despite two included extras that immensely increases the phone’s value-for-money proposition.
Each 5530 sold in the Philippines comes with 60 days of free WiFi at any Airborne Access hotspot, and 500 credits for the Universal Music mobile store (only accessible through certain Nokia phones). In other words, those who buy the 5530 XpressMusic get two months worth of free internet, and effectively 500 legit copies of videos and songs.
All they have to do is visit the link above, and register for an account (entering the activation code that comes with the phone is required). Once this is done, they can browse the catalog, and for every song or video downloaded 1 credit is deducted from their starting total of 500.
The are some caveats with these freebies however: the music store selection seems quite limited, in sometimes weird ways. There are tons of Bryan Adams songs, but I only found one Akon song (Right Now) and video (Blame Me). The search function didn’t work, returning database errors. Also, the free WiFi is locked to the phone itself; it’s not possible to use it on another WiFi-capable device.
Still, at first glance, the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic seems to maximize every peso of the P12,150 you’ll spend on it. Aside from getting a touch-screen phone that’s Wi-Fi capable, with a standard 3.5mm earphone jack and a 2.0 megapixel camera, future owners get the free WiFi, music, and videos discussed above. Stay tuned for a full review!
arvin
8:08 am Sat Oct 24 2009
Sayang alang 3G.
bursky
9:09 am Sat Oct 24 2009
*crossing fingers on the 2MP camera*
Rico
11:11 am Sat Oct 24 2009
arvin: You mean walang 3.5G
bursky:
jcf
8:08 pm Sat Oct 24 2009
i hope nokia will update the software of 5800 to include an application bar below the phone screen similar to this one. it seems unfair that 5530 has this and 5800 don’t.
pareng hilton
10:10 pm Mon Oct 26 2009
its only 11,000 pesos in greenhills..
Jonas Diego
8:08 am Tue Oct 27 2009
Looks promising!
Sherlyne
11:11 am Mon Nov 2 2009
3.15 megapixel ang Nokia 5530. =)
Kev
8:08 pm Tue Nov 3 2009
para namang walang libreng ganun yung 5800. Meron din naman ah. 5800>5530. Features to money value lamang din ang 5800, ganda rin nang pagkakamodel lamang ang 5800. Meron lang sa 5530 ay kinetic scrolling na ibibigay na sa 5800 sa sunod na firmware update. San ka pa?
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Pictures
7:07 am Wed Nov 4 2009
[...] There are also some interface animations currently unique to this relatively affordable phone (SRP is P12,150)—at least until Nokia comes out with updates for the other two [...]
songmihyeon
3:03 pm Fri Jan 1 2010
ano po ba myroon sa 5530 kc di ko alam pro pag kaalam ko maganda yong 5800 mayroon na ako na bili ko d2 sa korea this dec lang unang labas d2 salamt
lo0vidavs..
11:11 pm Fri Jan 15 2010
which do you think is better? samsung 5310 or ung nokia 5530? ang advantage lan kasi nung 5310 is nay qwerty ketpad sya..pero matibaypo ba abg samsung?
sumetuhyo
5:05 pm Sun Jan 24 2010
tamang tama lang sa taong di kailangan ang 3g…tsaka ang mura nalang n2 ngaun. P9,800 nalang dun sa sang store na nakita ko…pati sa ilang online store. Tsaka sabi dun sa off site 3.15 megapixel daw camera ng 5530…!
yen
3:03 pm Wed Jan 27 2010
as of now… anu na po SRP ng phone?
JZ
2:02 pm Sun Feb 28 2010
nakita ko sa isang website 10,000-10,500… hindi ko lang alam kung magkano na sha ngayong march… sana 10k…
sa mga nakaka alam sana paki update kami… kase balak ko na bumili…