The Nokia 5530 Illuvial is the perfect culmination of affordability and technology. The Nokia 5530 Illuvial boasts user-friendly functionality and high-end features. This handset is a complete package, especially designed to serve the entertainment aspect. You will find a superb 3.15 mega pixel camera loaded in this phone. Plus, it has an excellent resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels which is adequate to make your picture / video viewing experience par excellence. Moreover, this handset guides the users on taking effective pictures. The camera is upgraded with features like autofocus and LED flash that helps you take better pictures. Further, you will find an extremely useful photo-editing tool in the phone. You can refine the quality of all the regular looking pictures with the superb tools offered by this editor. The video recording feature is supported with a VGA quality. It records videos at 30 frames per second.

When one sees this model for the first time, it becomes hard to take your eyes off its home screen. The handset features a brilliant 2.9 inch TFT resistive touch screen. This superb screen has the ability to display 16 million colours. This means that you are treated to an unmatched spectrum of wide colours exhibited in its saved pictures. This phone is further equipped with accelerometer and proximity sensors. These two features display the saved pictures in their best formats. Handwriting recognition provisions are also featured in this Nokia model.

This handset is loaded with multiple connectivity systems. You will find different connectivity means like GPRS, EDGE, HSCSD and Wi-Fi installed in the phone. It also offers internet access at high speed. You can further share your files and synchronise with PC via its Bluetooth and microUSB connectivity. For the music lovers, the phone comes installed with impressive MP4 and MP3 players. These players are capable of playing nearly all the formats in music and videos. The inbuilt stereo system comes pre-loaded with RDS. This feature transforms your music listening experience to the next level. You can also listen to all the national and local radio stations through this handset.

This device basically operates using the ARM 11 434 MHz processor. It utilizes the Symbian OS v9.4 operating system. This system makes the device responsive and effective. If you compare the price of this Nokia model with the range of any other Smartphone, you will realize that this is the cheapest Smartphone available in the market. The pink coloured variant of this handset has been exclusively designed to appeal to women. It also comes in a silver case stylized with pink accents. If looks matter to you, this set will definitely attract you.

Moreover, the 5530 Illuvial, like the Nokia 6303 Illuvial, offers convenient access to most of the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Other than all these prominent attributes, this mobile sports a unique feature called "people carousel". This feature allows you to gain instant access to the first twenty contacts in your contact list.