14 December 2008

Nokia Quality Woes:
Build Quality Problems With Nokia 5800

During the first days of using the Nokia 5800 XM, our Hidetoshi noticed a couple of rather concerning build quality problems, most notable of which was an ugly crack in the Nokia 5800 casing that appeared near the power button.

Beside this big build quality flaw there are lot of minor mainly software related like the annoying display colour issue and after couple of days Hidetoshi is disappointed enough to say that: “Nokia 5800XM is actually a plastic toy with brand new S60 5th gen system in the market”

Have Nokia let their standard drop or have Hidetoshi just been unlucky? What is your experience with Nokia 5800 build quality or Nokia phones generally?!

However, I just hope that his phone was one of the first off of the production line and Nokia has since caught the problem and that it is already fixed or at least they are trying to fix this?!?

You see, when buying a certain product, I always wonder how long it will last and to be completely honest with you I am not optimistic after this report especially considering growing Nokia problems with quality lately.

Did I already say that somewhere? Yes? Good! I'm repeating myself on purpose :] They need to realize that all these quality woes irritate users a lot and they should not cripple their future by producing the phones that looks like artefacts after just few weeks of use!?

I know that early adopters always get screwed on price but quality shouldn’t be an issue!