Samsung Marvel vs. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic : Multimedia Phone Battle !

TechPinas' Definitive Comparison Table between Samsung Marvel S5560 and Nokia 5800 XM.


Detail/Feature

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Samsung Marvel S5560

Photo





Dimensions/
Weight

111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm/
109 g

106 x 53.5 x 11.9 mm
96 g

Screen/
Features

360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
Resistive Touchscreen
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate

240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches
Resistive Touchscreen
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate

Operating System

Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5

proprietary
UI - Samsung TouchWiz

CPU

ARM 11 434 MHz processor

proprietary

Internal storage

81 MB

78 MB

Wifi

Yes

Yes

3G

Yes, HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps

No

MicroSD

Yes, supports up to 16GB,
(ships with 8GB)

Yes, supports up to 16GB

Camera

3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Carl Zeiss optics,
autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Video - VGA@30fps

5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels,
autofocus, LED flash
Smile and blink detection, image stabilization
Video

GPRS, EDGE,
Bluetooth 2.0,
MicroUSB

Yes to all

Yes to all

Stereo FM radio,
Games, Java apps

Yes to all

Yes to all

Battery life

Stand-by - Up to 406 hours on 2G /
Up to 406 hours on 3G

Talk time - Up to 8 hours 45 min on 2G /
Up to 5 hours on 3G

Stand-by - Up to 620 h
Talk time - Up to 9 h 30 min

Price in Philippines

Roughly Php 12,850

Around Php 11,800

Which one is better? Tough call, really. My take on it is if you want a phone that has a camera that delivers high quality photos (approximating that of full-fledged digicams), then get Samsung Marvel. But if you want a phone with top-notch internal specs for quite good internet browsing experience, runs on Symbian 6.5 (duh) and supports HSDPA connectivity, then get Nokia 5800 XM.

Nokia 5800 user? Samsung Marvel owner? What can you say about your phone? Please leave your comment below. Thanks!




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1 comment:

  1. Samsung needs to improve their quality standard to go with the new trends...There are still glitch on the phone itself which bothers me somehow...

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