Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to Cost at Least 279 Euros

Well, it’s not like details about the upcoming “Tube” were a sealed secret. Turns out the leaked details were a bit off though. Continue reading to see the updated specs and some of the slides Nokia’s reps used in a presentation secretly held a few hours ago.

Click on the thumbnails below to view the full slides of the pertinent details:

So, combining, the slides, the notes we took, and the word on the street, here are the updated specs:

• A 640 x 360 (16:9) 3.2″ 16-million color display
• the Symbian S60 OS, 5th Edition
• An accelerometer for auto screen rotation
• A 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl-Zeiss lens dual LED flash
• WiFi (b/g)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• HSDPA
• GPS
• a 3.5mm jack for audio and video output (includes TV-out!)
• 140MB of internal memory
• a microSD slot that accepts up to 16GB (SDHC)
• 1320mAh of battery power via the Nokia BL-5J
• a length of 115mm, width of 52mm, thickness of 14.55mm, and a weight of 104 grams

Noteworthy tidbits revealed during the presentation were Nokia’s claimed music playback time of 35 hours, support for TV-out [which was used to demonstrate the phones abilities on an HDTV], and the use of a standard 3.5mm jack for audio and video output. Then of course, you’ve got the pricing and availability info, which we’ll spell out for emphasis’ sake:

• “Basic edition: consumer retail price 279 euros before subsidies and taxes”
• “3G version available in Q4 2008 in several big youth markets, worldwide in Q1 2009″
• “850 [Mhz] & 2G version available in Q1 2009″

The 5th edition of S60 was packaged as the 3rd edition with low-level support for touch-driven interfaces. Nokia also promised that each 5800 will be shipped with an 8GB microSD bundled.

Lastly, the manufacturer also promised a well-stocked app store, revealing that they made the SDK available to select developers over two weeks ago. We’ll be making some pertinent videos available as soon as uploading’s complete!