The Nokia 5200 is a slider phone with all round performance. Though not positioned as a music phone like the similar looking Nokia 5300, this device too features a decent media player. The Nokia 5200 is available in two colour solutions - flaming red or icy blue. The extensive use of white gives the Nokia 5200 a young and fashionable look. The spring assisted slide mechanism used is like the Nokia 6111.



The five-way navigation key and the TFT display that delivers more than 262 colours occupy the front of the device. The smooth slide action reveals the well differentiated keypad which are tactile and comfortable to use. Dedicated camera and radio keys as well as volume keys that doubles up as zoom when the camera is activated makes the Nokia 5200 very easy to operate.

The integrated VGA camera of the Nokia 5200 has relatively poor resolution (0.3 megapixel) when compared to 'normal' 2.0 megapixel cameras common in today's market, but it does its job well. The camera includes digital zoom and changeable white balance as well as fun effects and frames. You can also shoot videos in 15 frames per second.

The music capabilities of the Nokia 5200 is almost equivalent to Xpress Music phones. The media player plays all popular media format including MP3, AAC, AAC+ and AAC enhanced. The 5 Mb built in memory is good enough only to carry a few ringtones however, there is an expandable memory slot to carry your music and video files. The Nokia 5200 also features a stereo FM radio so that you can tune in to your favourite station.

The Nokia 5200 gives you Internet connectivity on the go through GPRS other than triband GSM network support. The device is equipped with HSCSD/CSD for faster data transfer within a network. Bluetooth wireless technology, USB mass storage and Infrared connectivity lets you connect the Nokia 5200 with any compatible external device for synchronization and information exchange.