Phone Comparison - Nokia 5230 vs Nokia 5800 XpressMusic vs Nokia 230 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Nokia
Announced August 2009 October 2008 November 2015
Status Available - November 2009 Available - November 2008 Coming Soon - December 2015
Price - - Rs. 3,993 ($58.72) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, Red, Blue Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
(4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in, 3.27 cc )
111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
(4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in, 3.27 cc )
124.6 x 53.4 x 10.9 mm
(4.91 x 2.1 x 0.43 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 109 g (3.84 oz) 91.8 g (3.21.0.28 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 -
Processor 434 MHz ARM 11 434 MHz ARM 11 -
GPU -
RAM 128 MB 128 MB 16 MB
Internal Memory 70 MB storage 81 MB storage N/A
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 16GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen TFT resistive touchscreen TFT
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 65K colors
Size 3.2 inches 3.2 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 360 x 640 pixels (229 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 49.39% 49.39% 36.42%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash No Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Geo-tagging -
Video Yes, VGA@30fps Yes, VGA@30fps 240p@15fps
Front Camera No [Similar] QVGA videocall camera [Similar] 2 MP, 480p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Class 32 Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Class 32 Class 32 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP v3.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v1.1
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch No
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Phonebook Unlimited entries, Photocall Unlimited entries, Photocall 1000 entries
Call Records Practically unlimited Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 81 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 16 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 16GB, 8GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1320 mAh(BL-5J) 1200 mAh
Stand by Up to 432 h (2G)
Up to 432 h (3G)
Up to 406 h (2G)
Up to 406 h (3G)
Up to 528 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 8 h 45 min (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 23 h