It's coming close to the one year anniversary of Nokia's all you can eat music service, “Comes With Music”, and that birthday is pretty important to those who picked up the first wave of devices from The Carphone Warehouse. Because the 'all you can download' part was only ever going to last a year... so the flow of bits and musical bytes is about to run out for the early adopters. Or is it? Read on for my thoughts.
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I am not happy with Nokia because I bought my 5530 after reading all the spec. here......
http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-5530-xpressmusic
Reading this page it indicates that the 5530 does 'come with music'. After searching the box for the code to enter on the 'come with music' site I contacted Nokia and was told I should have read the page correctly.
I will give the 'come with music' gimmic two years and then Nokia will stop it. So those who have downloaded all the free stuff will be ok until their handset needs replaced.
Hi Steve,
good article....
i think nokia made a bit of a mess initially with the music store.
Now i love having a plethora of music on my phone and im an
early adopter....(see where im going?) i always thought that i shouldnt
have to be "punished" for buying a nokia device on release date. From the
get go i should have had the option of adding CWM on my device
as an early adopter....
so this looks like a move in the right direction....
secondly, and this may be a bit ridiculous....but its a music store....why is nokia
"limiting" themselves by offering a music service to only nokia devices?
i mean this could be an opening for nokia here...that other manufacturers seem
to also miss...
for example im getting a new device but for some reason i opt not to get a nokia...
the person assisting me states "well for an additional �x.00 per month/one time fee
you can have free music downloads via the nokia music store"
i dont know what the legalities would be but this is where nokia and networks could
capitalize on on gaining revenue from an "outside option"...(as i said it may be a bit
ridiculous) what are you thoughts on this?
lastly DRM free music....however, nokia have seemed to address this and soon DRM
free music will be available....
another plus and move in the right direction....
moonshot wrote:I am not happy with Nokia because I bought my 5530 after reading all the spec. here......http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-5530-xpressmusic
Reading this page it indicates that the 5530 does 'come with music'. After searching the box for the code to enter on the 'come with music' site I contacted Nokia and was told I should have read the page correctly.
I will give the 'come with music' gimmic two years and then Nokia will stop it. So those who have downloaded all the free stuff will be ok until their handset needs replaced.
Moonshot,
Nokia "Comes With Music" phones are not ONLY available as a CWM bundle. They are ALSO, and more COMMONLY available WITHOUT the CWM element.
Indeed, the 5800XM, is also a CWM device. But on most of the UK nets, it is offered as a STANDARD normal handset only instead, WITHOUT the CWM bundling service.
And on the very page you refer to in your links, as much as it's described as a CWM phone (because in effect, it is, it is one of the select range of handsets Nokia have chosen to offer as a CWM service, as well as a normal handset package), then if you click the Full Specifications link, it tells you the box contents are:
* Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
* Nokia Battery BL-4U
* Nokia Travel Charger AC-8
* Nokia Short Connectivity Cable CA-101
* Nokia Stereo Headset WH-205
* Nokia 4GB microSD memory card MU-41
* MiniDVD
* User GUide
No mention of the CWM Activation card there, and that's from the page you refer to.
And moreover, at the footnotes, it makes it clear that:
"The availability of particular products, services and features may vary by region. Please check with the Nokia dealer nearest you. These specifications are subject to change without notice."
In other words, you are getting slightly misconstrued as to what your phone actually is.
You have a 5530, which just happens to also be one of the handsets that is ALSO available, if the Operator wishes to offer it, as a CWM Package too.
But it doesn't mean that it HAS to be a CWM package. And like I said, in most instances, they are not.
Hope this helps, and leaves you feeling much happier that you have not been in any way ripped off mate.
And Moonshot, to add to what shadamehr has rightly explained, if the 5530 that you bought had been a CWM model, it would have been a little more expensive than a 5530 that is a regular phone (i.e. not CWM).
