| Design | 3.8/5 |
| Display & Interface | 4.2/5 |
| Calling | 4.2/5 |
| Talk time | 3.5/5 |
| Messaging | 4/5 |
| Music | 3.6/5 |
| Video | 4/5 |
| Camera | 3.9/5 |
| Memory | 4.2/5 |
| Web browsing | 2.9/5 |
| Connectivity | 3/5 |
| Productivity | 2/5 |
| Scheduling | 3/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 2.9/5 |
| Navigation | 0/5 |
| Gaming | 3/5 |
| Mobile services | 3/5 |
| Accessories | 4.5/5 |
| Value | 3.5/5 |
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Pros:
Classy look. Camera beat our expectations. Good music feature set. |
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Cons:
Lacks some of the ease of the cheaper Nokia 5310. Music features should be more compelling, quicker to acceess. 3.5mm headphone jack a necessity. |
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| We hate to be the bearers of faint praise, but the Nokia 5610 is a good music phone. It isn't great. In fact, it isn't even as good as the Nokia 5310, a phone with a better design that is available for half the price, $50 instead of $100. That phone may lack the improved camera we found on the Nokia 5610, and it only comes with a 1GB memory stick instead of 2GB, but we prefer the Nokia 5310 for its 3.5mm headphone jack, which let us use any headphones we had on hand, and its up-front controls that start playing music as soon as you press the button. Besides the improved camera, the Nokia 5610 offers little benefit over the Nokia 5310, and they're both good phones, but the Nokia 5310 feels like a step forward, while the Nokia 5610 is a step back. |
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