The 5800 XpressMusic certainly looks like an iPhone, and it matches its features in many areas (though not all of them: It’s got a less sophisticated, single-touch screen, albeit one with more pixels). And it’s got some of the features which some people wish the iPhone had, including a fancier camera that has a flash and can record video, voice dialing, and even an FM radio.

The 5800 won’t be available in the U.S. until next year, and we don’t know anything about pricing or the service side of things yet. And the single best thing about the iPhone by far is the software experience; I need hands-on experience with the 5800 to judge how it compares (Gizmodo, which got some, doesn’t seem to think the 5800 is that great on this front). But it’s still worth comparing the two devices in a T-Grid, in the proud tradition of the one we did of the iPhone and T-Mobile’s G1.

As usual, this is our first pass, subject to expansion and revision:

The phones	Nokia 5800 XpressMusic	Apple iPhone 3G
Platform	Symbian S60 5th Edition	Apple’s proprietary OS X
Availability	By end of the year in Asia, Middle East, Rusia, and Spain; U.S. in 2008	Now, although supply is occasionally spotty
Price	TBD in U.S. (279 Euros–$387–unsubsidized in Europe)	$199 for 8GB model or $299 for 16GB model with two-year contract
Data plan	TBD in U.S.	$30 a month for unlimited data; $5 a month extra for 200 text messages
Locked?	TBD in U.S.	Yup, to AT&T
Colors	Red, blue, and black	Black (8GB and 16GB); white (16GB only)
Size and weight	4.37” by 2.03” by 0.61”; 3.84 oz.	4.5″ by 2.4″by 0.48″; 4.7 oz.
Screen size and resolution	3.2″; 640 by 360	3.5″; 480 by 320
Input	Single-touch touchscreen (fingertip or stylus) with on-screen keyboard; handwriting recognition; T9	Multi-touch touchscreen with on-screen keyboard
Accelerometer	Yes	Yes
Headphone jack	Standard 3.5mm	Standard 3.5mm
Voice dialing	Yes	No
Voice recording	Yes	No
Memory	MicroSD slot with bundled 8GB card	8GB and 16GB models available; no memory expansion
Camera(s)	3.2 megapixels; flash; 3x digital zoom; video capable; additional camera on front for video calling	2 megapixels; no flash; no digital zoom; no video; no second camera
Voice	Quad-band GSM	Quad-band GSM
Data	3G (UMTS with HSDPA, if you want to get technical)	Ditto
Use as tethered modem?	Not sure!	Violates AT&T’s terms of service; tethering plan is rumored
Wi-Fi and GPS	Done and done	Ditto and ditto
Battery	8.8 hours talk time; 406 hours standby; removable	5 hours talk time; 300 hours standby; not removable
Web browser	WebKit based browser; supports Flash Lite	WebKit-based Safari; no Flash
Web searching	Yes, via Nokia Mobile Search (I’m not sure what that is)	Yes, via Google or Yahoo
E-Mail	IMAP, POP	MobileMe, GMail, Yahoo Mail, AOL; other services supported through IMAP
Calendar	Yes, with to-do list	Yes, but no to-do list
Microsoft Exchange support	Yes	Yes
Instant messaging	Yes	Only through third-party apps
Maps	Yes (Nokia Maps)	Yes
Turn-by-turn navigation	Not sure, but “car navigation” is mentioned in specs	No, but may be coming from third party developer(s)
Music	Nokia NSeries music player; Comes With Music unlimited-download version available in 2009 in some areas; supports MP3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, and WMA formats	iPod player and iTunes Store; supports MP3, AAC (with or without Fairplay), WAV, Apple Lossless, AIFF, VBR formats
Video	RealPlayer; supports MPEG4-SP, MPEG4-AVC, MPEG-SP, and WMV9 formats	iPod player, YouTube; movies through iTunes Store; supports H.264 and MPEG4 formats
FM radio	Yes	Nope
Photos	Yes	Yes
Wireless synching	Not sure	Yes, through MobileMe
Desktop synching	Yes, through Nokia OVI Suite	Yes, through iTunes
Application store	Not sure, but there’s a Downloads feature	Yes, the iTunes App Store