ok, after days of playing with this cellphone which i bought last week, i gotta say this phone ain't gonna last long.

Design Impression
from a distant, it looks good, for a while observation, it looks good, after spend saturday and sunday with it, it's an ugly fugly phone. overall, if have a glance on this phone, it's a beautifull phone.

Accessories.
i went to a few shop looking for pouches for this phone, 4 shops i wwent to, never heard of 5610 till i show them my phone...they are impress with nokia new design. Somehow, after searching thru, no pouches is fit for thise phone, those pouches is either too thick or too long. i ended up with a samsung pouches....arrgghhh!!!!

The Slide.
i am not impress at all cause i know after using this phone for 6 months, the slide will be loose. This is based on my experience with nokia first slide phone 6111. just less than a week, my slide is loose

Buttons.
the volume button is not responsive, i have to press it with my finger till the button bend in to get response. This is due to the flat design method for the phone, look nice but ain't pratical. the camera button felt horrible, it is so bumping and not solid at all, to autofocus it and to take a shot is very much incosistent due to pressing the button is too rubber feel. The slide button wear and tear test is not good too, i know somehow the slide button ain't gonna last long. just less than a week, my slide button is a bit loose.

The LCD screen.
It is ok, no comment, nothing so impressive about it. it is clear, crisp and there is nothing to scream about it.

The Lights.
Now this is the weirdest part. if the slide remain in the default position. no lights will appear for the arrow keys and soft keys. the light will only appear if i slide up the screen. damn weird!!!

The Sound.
whatever they claimed about the dedicated chip, it is pure BS, my dopod 838Pro produce better sound effect. The pitch is too high causing cracking effect on the speaker, the music clearity is not up to my expectation, my 3 years old SE K-600 produce better music compare to this 5610 model.

and one last thing i need to mention is the open up the back cover to change the memory card is so pathetic, it is just not smooth to remove the cover and that cheap design is just so dissapointing.

Conclusion: It is a very beautifull phone, but the price 1360 bucks ain't worth it. my mate Samsung U600 outperform this phone interm of build quality, sound, screen clearity and sliding wear and tear tolerance is much more better than 5610.

end say.

Forgive me but this sounds like one big fat troll post

what is the market price?

some are selling it at 1.8 k with bluetooth headset, for normal package, its around 1.2k - 1.3k ++ for avaxx set

Eeeeew, that takes me away from this phone.
Maybe in the next 6 months I'll consider it again.

Ah to hell with it, I'll just stick to a Nokia 5700.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Nov 6 2007, 02:43 PM

im wondering if i should go for the 5310 instead now......

i am so regret i never go for 5310, i was indeed choosing 5610 or 5310 as my secondary phone for weekend use....i chose 5610 cause the design caught my attention, 3G capability and scroll button. thats it!! but i too like 5310 cause it is light and very slim, but i hate candy bar phone. so ended up with 5610, i suggest you go straight to 5310 cause at least you have no worry on the tear and wear matters.

-- Nokia 5610 .. AP rm1,120 .. original rm1,199 ...

Damn, by next year it'll be affordable for me. U guys think I should wait for this or just buy a 5700?

till now only 5310 got 3.5mm jack right?
all others nokia don't have 3.5mm jack ka? (except n91)

n76.. the flip phone, has a 3.5mm jack aso..

omg! someone finally agrees with me, nokia slides are the worst, and yet they are creating more and more =.= slides get faulty, esp the spring inside, N95 is dif cos it doesnt have a spring inside, so it wont go dead so fast, unlike my 6280 and 6111. very bad exp, I say i u wan a long lasting phone, dont get slide.

mind show me the shop selling it at rm1199????? i mean either zitron or avax, my dude friend work for avax also say he wanna know which shop selling it at 1199 which is the cost price.

alkaline addict - that is BDL price. he is based in penang.

played with a 5610 blue today..
overall it looks good..
but the new "rocker" key in the middle feel a bit cheap..
and the whole phone is very plasticky especially the dpad area..4 buttons using 1 plastic plate..donno can last or not...the camera is just like the Lamour 7390 quality...

ok i wanna add some more comments after playing with this phone. regarding the sounds, it ain't sounds good on speaker, this is i guess a nokia traditional issues with the cheap speakers, BUT it rocks when on earphone!! the audio widening makes it superb!!!

the battery life, i played entire album of green day collection, 23 songs, max volume on the nokia earpiece, the battery level from 100% drop to 40% and i say thats sucks cause this is suppose to be a walkman kindda phone and i should able to play music for at least half day and make calls, sms, net surfing for another half a day.....however, the battery really is a huge turn off.

the backcover cannot cover properly, leaving the upper left edge a huge gap. bad design bad clips.

i had tried numerous time to restore the phone, it takes me 3 tries to make the restoration successfull.

anyhow, i think i am kindda in love with this phone, the mp3 playing quality is good. it is still a cheap budget mp3 phone with great design. i couldn't expect a perfect phone with perfect quality slide with 1.3k. good things ain't come cheap.

some pictures:

thinking to get one for my sister this coming december xD

if i be as u, i will wait for a while.

for those wanna get it, i would like to remind ya all, this is not really a walkman phone or claim by nokia as music express phone or whatever....its gimmick...if you need a walkmen phone, get a Sony ericsson.....5610 is just a normal 3g phone rebranding as a walkmen phone.

what's wrong with his nails ar?got ink stain?hehe