Exterior
Nokia never wanted to have the world’s slimmest phone award, so we’re not used to see a really slim model from them, but fortunately 5630 is an exception, as it’s only 12 mm thick. It’s not large either (112 x 46 mm) and its weight is negligible compared to the features it has, it weighs only 83 grams. This probably made it evident that the new XpressMusic doesn’t have a metal case, but let’s make things clear: the plastic is very high quality, 5630 won’t crack during use like its predecessor did.
There are a lot of things on top of the front panel, in the top left corner we can see the inevitable Nokia label, the speaker is in the center, while on the right we can find the secondary camera and the light sensor. Below these there is the 2.2” QVGA TFT display, which has great color fidelity and readability – even in sunlight, although in that case the refresh rate seems to low, the screen flickers a bit, but I think that’s not such a big problem. There is a large empty space below the display and this is not the first phone where the screen is “pushed” up to the top of the front panel – there were people who really hated this, but I think it’s okay. In the middle we can see the main controls, the five-way d-pad is very easy to use and the button triplets around it are very small, but thanks to their layout and arced surface they are also very easy to use. The same is true for the numerical keypad, which has cool labels and provides a fast and comfortable text entry.
The back panel is typical XpressMusic, there are small pits all over – golf ball light. On the top there is the 3.2 megapixel camera and the dual-LED flash, these being enclosed in a brushed metal frame. On the bottom we can see a large row of holes, this covers two speakers, so we have stereo – of course we might ask what will we hear of this, as the two speakers are about 1.5 cm apart.
On the top there is the microUSB connector and the 3.5 mm headset jack, there’s no use looking for a standard Nokia charger connector, as there isn’t any – I think everyone has figured this out when reading the list of accessories. As the microphone is between the 0 and # keys, there’s nothing on the bottom, but the sides have lots of stuff…
…as on the left we can see the three music control keys and the neckband’s hook, while on the right we find the volume control keys, the microSD slot and the camera’s shoot key. I think this last one is placed too low, and it’s even hard to press, which will make most of the pictures taken with the phone to be tilted to the right. The more uncomfortable parts are the music control keys on the other side, as they are placed wrong, we can barely press them and theoretically we should be able to use them through the case we get with the phone, but it’s nearly impossible to find them, as they are very close to each other and are barely embossed. Although it’s hard to observe on the pictures on this page, there are musical signs above the keys, which clearly say what the buttons do, but I think they look pretty lame.
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