The 5230 is a stripped down version and cheaper cousin of the extremely popular 5800 Xpress Music. It is also one of the few S60 handset that was able to gain a respectable reach amongst the budget conscious base. The handset features a 3.2 inch widescreen with an impressive 16 M colours at 360 x 640 pixels. It sports responsive resistive touch & tactile feedback screen & a really good on-screen QWERTY keyboard.

The Nokia 5230 is the perfect choice for anyone looking for an affordable smartphone and doesn't mind the lack of Wi-Fi functionality. The handset features 3G capabilities and a really handy a-GPS functionality, which when paired with Ovi maps, allows for turn-by-turn voice navigation. The phone also packs a range of useful apps like Google map GPS,Skype, Yassu video podcast, Flash lite and Absolute online radio.

The handset is powered by a BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery, capable of 7 hours of talk time and up to 438 hrs of standby. Recent firmware updates on the Nokia 5230 has further improved the music capabilities besides adding a kinetic scrolling for the main menu UI and Ovi Sync application icon to the desktop. The 5230 comes with dedicated keys for most of the primary features, Nokia has also included an easy access for music control on the home screen with play/pause,forward,back and other voice commands.

The Nokia 5230 comes equipped with a rather basic 2 MP camera which supports JPEG image format with a CMOS sensor and is capable of 3X digital zoo . Other camera features include landscape orientation, auto exposure, full screen viewfinder, exposure compensation& white balance modes. It can record video in MP4 and 3GP format and audio in WAV, AAC/MP4 formats. Another really neat feature on the Nokia 5230 is the is Speaker-independent name dialing (SIND) . The handset has a range of local connectivity and synchronization option including, 3G, Bluetooth, MTP, PC Sync with Nokia Ovi Suite & direct printing via compatible printers.

General Features
In Sales Package:	One each of ( handset, battery,charger, headset ,user guide, stylus, data cable , car holder )
Form:	Candy Bar
SIM:	GSM
Touch Screen:	Classic with touchscreen
Call Features:	Hands Free, Call Timer
Handset Color:	Black
Display
Type:	TFT resistive touchscreen
Size:	3.2 inches
Resolution:	640 x 360 pixels (nHD) with 16:9 picture
Colors:	Up to 16.7 million colours
Camera
Primary Camera:	2 megapixel camera, Up to 16.7 million colours, 3x digital zoom
Video Recording:	VGA@30fps
Dimensions
Size:	111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
Weight:	113 g (without stylus)
Battery
Type:	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J)
Talktime:	7 h (2G) / 4 h 30 min (3G)
Standby Time:	432 h (2G) / 432 h (3G)
Memory and Storage
Internal:	70 MB internal dynamic memory
Expandable Memory Slot:	microSD memory card slot, with hot swap max. 16 GB
Internet & Connectivity
Internet Features:	Email
Preinstalled Browser:	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
GPRS:	GPRS/EGPRS Class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 177/296kbps (DL/UL)
Edge:	EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 17
3G:	Yes
WAP:	Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP, JavaScript
USB connectivity:	Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 high speed
GPS Support:	Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch (Nokia 5230 only)
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth including stereo support for headsets
Multimedia
Music Player:	MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player3.5 mm audio jack
Video Player:	MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
FM:	Stereo FM radio with RDS
Ringtone:	mp3, aac, 64-tone polyphonic (64 built-in tones)
Platform
Operating Freq:	2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 , 3G: HSDPA 900 / 2100
OS:	Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
Processor:	ARM 11 434 MHz processor
Other Features
Call Memory:	Yes
SMS Memory:	Yes
Phonebook Memory:	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Additional Features:	Voice memo/dialOrganizerAccelerometer sensor for UI auto, T9 Predictive Text Input
Warranty
Warranty:	1 Year Nokia India warranty for the phone and 6 months warranty for accessories

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