Well… Why iam writing this comparassion? because many users are inspired with iPhone 3G however I hope this review will help you select better device.

1. Phone Size :

Nokia 5800 : 111 x 51 x 15 mm

iPhone : 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm

Here Nokia 5800 beats iPhone because iPhone is too wide and its not handy, however Nokia 5800 is handy and smaller in size.

2. Screen Size & Resolution:

Nokia 5800 : 3.2 Inches / 640×360 Resolution.

iPhone 2G: 3.5 Inches / 480×320 Resolution.

iPhone 3G: 3.5 Inches / 480×320 Resolution.

iPhone has larger screen as compare to Nokia 5800 but when u compare screen resolution, Nokia 5800 is far better as compare to iPhone. iPhone comes with 480×320 resolution however 5800 comes with 640×360 screen resolution which is far better.

3. Weight

Nokia 5800 Weight with battery : 109gms

iphone 2G weight with battery : 133 gms

iphone 3G weight with battery : 133 gms

Here again Nokia 5800 is lighter as compare to iphone 2G & 3G.

4. Design

Here iPhone beats Nokia 5800 as iPhone design is sleek, with steel looks and great metal looks. iPhone is available in Black color for 8GB and white for 16GB, You cannot compare Nokia 5800 in terms of looks with iPhone however Nokia 5800 is available in Red, Blue and Black color stripes

5. Storage

iPhone restricts you to use either 8GB or 16GB device, However Nokia 5800 allows you to select any memory of your choice from 128MB to 16GB micro SD card, and 5800 also comes with 8GB memory card included in pack along with 80MB of built-in memory.

7. Touch Screen

iPhone allows you to use phone with fingers only, however Nokia 5800 comes with built-in stylus. But as far as my experience touch sensitivity of iPhone is little better as compare to Nokia 5800 but when it comes to handwriting recognition and using applications with small buttons /icons you need stylus to operate applications and Nokia 5800 have it.

8. Features

Nokia 5800 is symbian powered device its packed with power of symbian smartphone OS. When you compare 5800 with iPhone you will see that iPhone misses alot features.

• Cut and Paste : 5800 allows you to cut / pate text in sms and applications however iPHone misses this feature.
• Saving Email Attachments: iPHone does not allows you to save email attachments however Nokia 5800 allows you to save email attachments into meory card or phone memory.
• Headphones: Nokia 5800 comes with 3.5mm jack which supports wide range of third party headphones, however iPhone supports only iphone compatable headphones.

9. SMS & Multimedia Messaging:

iPhone: does not allows to send multiple SMS Messages, SMS Forwarding, Multiple SMS Deletion.

Nokia 5800: allows you to send multiple SMS Messages, SMS Forwarding, Multiple SMS Deletion along with automatic image resizing for MMS with MMS Version 1.3 supports upto 600KB MMS

10. Battery

Standby: Nokia 5800 = 408 Hours

Standby: iPhone3G = 300 Hours

Talk Time Nokia 5800 : Up to 8 h 45 min (2G) / 5 h (3G)

Talk Time iPhone 3G:  Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)

Music Playback iPhone 3G: Up to 30 h

Music Playback Nokia 5800 : Up to 35 h

* (battery  timings are taken from gsmarena.com)

Well in terms of battery again you can see the difference and here again Nokia 5800 wins but only thing is iPhone 3G have talk time upto 12 hours however according to specifications 5800 talk time is about 8 hours and 45 minutes. But if you compare standby times Nokia 5800 provides 108 hours more and also in music playback Nokia 5800 provides you 5 more hours of music.

iPhone Battery: iPhone provides fixed non removeable standard iPhone battery.

Nokia 5800 Battery: Nokia 5800 provides removeable battery.

11. Camera

iPhone 2G :  Fixed 2Megapixel camera , No zoom, No Flash.

iPhone 3G:  3.15 MPpixels, autofocus camera without any flash.

Nokia 5800:  3.15 MP Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash

Secondary Camera iPhone 2G : No

Seoncary Camera iPhone 3G :No

Seoncary Camera Nokia 5800: Yes

Video Camera iPhone 2G: No

Video Camera iPhone 3G: Yes , 30Fps

Video Camera Nokia 5800:  Yes , 30Fps

12. 3G Video Calling

Video Calling iPHone 2G : No

Video Calling iPhone 3G: No

Video Calling Nokia 5800: Yes

Here again Nokia 5800 wins as iPhone 2G and 3G does not have seondary camera, iPhone 2G didnt’ have video camera, video call camera, iPhone 3G too didnt have video calling camera.

13. Services

iPhone provides iTunes store to download paid music, however Nokia provides “Comes with Music” service which allows you to download free music from Nokia website for 1 Year.

iPhone provides iPhone store to download applications and other stuff, However Nokia provides OVI to download applications, along with other services such as contacts backup, free 1GB email service (you@ovi.com) and much more.

14. Voice Commands:

Nokia 5800 provides voice dialing feature, you can dial desired number by saying caller name only, However iPHone doesnot provide this feature.

15. Voice Recording:

Nokia 5800 comes with built-in voice recorder , you can use phone as voice recorder, however iPhone does not provide this feature as well.

16. Browser:

iPhone comes with Safari HTML Browser however Nokia 5800 packed with Powerful Web / Wap browser along with builtin Adobe Flash and RSS Reader.

17. Radio:

iPhone misses radio feature however Nokia 5800 comes with built-in FM Radio along with RDS Features, You can also download radio stations for your country from Nokia website which allows you to automatically set stations on your mobile.

18 Bluetooth:

Bluetooth in iPhone only allows you to attach Headphones, No file sharing and data sharing.

Nokia 5800 allows you to connect bluetooth for any purpose either its file sharing, hardware sharing , using it as audio port or connecting bluetooth headphyones.

19. Hardware:

Interms of hardware iPhone is more powerful device as compare to Nokia 5800, iPhone comes with ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz along with PowerVR SGX graphics, However Nokia 5800 comes with ARM 11 434 MHz processor

20. Warrenty:

iPhone comes with international warrenty which is not easily claimable in Pakistan, However Nokia 5800 comes with United Mobile / Mobile Zone / Advance / Teletech warrenties which are easily acceptable anywhere in Pakistan.

Price:

iPhone 3G / 16GB = 83000/= (as per 14 october 2009)

iPhone 2G 16GB last price = 35,000 (discontinued now)

Nokia 5800 along with 8GB Builtin = 24400/= (as per 14 october 2009)

Final Wordings:

Nokia 5800 is more user friendly for those who have already use Nokia Phones,  Nokia 5800 is symbian powered device which means it allows you wide range of customizations. But if you compare it with other Symbian powered device you will see there is one big feature missing.

in older symbian phones a pencil button were available for multiple selections, in newer symbian phone that pencil button was replaced by “#” button , when you continiously press # button it will work same as previous pencil button, However Nokia 5800 misses this feature.

However dont worry you can get this feature by installing pencil application which allows you to use  Red button for multi purpose.

As far as selection between iPhone and Nokia 5800, both have there own fans, However i prefer Nokia 5800 because of its features, user friendlyness and in Pakistan because of its warrenty acceptance and resell value Nokia 5800 surely wins the game.