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The Nokia 5200 is a mobile phone almost similar to its “big brother””, Nokia 5300 xPress Music. Even if the Nokia 5200 doesn’t have the xPress Music feature, it has a pleasant design like all other mobile phones which are equipped with a Music Player. Being a mid-level handset, this Nokia cell phone is designed for people who want to have a mobile phone capable of playing music at a higher level.



As we said, the Nokia 5200 has a pleasant aspect. It comes with a “clamshell” case made of plastic with only 92.4 x 48.2 x 20.7 mm in dimensions. The weight is also impressive. It weighs 104 grams, a great value for a slider phone. The case is available in many combinations of colors, but the standard and the most popular combination is “white and blue”.



This phone comes with a navigation joystick, which works easily, a dedicated camera shutter and a Radio button on the right side and two volume keys (which can be used for zooming in camera mode) on the left side. The front side is occupied by a CSTN display, a joystick, two soft buttons and the usual Call and End keys. On the left of the display a useful dedicated Music Player key is placed which will bring the music player on top by simply pressing it. The numerical pad is great. Even if is made of plastic, it is pleasant to touch and is very responsive. The keys are large and offer a positive feedback when they are pressed so you can write on them comfortably.



The Nokia 5200 comes with a large range of features. For displaying images, it is equipped with a 2.0 inch CSTN display with a native resolution of 128 x 160 pixels and capable of supporting 256K colors. Even if this display has a small resolution, it is capable of showing you images with enough clearance and a good quality of colors. For taking photos, the Nokia 5200 comes equipped with a VGA camera capable of taking photos at a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. Maybe you will think that this camera is too mediocre for this cell phone. Well, this is not true because the Nokia 5200 is not a top-rated mobile phone and having a low price it is not equipped with powerful features. You will see that this cell phone doesn’t make a great impression at connectivity features. The Nokia 5200 is a Dual-Band (GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900) device and even if it lacks 3G, Wi-Fi and GPS, it will offer clear and constant conversations without interruptions. For other connectivity options you have at your disposal GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, Infrared and USB. Maybe one of the most important aspects of a “Music Player” mobile phone is the internal memory. At this chapter, the Nokia 5200 stands proud even if the internal memory has only 5 MB of free space. It is armed with a microSD card slot which will extend the internal memory up to 2 GB. The battery life may be another disappointing aspect of this cell phone. The standard Li-Ion 760 mAh battery is capable of keeping this unit on for almost 3 hours and 10 minutes of conversations and up to 263 hours in standby mode. Being a small capacity battery, we recommend you buy a secondary battery to extend the life of your phone.



Anyway, the Nokia 5200 can be considered like a secondary choice if you don’t have enough money to spend on a Nokia 5300 xPress Music.