5530 Xpress Music

In india, Nokia N73 Music Edition is one of  the most popular smartphones.The current price of Nokia N73 Music Edition is around Rs 12000.As 5530 is expected to cost around Rs 13000 it has a good chance of capturing the N73 market.5530 is far more superior in features when compared to N73 Music Edition which makes it the best value for money touchscreen smartphone.5530 Xpress Music has full potential to repeat the success of Nokia N73.

5530 Xpress Music

N73 Music Edition

Nokia 5530 Advantages-

• More attractive.Slimmer(13mm) and lighter(107g) in weight

• Touchscreen Display.Bigger in size (3.2 inch) with better screen resolution (360×640 Pixels) and color (16 Million).

• Almost Double Processor speed (434 mHz CPU) and RAM (128MB).

• 4GB memory card included in Sales package instead of 2GB with Nokia N73 Music Edition.

• 3.5 mm Audio Jack to plug-in your own earphones.

• Better audio quality through Dedicated Audio Chip.

• Wifi for high speed internet connectivity

• Additional features such as TV Output and Accelerometer.

Nokia N73 Advantages-

• Both 5530 and N73 have the same 3.2 Mp camera,but i doubt that 5530 will be able to perform as good as N73.I’m saying this on the basis of average results obtained through 3.2 MP camera of 5800. Video recording is of mediocre quality in 5530 with maximum video resolution being 176×220 Pixels.N73 can record videos up to 352×288 Pixels in size.

• N73 has 3G, which is replaced by Wifi in Nokia 5530 Xpress Music.

Differences between Nokia 5530 Xpress Music and Nokia N73 Music Edition in Tabular Form -

	5530 Xpress Music	N73 Music Edition
Thickness	13 mm	19 mm
Weight	107 g	116 g
Display	Touchscreen,360×640 Pixels	240×320 Pixels, 2.4 inch,
	2.9 inch,16 Million Colors	256K Colors
Qwerty Keyboard	Yes	No
Dedicated Keys	Volume Key,Music Key,	Volume Key,Camera Key,Music Key
	Camera Key,Keylock Switch
Sensors	Light Sensor,Proximity Sensor	Light sensor
Operating System	Symbian OS v9.4, S60v5	Symbian OS v9.1,S60v3
CPU	434 MHz Processor	220 Mhz Processor
RAM	128 MB	64 MB
Phone memory	70 MB	42 MB
Expandable Memory	Micro SD, 4GB included,Up to 16 GB	Mini DS,2 GB Included,Up to 2 GB
Bluetooth	v 2.0 with A2DP	v 2.0 with A2DP
3G	No	Yes,384 Kbps
Wifi	802.11 b/g	No
EDGE	Class 32	Class 11
GPRS	Class 32	Class 10
USB	v2.0 Micro USB	v2.0 Mini USB
Web Browser	HTML,XHTML,WML	HTML,XHTML,WML
Camera	3.2 MP (2048×1536)	3.2 MP (2048×1536)
	Autofocus, 4x Zoom LED Flash	Autofocus, 4x Zoom LED Flash
	Video-176×220,15fps	Video-352×288,15fps
GPS	No	No
Accelerometer	Yes	No
TV Output	Yes	No
Audio Playback	Supported formats-AAC,AWB,M4A,	Supported formats-AAC,AWB,M4A,
	MIDI,MP3,MP4,RM,WAV	MIDI,MP3,MP4,RM,WAV
Video Playback	Frame Rate 30fps,Supported formats-	Supported formats-
	3GP(H.263),Flash,H.264,MP4,RM,WMV9	3GP(H.263),Flash,H.264,MP4,RM
Flash Player	Flash Lite 3.0	Flash Lite 2.1
FM	Stereo FM	Stereo FM
Battery	BL-4U, 3.7v ,1000 mAh	BP-6M, 3.7v, 1100 mAh
Talk Time	Up to 4.9 Hours	Up to 6 Hours
Standby Time	Up to 15 Days	Up to 350 Hours
Music Playback Time	27 Hours	12.6 Hours
Available Colors	Black with Red Accents	Black
	White with Blue Accnets
	White with Yellow Accents
	Black with Grey Accents
	White with Pink Accents
Price	Rs 13000	Rs 12000

Conclusion – It is clear from the above comparison that Nokia N73 is quite outdated and it lacks behind 5530 in most of the areas.So,in my opinion invest a little more and get Nokia 5530 Xpress Music which offers a lot more than N73 Music Edition.