Nokia 5230 Review - 28.09.2009 News

Nokia 5230 is nothing but Nokia 5800 XpressMusic minus the Wi-Fi plus a 3.2 Megapixel autofocus camera with a fixed focus. All the other features of the Nokia 5230 are otherwise identical to Nokia 5800 XpressMusic – the same look and feels that 5230 is an elder sibling of 5800 XpressMusic.. The only exception is the white body and a backside with different colour panels.

The Nokia 5230 runs on the Symbian S60 5th Edition with the presence of flip scrolling. The UI also supports kinetic scrolling now so that the users can press and slide on the screen. The lists will continue to scroll down, eventually slowing down and coming to a halt.

The UI is very responsive and the touch screen too, even though slightly resistive, delivers a good response and feel to it.

Audio quality on the phone is impressive, and meets the expectations of the sound quality from a good music phone. The loudspeakers are loud and of excellent quality, and the sound through the headphone was great as well.

The music can be played for about 33 hours. The Nokia 5320 comes with Nokia's Comes With Music service and a voucher which will allow the users to download up to 100 free songs from the site.



The 3.2 MP camera does not provide the users with good quality pictures.

The best part about the phone is its price. Nokia 5230 will be available in the Indian market for Rs. 10,000, which makes the phone superb value and will ensure that it flies off the shelf when it launches.

In short the phone is a good option for those who want to own something similar to a smart phone with good music quality. Courtesy By india-server.com