| The Nokia 5230 is a popular handset that provides | | | | provides proximity and accelerometer sensors as its |
| feature rich functionality encased within an | | | | means of automating several tasks. An additional |
| aesthetically styled casing that is 111 mm x 51 mm | | | | form of data entry is provided by the handwriting |
| wide and 15 mm thick in size. The unit is also a | | | | recognition feature which is included as standard. |
| lightweight unit being 115 g in weight. | | | | The handset offers a variety of connectivity options |
| The handset has the benefit of utilising an ARM 11 | | | | including class 32 versions of GPRS and EDGE in |
| 434 MHz processor in addition to the Symbian | | | | addition to blue tooth and micro-USB connections. |
| operating system, which within this particular handset | | | | This handset also provides effective web access by |
| is version 9.4. The unit comes with 70 MB of internal | | | | virtue of the inclusion of an HSDPA connection that |
| memory with the ability to increase this up to 16 GB | | | | provides the means to surf the web at speeds of up |
| by making use of the existing microSD card slot and | | | | to 3.6 Mbps. |
| relevant cards. Satellite navigation is provided by | | | | The handset provides several means of |
| virtue of the GPS function which also incorporates | | | | entertainment which include a stereo FM radio that |
| A-GPS support and utilises the popular Nokia maps 2.0 | | | | comes with RDS functionality in addition to an MP4 |
| touch. | | | | MP3 media player that is capable of playing and |
| The phone has an impressively colourful 3.2 inch TFT | | | | actively supports numerous file formats. The handset |
| touch screen that is able to display up to 16 million | | | | also provides a snapshot style 2.0 megapixel camera |
| colours within its 360 x 640 pixel screen size, offering | | | | that are also offers the ability to capture video |
| imagery of excellent quality. The handset also | | | | footage at VGA quality and at 30 frames per second. |