What is the price you have paid? Have you paid the price of a regular 5530 or a CWM 5530. If you paid the price of a CWM 5530, and still did not get the activation card, then you definitely have been ripped off. Otherwise, you obviously have not.
shadamehr wrote:Moonshot,Nokia "Comes With Music" phones are not ONLY available as a CWM bundle. They are ALSO, and more COMMONLY available WITHOUT the CWM element.
Indeed, the 5800XM, is also a CWM device. But on most of the UK nets, it is offered as a STANDARD normal handset only instead, WITHOUT the CWM bundling service.
And on the very page you refer to in your links, as much as it's described as a CWM phone (because in effect, it is, it is one of the select range of handsets Nokia have chosen to offer as a CWM service, as well as a normal handset package), then if you click the Full Specifications link, it tells you the box contents are:
* Nokia 5530 XpressMusic
* Nokia Battery BL-4U
* Nokia Travel Charger AC-8
* Nokia Short Connectivity Cable CA-101
* Nokia Stereo Headset WH-205
* Nokia 4GB microSD memory card MU-41
* MiniDVD
* User GUideNo mention of the CWM Activation card there, and that's from the page you refer to.
And moreover, at the footnotes, it makes it clear that:
"The availability of particular products, services and features may vary by region. Please check with the Nokia dealer nearest you. These specifications are subject to change without notice."
In other words, you are getting slightly misconstrued as to what your phone actually is.
You have a 5530, which just happens to also be one of the handsets that is ALSO available, if the Operator wishes to offer it, as a CWM Package too.
But it doesn't mean that it HAS to be a CWM package. And like I said, in most instances, they are not.
Hope this helps, and leaves you feeling much happier that you have not been in any way ripped off mate.
I am reasonably on the ball when it comes to buying a mobile phone, but this time I read it wrong. Now, this is either my own fault, as Nokia said it was or Nokia has not made this point clear enough. Ok, now that you have explained I see what you mean.
When I phoned Nokia about this I was told that the 5530 is NOT a 'comes with music' phone and the only way I could get a 5530 with 'comes with music; was to buy the phone direct from Nokia.
My contract ended on my previous handset and I was looking at getting either the 5800 or the 5530. After compairing them on the Nokia site I felt the 5530 has the better spec. (for me) and the only high street selling them was the Carphone warehouse (they had a six week exclusive on the 5530). Even the salesman thought it was a 'comes with music' device.
malerocks wrote:And Moonshot, to add to what shadamehr has rightly explained, if the 5530 that you bought had been a CWM model, it would have been a little more expensive than a 5530 that is a regular phone (i.e. not CWM).
What is the price you have paid? Have you paid the price of a regular 5530 or a CWM 5530. If you paid the price of a CWM 5530, and still did not get the activation card, then you definitely have been ripped off. Otherwise, you obviously have not.
I still think the Nokia site is misleading, ok with hindsite................
It's little things like Nokia's comments that make you think about not buying another Nokia. After all symbian is almost a dead duck now.
............and this site has not bothered with a 5530 review but the x3 and x6 seem to be gettng all the publicity. It also seems that Nokia's touch screens are getting heavier and heavier. 😡
moonshot wrote:I am reasonably on the ball when it comes to buying a mobile phone, but this time I read it wrong. Now, this is either my own fault, as Nokia said it was or Nokia has not made this point clear enough. Ok, now that you have explained I see what you mean.
You are not the first person to confuse XPressMusic with Comes With Music. My sales staff are all instructed to make it clear where music is included and where it is not. Several per day have to be enlightened.
moonshot wrote:
It's little things like Nokia's comments that make you think about not buying another Nokia. After all symbian is almost a dead duck now.
Sigh. Which Symbian dead duck would that be? The one in the....
moonshot wrote:
t the x3 and x6 seem to be gettng all the publicity.
Or Symbian^2 or ^3 or anything else on the Nokia roadmap for the future?
Thank goodness for Symbian phones, they are holding up revenue figures for mobile phone sellers in this recession. I'm pleased I don't have to rely on some of the other offerings.