XpressMusic

Product type	Cellular phones
Produced by	Nokia
Country	Finland
Introduced	27 September 2006; 19 years ago (2006-09-27)
Discontinued	2010
Markets	International
Previous owners	Nokia

XpressMusic was abrand name for a line ofNokia mobile phones that were specially designed for music playback.^[1] All of the XpressMusic handsets came with expandableMicroSD memory slots and dedicated music keys, so these phones could also be used asMP3 players. The XpressMusic range was launched in September 2006 to compete with theWalkman brand series fromSony Ericsson. Except theNokia 3250, all XpressMusic models were marketed with the5000 series prefixes.

In September 2009, Nokia announced theXseries line of phones. TheXseries replaced the XpressMusic brand.

On March 19, 2020,HMD Global announcedNokia 5310 as the revival version ofNokia 5310 XpressMusic, runningSeries 30+. Later, in 2022, they released "XpressAudio" branded feature phoneNokia 5710 with the main feature that have wirelessBluetooth earbuds inside the phone.

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The original XpressMusic lineup was announced on 27 September 2006, consisting of an all glossy white shell and durable rubberised sides. First models included the rotating candybar Nokia 3250 XpressMusic (a revampedNokia 3250) and the slider Nokia 5300 XpressMusic. Another slider similar to 5300 was also launched calledNokia 5200, but that model was not marketed as XpressMusic. These were first released before the end of the 2006.^[2]

A few months later for the 2007 year, theNokia 5700 was added to the lineup, using a twisting function like the 3250.The ux design for music services was designed by Justin Small, previously design lead of UK start up Sendo Mobile Phones and laterMotorola Mobile EMEUA. Small forecast that the Spotify model would bloom.

The 2008 lineup saw the first3G XpressMusic phones, first the 5610 and later the 5320, which includedHSDPA. The lineup also added support for MicroSDHC, allowing cards larger than 2GB. The 5610 would be the only XpressMusic phone without a3.5 mm headphone jack, instead having a2.5 mm headphone jack.

The 2009 lineup started with the 5800, one of two new phones (the other being theN97) to use the new touch-based S60 5th Edition,^[10] likely designed as a response to the increasing popularity of touchscreen handsets in the market. However, Nokia used theresistive instead ofcapacitive touchscreen reportedly to appeal to the global market.^[11] In this technology, touch is registered when two thin layers of the screen got pushed together under the finger.^[12] The 5800 (nicknamed the Tube^[11]) also featured a 3.2 megapixel camera withCarl Zeiss technology.^[10] Apart from the 5130 and lesser-known 5330, the rest of the lineup are 3G phones runningSymbian S60 software, as theNseries handsets of the time. Despite being a part of the XpressMusic series, the 5800 combined many standard smartphone capabilities too.

• Nokia 5200, similar toNokia 5300 XpressMusic but not "XpressMusic" branded
• Nokia 5030 XpressRadio, extension of the brand tailored for radio
• Nokia N91, music-oriented device from the Nseries which haveDAC Sound Chip
• Nokia N81, another music-oriented Nseries device
• Nokia Comes With Music
• Walkman
• Motorola ROKR
• Nokia 5310 (2020): 2020 revival ofNokia 5310 XpressMusic
• Nokia 5710 XpressAudio: 2022 "XpressAudio" branded feature phone with wireless Bluetooth earbuds.

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• Products introduced in 2006
• Products and services discontinued in 2009

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