The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic has just gone on sale in the UK for the bargain price of 140 pounds. The specs look really good for such a cheap phone: 3.2mp camera, high resolution 2.9inch touchscreen, 4gig flash card included, 3.5mm headphone jack. In fact you could pretty much call it an N97 without a keyboard.

The reviews so far are very positive. With most reviewers agreeing that you get a real bang for your buck. This is what one reviewer had to say:

We’re very impressed with the 5530 overall. It offers a very good feature set for a mid-range phone, and everything works smoothly. A better camera would have been the icing on the cake, but remember that this is being marketed as a music phone, so we’d say that it fulfils its purpose very well indeed.

The only problem is, it’s not 3G. So if you’re waiting for it in Australia you’re either going to have to buy it outright or wait for Telstra to pick it up for use on the Edge network. Here’s hoping they do offer it as it looks like a cheap but cheerful alternative to the N97 or iphone. If you’re on one of the other networks then you’ll have to hold out or spend a bit more on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

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