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.
still can’t wait for the 5530… in my case, i prefer wifi over 3G.
definitely wifi over 3g!
No wifi = no buy! for me
Phones with support for wifi and 3g is better. That’s how you would appreciate mobile connectivity better.
360×640 pixels? – oohhh I like that. But I think I’ll wait for Aino and Satio.
Twitter: ThisIsWHA
says:
Wow! a price range between ten and eleven thou. khit walang wifi or 3g ok na. mid range pinoy lang naman ako. kya ok na olrite yan. priced like the samsung star and lg cookie. bring on those touch screen phones.
Twitter: jdGONEMAD
says:
ang girlie naman ng mga kulay.
That’s it! Keep those mid-priced phones coming. Wifi is not such an earthshaking loss if you think about it. 3G/HSDPA’s fine, no problem.
I’m not easily impressed by all the specs trumpeted by those manufactures. They add some features, and boom – we all go gaga. Haven’t they made their minds up yet what a mobile phone should be?
If they would incorporate a microwave oven into one of those devices, then I would really take notice and queue to the nearest store. Imagine running the device over a whole chicken and voila, roasted chicken for dinner! Now, there’s high-tech!
Then I would call my mother, and invite her for barbecues next Sunday.
Twitter: Boffill
says:
Hiyay. Wala nang ibang kulay?
i think there is something wrong in the blog…. 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. the 5530 instead 5230….
video call feature is important to me so i prefer 3g over wifi if i were to choose. besides, we’re still talking about a phone not a netbook, right? however, it seems n5230 doesn’t have a secondary camera = no video call?
Twitter: eguar51
says:
If this would be released by year’s end yet, would the rest of the pack have their own versions lurking somewhere? You know (hi, manny!!), price, specs and all.
mga tech guys mas maganda ba ito pang internet browser kaysa lg cookie?pwede ba magamit yung sun broadband sim dito para pang internet surf?
@Nikon Anthony
I think its correct, yuga is referring to a different phone when he said 5530XM, follow the link to see the phone
I think more people will prefer 5530 than this. But the new N900 looks a lot cooler, hope i have the money to buy that
wifi nokia, ano ba!
Okay sana kaso lang walang WiFi.
I like its pink color but I’m sad because it doesn’t support WiFi.
i want a wifi phone
no wifi? ok! $100 is the right price – we’re not stupid like you!
I just love nokia products, they are very innovative.
i think il go for wi fi rather than 3g..:)
I can live without wifi, 3.2 inches is too small for me for surfing the internet, I perfer surfing on a laptop.
But I need the price @7T or lower.
5230, is fine for me, basta cheaper and 3g O.K. n sa akin i have broadband nmn sa bahay eh. Di kc pede maglaro sa phone ng MMORPG! HeHeHe!!!
wala atang flash? Y_Y id still go for 5530 kahit single led lang , ok sana yung 5800 just hate the design parang kabaong specially yung likod ugh ugly sana ginawa na rin nilang 3.2″ un screen ng 5530 whew
dito sa bundok samin wlang WiFi kya ok skin 2 ng tribu ko! wowowowowowowowowo.