Wednesday 3 October 2012

Nokia 5230 - Read Complete Review on Nokia Phones

Smartphones have become quite a craze nowadays. Every second person wants to have one of their own. Nokia 5230 is a touchscreen phone with all the smart features like those of iPhone except Wi-Fi. It comes embedded with GPS, 3G, Camera and is powered by Symbian operating system which is certainly the best around. To top it all at very reasonable cost. So, if you are looking for a perfect smartphone with astonishing looks that too within your budget , then Nokia 5230 white is one for you.

Read our review to know more about this impressive gadget


Design:
The overall look of the Nokia 5230 white is very young and vibrant which is sure to entice people of all ages. Though, at first glance it looks more or less similar to Nokia 5800 and resembles XpressMusic touch phones very closely, but there is no QWERTY keypad.

There is no over the top changes in the design of the phone- rather it is simple, sleek and stylish, that's what we like best. The slim phone comes across with the dimensions of 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm and weight as light as 155 grams, making it easy and handy to carry around in pocket as well as in bag.
On the front, there is resistive touchscreen, on the back, there are covers which can be changed along with snapper bolted. Below the screen, there are three keys namely- call, end and Menu key. On the top, there are ambient sensor, proximity sensor together with media key situated just next to the earphone speaker. Coming to the right, you have volume keys and camera button . MicroSD card space is on the left.

Display & Keypad:
The attractive display is 3.2” TFT resistive touchescreen with the sharp resolution of 360×640 pixels which is supported 16 millions colours to bring out superior images with great contrast and brightness. There is standard alphanumeric keypad to type in the texts supported by predictive text, besides there is mini QWERTY keypad to type with the help of a stylus and for typing fast with your fingers, there is full fledged QWERTY keypads as well.

Even though the screen is resistive, it can easily handle multi -touch input and all the assorted applications with ease. Features like accelerometer for auto rotation and turn to mute functions are also present.

Software:
Nokia 5230 white is operating on Symbian 9.4 operating system similar to that of XpressMusic touch. On the homescreen, there are thumb-able icons with shortcuts icons which are four in number. These can be arranged or hidden according to your needs.
On clicking the main menu key, there comes various applications which are pre-installed such as-calendar, notepad, file manger, Amazon. Facebook, Myspace, office, recorder etc. Under music menu you will find apps like music player,FM Radio and Music Store.

Internet & Connectivity:
Nokia 5230 white comes with gripping internet facilities. Firstly the phone is quad- band, both 2G and 3G compatible phone giving global connectivity to its users.

High speed internet is always available with GPRS,EDGE and super fast 3G. The popular services rendered are Yahoo mail, Facebook, Myspace etc. With Java and Flash support you can easily download various applications. GPS receiver along with Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch, you can find any location on earth.

Apart from these, Bluetooth and USB are also present as connectivity tools for transfer and sharing of folders like music, videos and images between mobile devices or PC's

Calling& Messaging:
Calling with your 5230 white is a breeze as there are no disruptions or call drops while receiving or making calls, thanks to excellent reception of frequencies. Adding of contacts is similar to that of any other Nokia phone-simple and organised. There is Facebook App which enables social feeds anytime anywhere by your friends in your contacts list.

Messaging with the QWERTY keypad is fast and accurate. There are all the messaging options accessible starting with SMS,MMS and Email. Email client supports POP3,SMTP and IMAP4 functions which can operate more than one Email account at a time supporting file and attachments as well.

Processor:
The phone runs on 434 MHz ARM 11 processor which is smooth and efficient. The opening and closing of the applications is fine with some lags, which is certainly a issue with Symbian.

Internal memory of the device is 70MB with 128MB RAM which is expandable to 16GB via microSD card.

Multimedia Apps:

Music Player:
There is average music player in Nokia 5230.Five equalizers have been pre- installed- Rock,Bass Booster,Jazz and Classical. It supports all kinds of music formats -MP3, RA, WAV, WMA and AAC . Besides, there is Comes With Music service which gives you, access to abundant songs and power to download them completely free. You can listen to these by plugging in the headphones in the 3.5mm jack. With Media Bar all your favourite media apps like albums,music, pictures,Videos,You Tube are just a tap away.

With FM radio you can enjoy latest songs on popular radio stations. The sound quality is loud and clear. With Bluetooth you can listen to songs wirelessly.

Camera:
Nokia 5230 White is bestowed with 2MP camera with the resolution of 1600x1200 pixels to bring out descent pictures with sharp contrast. We can't say the images produced are stunning but manages to bring out fine pictures. There are settings such as sharpness and colour level, contrast level, self timer and multiple shots. The other prominent features of the snapper are light exposure- that is the amount of light that can pass through the lens and ISO speed- that regulates the speed of opening and closing of the shutter.

All these features certainly helps to take a nice shot!
Video recording can be done at VGA@30fps.

Games:
There are colourful and well controlled games in the device making it a perfect gaming device to go with. Guitar Hero 5 and Need for Speed Shift are already in built in the phone, besides other exciting games can be downloaded through Java.

Battery:
1,320 mAh Li-Ion (BL-5J) battery is powerful and lasts for about 8 hours. With this, you can play music, record or watch videos and make large number of calls before the battery takes its last breath. If you use your phone only for playing music it will last for 33 hours at a stretch. Listening to music for 2 hours and talking for 30 minutes daily, then the phone will last for 6 days on single charge.

The standby time is 432 h in 2G and Up to 432 h 3G.
Verdict
Nokia 5230 Deals are elegant phone in pure white colour. It is a light smartphone with impressive features which are found only in Hi-end phones that too at affordable price. It is unconquerable in attributes like social networking, high connectivity and great music player. Powerful processor ARM 11 434 MHz CPU is present in the device to run the various applications. Camera feature is not that develop,but with this price range you can't ask for more!

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