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Nokia 5230 review: 2009 budget touch.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2009·$170
Overall
50/100
Class rank
#26 of 37
Tier
Feature
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The verdict, up front

Nokia 5230.

5230 brought touch + GPS to a $170 budget — Nokia's 2009 entry resistive-touch Symbian.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for feature phones of 2009.

TypeTFT resistive touch
Size3.2"
Resolution640 x 360

02Performance

44/100

44/100 trails the 48-point cohort average for feature phones of 2009.

ChipsetARM 11
RAM128 MB
Storage70 MB + microSD

03Camera

50/100

50/100 is one of the weaker camera results among feature phones of 2009 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main2 MP

04Battery

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 68-point average for feature phones of 2009.

Capacity1,320 mAh (removable)

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for feature phones of 2009.

What works
  • Touch budget at $170.
  • GPS included.
  • nHD display.
  • 4 pop colors.
What doesn't
  • Resistive touch.
  • 2 MP cam.
  • 128 MB RAM.
  • No Wi-Fi.
Cross-shop it against
Sony Ericsson C905
$700 · score 65/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 37-phone cohort of feature devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .