The 5630 is a quad-band + 3G (WCDMA 2100/900) candy bar that’s super thin @ 12mm, and runs the Symbian OS. That in itself is a huge bonus, as most of the phones in this price range are S40 “dumbphones”. I’ve lost track of which S60 version we’re up to, but there’s definitely some noticeable differences in the interface - one being the addition of a scrollable quick contacts bar, which stores 20 people (names and images). Looks cool.
What’s interesting: Say and Play, a new feature to hit Nokia phones that allows you to say the name of an artist or song and have it play.
Even though it’s a music-centric phone, there’s no stereo speakers, at least as far as I can tell. But you do get a 3.5mm stereo jack as a consolation prize. And a 4 gigabyte card in the box, with support for 16 GB microSDs. And some dedicated side buttons for when “Say and Play” isn’t good enough. (aside: how come you can’t use voice commands to go to the next track?)
The camera is 3.2 megapixels, and comes with a dual-LED flash, a secondary VGA camera, some junky digital zoom and photo sharing via Ovi Share and Flickr.
As for other notable features, the 5630 does have WLAN/wi-fi, 7 hour talk time, and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP/AVRCP. Expect the candy bar to come out sometime in the second quarter of 2009, along with everything else Nokia’s been throwing out. Price? A nice 199 euros ($256 USD). Not bad!
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