Just announced — the Nokia 5230 looks like the old 5800 XpressMusic minus the WiFi feature and it’s not even under the XM series. Besides, the cheaper 5530 XM is already out.
So it looks like Nokia is bringing on the platoon with several full touchscreen phones this year. The 5800XM was still a bit on the expensive end but with the cheaper Nokia 5230 and the 5530XM, things should get interesting.
The Nokia 5230 3.2 inch screen with a resolution of 360×640 pixels and supports handwriting recognition, an accelerometer and proximity sensor. There’s no WiFi but you get 3G/HSDPA 3.6Mbps, AGPS, Bluetooth and FM Tuner. For most phone users, lack of WiFi is a deal-breaker.
Battery is rated at 1320mAh. Internal storage is only 70MB but you can plug in up to 16GB of microSD card.
Coming out at the end of the year, and according to GSM Arena, the Nokia 5230 could fetch somewhere around Php10 to Php11k.
Awts,,, nakita ko ito sa SM CEBU, nakadisplay na, price was 7990pesos tapos nainterested ako kasi kamukha nya ung Nokia 5800XM..
Sana sa Manila mas cheap kasi matatagalan ako bago umuwi sa Cebu. 
I’m looking forward to have this.
May nakita ako kahapon sa mall, P8,250 kaso hindi ko maalala kung 5530 or 5230. Nakakalito kasi pero I guess it’s 5230 since it’s a bit cheaper than 5530.
I prefer wifi over 3g, but I’ll be needing a wireless router and I don’t have extra money for that so I’ll stick with this one.
I just bought the 5230 yesterday.
Pretty cool. So what if wala syang wifi, at 8,000 pesos with 3.5G, its pretty cool na.
just bought my 5230 last week, i had the white and red one,its cool.it rili is the 5800 lil sister-09235559970
what store meron selling at 8,000? cheapest I saw was 9,999 pesos
Sa Shangri La sa shaw boulevard, mandaluyong sa foodcourt, may cp shop dun 8600 pag cash and 9800 if credit card, sa abenson naman 12.8k tsk
last2x year nagkacrush ak0w sa 5610 kala k0w s60, aun binili k0w 13k, taz s40 pla. nabr0ken hearted 2loy ak0w. n0w this year, im definitely g0na buy 5230 8k lng. d na ak0w mal0l0ko mey alam na ak0w sa mga f0n n0w. hahahaha bobbaaaa k0w
Twitter: confessor_odri
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I’m planning to swap my Samsung S5603 for this phone. Mas gusto ko yung interface ng phone na to compare sa samsung, sana pala ito na lang binili ko. Hay nasa huli talaga ang pagsisisi.
I’m a high school student and this phone is enough for me. Ive been using this for 2 weeks already and wala akong panghihinayang and its price is very affordable! 7900 lang dun sa 1st Edgecom sa SM Southmall Las Pinas na pinagbilan ko.
san po ba pwede bumili nito?
i like it..mas gusto ko na ung 3g kesa sa wi-fi..
Twitter: Muhammad Haykal
says:
I had it 6,980.00 nabili ko sa SM North Annex. Nokia warranty, 2gb micro sd. Kaupdate ko lang din ng firmware niya. Kinetic scrolling na sya and improved na din ang kanyang sound quality. Well wala siyang quickoffice at pdf reader pero nakahanap naman ako sa net. So far ok naman performance nya. Di naman siyang naglalag. Nakakastream din ako ng GMA. All in all, it is a decent phone depende lang talaga kung paano gamitin.
Hi jeghan! anong store sa SM North mo binili?
Twitter: Muhammad Haykal
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@anne hmmm… it think the store was fone style.
what a difference 5230 and 5230 XPmusic?
how much na po kaya now ito im planning to buy kc as a xmas gift to myself…talagang tap lang ba para mag type sa screen kc sabi nila sa blackberry storm 1 dapat daw depress mo ung screen ng bb kc pag tap lang ayaw gumana kaya ask ko kung true po?
…d ko po now magamit 5530 ko…d po xe ako mkpagxend,,huhuhu….nkkpag balance inquiry nmn..nkk call nmn po…why d ako mkpagsend????help!!!