Nokia has launched a new smartphone Nokia 5230 in early 2010, a full touchscreen gadget. Nokia 5230 is very similar to nokia 5800 except Wi-FI. It has a 2Megapixel camera, 3.2″ screen, media bar, A-GPS and integration with Nokia’s Ovi services.
Nokia 5230 runs on S60 5th edition on symbian along with flip scrolling. User Interface and touch screen is very good and very sensitive. Audio quality of this phone is excellent and delivers excellent quality sound in loudspeakers also. According to Nokia, non-stop music playback time is 33 hours.
Nokia 5230 has a 3.2-inch resistive touchscreen with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, FM radio and microSD card slot.
Specifications:
Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 14.5/15.5 mm
Weight: 113 g (without stylus), 115g(with stylus)
Screen Size: 3.2″
Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels (nHD) with 16:9 picture
Colours and covers: White/Red, White/Silver, Black/Dark silver
External Memory: microSD memory card slot, with hot swap max. 16 GB
Internal memory: 70 MB internal dynamic memory
Talk time: GSM up to 7 h, WCDMA 4h 18 min
Stand by time: GSM up to 438 h, WCDMA 458h
Music playback time (maximum): 33 h
Video playback time (maximum): Mpeg-4 4.6hours, nHD 3 hours
Camera: 2 megapixel
Zoom: 3x digital zoom
Nokia Box contains:
Nokia 5230
Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-8)
Nokia Battery (Bl-5J)
Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-102)
Plectrum Stylus CP-306
User guide
It’s price in India is around Rs 10,000/- only and in US $213 approx
Pros:
1) 3.2″ 16.7M-color TFT LCD 16:9 touchscreen display (640 x 360 pixels)
2) Symbian S60 5th edition
3) ARM 11 434 MHz CPU, 128MB RAM memory
4) 3G with HSDPA maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL)
5) Integrated GPS receiver with A-GPS support; Ovi maps
6) Accelerometer for auto-rotate and Proximity sensor to save power and prevent inadvertent touches
7) Ovi integration (direct image and video uploads, Ovi Contacts)
8) Changeable color battery covers
Cons:
1) No Wi-Fi
2) Poor display in sunlight
3) Camera is normal.
4) Smart dialing not available
5) data cable or memory card not available in retail package
6) Office document viewer not available
Conclusion:
This is a very good phone and Nokia 5230 is ready to take on the customers of a segment which is free of smartphones competition.Nokia 5230 is a very good option and if you look at its cost, you will find it as a must buy phone.You can also check other mobiles.
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