Nokia 5530 XpressMusic vs Samsung Star S5230/Tocco Lite
Samsung Star is not a direct 5530 competitor, but I found that many cellphone buyers are confused between Nokia 5530 and Samsung Star . So, i decided to write a post to clarify their doubts.
You may wonder why am i not calling it a competitor when Star is also a touchscreen phone with similar looks and size and falls in the same price range.I’m saying this on the basis of smartphone capabilities.
While Nokia 5530 is a smartphone based on Symbian operating system, Samsung Tocco Lite is not a true smartphone i.e it cannot run 3rd party applications.This single reason is sufficient enough to consider buying 5530 over Samsung Star.A true smartphone has an operating system such as Windows Mobile, Mac, Linux, Symbian, Android etc.If you don’t know the potential of a Symbain smartphone then go through this post.
You will feel handicapped without provision for 3rd party applications. If you use Windows on your PC you may be aware how useful the 3rd party applications are.For Example Photoshop, Firefox, Media Player Classic to name a few. Can you manage without these?
Although, this is the most important reason for choosing 5530 over Star, there are few more points that i would like to elaborate. Let’s go through them
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