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Description: It's no secret that we're big fans of the Nokia 5300 Xpress Music. In fact, we loved it so much when we reviewed it last year that we gave it a CNET Editors' Choice award. So you can imagine we were a bit excited when the new Nokia 5700 Xpress Music landed in our office. As the update to the 5300, the 5700 offers everything found on its predecessor but with a new design twist--literally--and improved features. On the performance side, calling and music quality shine, but photo quality was disappointing. At the time of the writing, no U.S. carrier has picked up the 5700 so it remains a bit pricey at $400. And unfortunately, because the 5700 supports only the WCDMA band used in Europe, it's unlikely it will land here in its present form.

Design
Instead of incorporating the 5300's slider design the Nokia 5700 Xpress Music offers a twisting base like that on the Nokia 3250. The keypad, camera lens, and dedicated music controls are located on different sides and each base position is used for a different function. With the keypad facing forward, you can make calls as normal and access all menu applications. Picture time? That's no problem. Just turn the base 90 degrees and the shooter kicks into gear instantly. A turn to the left activates the camera's normal mode, while a turn to the right lets you take self-portraits. Or if you're pining for some tunes, just rotate the base a full 180 degrees to the right to start the music player.



The Nokia 5700 Xpress Music's twisting base activates the music player.

Though it all may sound rather complicated and gimmicky, it's actually none of the former and only a little bit of the latter. We like that you don't have to scroll through several menus just to get to the camera and music player, and we appreciate the comfortable ergonomics of not crowding too many controls on one side of the phone. Yet we also understand why some people might not like the arrangement. The joystick is a tad difficult to access when the base is in the camera position, and the rotating motion can become tedious if used constantly. Also, we're worried about the long-term durability of the mechanism.

Due to its alternative design the 5700 is bigger than its predecessor (4.26x1.99x0.69 inches vs. 3.8x1.9x0.8 inches). Though the extra girth is definitely noticeable, the phone isn't too heavy (4.06 ounces) and it has a comfortable and solid feel in the hand. It may be too big for smaller pockets, but it will slip into a bag with ease. The 5700 comes is available in three color schemes: black (our review model), red, and gray.

The 5700's 2.2-inch (320x240 pixels) display supports a brilliant 16 million colors. Vibrant and bright, it's great for viewing everything from text to graphics, and it's quite suitable as the viewfinder for the camera. The menus are user-friendly and attractive, and we love that Nokia provides a description of unfamiliar applications if you hold the cursor over the corresponding icon. You can change the font size, the backlight time, and the brightness. Our only complaint is that the display attracts fingerprints and smudges.



The Nokia 5700 Xpress Music has dedicated music player controls.

Below the display are the spacious and tactile navigation controls. A five-way joystick doubles as a shortcut to four-user defined functions, but it was a little tricky to use. In the "up" direction, we kept selecting things by accident rather than moving the cursor. There are also two soft keys, which are programmable for one-touch access, and the Talk and End buttons. Menu access is through a dedicated button to the left of the array while a clear key sits to the right. Both are covered in a tactile, rubbery skin. Similarly, the large keypad buttons are raised above the surface of the phone so we had no problems dialing by feel. The backlighting was rather dim, though, and the text on the keys may be too small for some users to read easily.

The right spine features a speaker, the Infrared port, and a large rubber flap that covers the MicroSD card slot, the charger jack, the and mini-USB port. Having everything so accessible is a big plus, especially since the 5300 stashed the memory card slot behind the battery. The camera lens and a speaker sit on the right spine on either side of the volume rocker. We had no trouble using the latter when we were on a call since it's also covered in the aforementioned rubbery skin. The music controls on the rear of the twisting base consist of a play/pause buttons and fast-forward and rewind keys. They're of a decent size, but they're relatively level with the surface of the phone and are a tad slippery. On the other hand, we liked that the music control doubles as a camera shutter. Finally, the dedicated power control sits squarely on the 5700's top end while a 2.5mm headset jack rests on the bottom end.