Nokia 5230

Specifications

Nokia 5230
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3.2" 360x640 pixels
2MP 480p
128MB RAM
1320mAh

Released 2009, November 115g, 15.5mm thickness Symbian 9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 70MB 128MB RAM storage, microSDHC slot

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Also known as Nokia 5230 Nuron

Network
Technology	GSM / HSPA
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Speed	HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps

Launch
Announced	2009, August. Released 2009, November
Status	Discontinued

Body
Dimensions	111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc (4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in)
Weight	115 g (4.06 oz)
SIM	Mini-SIM

Display
Type	TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	3.2 inches, 28.2 cm² (~49.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	360 x 640 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~229 ppi density)
	Handwriting recognition

Platform
OS	Symbian 9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
CPU	434 MHz ARM 11

Memory
Card slot	microSDHC (dedicated slot)
Internal	70MB 128MB RAM

Main Camera
Single	2 MP
Video	480p@30fps

Selfie Camera
	No

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Sound
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes

Comms
WLAN	No
Bluetooth	2.0, A2DP
Positioning	GPS, A-GPS; Nokia Maps
Radio	Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB	microUSB 2.0

Features
Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity
Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite
	MP4/H.264/WMV player MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player Organizer Photo editor Voice memo/dial Predictive text input

Battery
Type	Removable Li-Ion 1320 mAh battery (BL-5J)
Stand-by	Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 432 h (3G)
Talk time	Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Music play	Up to 33 h

Misc
Colors	Black, White
SAR	1.01 W/kg (head) 0.91 W/kg (body)
SAR EU	1.08 W/kg (head)
Price	About 80 EUR

Tests
Loudspeaker	Voice 65dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality	Noise -86.7dB / Crosstalk -84.0dB

User opinions and reviews

Deanosaurus
24 Sep 2023
mE0

Such a poor phone that it sold 160 million! My still works 13 years later. I think you just got unlucky, or had too high expectations from a budget phone. I paid £59.99 for mine, that included the sim card, £10 top-up, free maps, 4GB SD card, and...

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RGTech
29 May 2023
p6y

I also had this model. Cheap plastic, low specs (I sometimes ran out of memory/RAM, doing not much more than using phone/SMS/calendar/Notes), bad touch experience, software and user interface slow or buggy, and bulky design. Clearly one of the device...

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Anonymous
29 May 2023
mFd

Great User friendly Navigation system. Better and faster than even later phones using Google Maps. Neat little phone and quite a few (2023) still around in decent working order. Stylus was a neat little tool that was susceptible to break easily but a...

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