TL;DR
- HMD has launched the Nokia 5710 XpressAudio feature phone.
- True wireless earbuds can be stored behind a panel on the back of the phone.
- The phone can also charge these earbuds while they are stored.
HMD Global is no stranger to offering phones, offering devices with retro designs and ultra-cheap options like the Nokia 105. Now the company has announced three new feature phones and a low-end tablet, but it’s the Nokia 5710 XpressAudio that has our attention.
The new phone looks like a typical candy bar phone from the front, but the back of the device has an interesting trick. The back of the phone has a separate back panel on the top and sliding it down reveals a place to keep the included true wireless earbuds. Best of all, the compartment can also charge your earbuds.
However, don’t expect a huge battery, which comes out at 1,450mAh. But feature phones don’t consume much juice and earbuds have small batteries anyway, so we don’t expect that a single charge on the earbuds will seriously affect the phone’s battery life.
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Otherwise, HMD says this is a removable battery and you can expect up to six hours of talk time and up to 20 days of dual-SIM 4G standby. The included earbuds provide up to four hours of music playback on a single charge.
Other notable specs include a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 3.5mm port, Bluetooth 5.0, 128MB of expandable storage, dedicated audio control buttons, FM radio support, a micro USB port, and a VGA camera. quality. Don’t expect support for modern streaming music here given the old Symbian S30 OS, but microSD support (up to 32GB) means there’s a decent amount of space for local music files.
HMD noted in an emailed press release that the Nokia 5710 XpressAudio will be available for £74.99 (~$89) in the UK. There’s no word yet on wider availability.