T-Mobile Nokia 5130 XpressMusic Now Available [N5130 Candybar Music Phone Gains US Release]

Following on from being available in Europe for some time now its been confirmed that Nokia’s decidedly budget friendly XpressMusic candybar phone, specifically the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, has just become available as of today in the US via T-Mobile.

Aimed at consumers on limited budgets who are looking to buy into Nokia’s XpressMusic range of music phones, the quad-band GSM/EDGE Nokia 5130 XpressMusic, in very much coming in at the low end in terms of pricing, offers a fairly mundane range of features – the handsets main draw being its audio capabilities – such as a 2″ QVGA (240 x 320 resolution) 262k color screen, a 2 megapixel camera, and Symbian S40 OS whilst, from an audio perspective, there’s a reasonably featured audio player, integrated FM radio tuner, stereo Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP for hooking up wireless headphones and/or wireless speakers, a 3.5mm audio jack (for wired headphones) and a series of dedicated music keys allowing direct access to your tracks and track navigation without having to navigate via menu systems.

Other highlights, could you call them that, include a microSD memory card slot allowing for bolt-on additional capacity (a 1GB card being included) as well as a talktime of up to six hours, up to 21 hours of audio playback and a standby time of up to 288 hours based on a full charge.

Not especially exciting, we’ll grant you, but when you consider that the T-Mobile Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is being offered for just shy of a mere $30 following a $20 mail in rebate based on a 2 year contract it puts matters somewhat into perspective.

Exciting, no. A capable budget music phone that’ll not break the bank and which will undoubtedly find a market in the US as it has here in Europe? Most definitely.