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Nokia 3230 Review

The Nokia 3230 is a budget smartphone. Nokia have tried to pack in as many popular features as possible into this phone, so on paper it sounds great, with a megapixel camera, video recording of up to one hour, MP3 player, Bluetooth wireless games and fast internet access. It also features a compact design and is one of the lightest smartphones available - at 110g it compares well with series 40 phones - and it’s priced to be popular.

The 3230 isn’t a great looker, except in a boxy retro kind of way, but it’s got a sensible keypad and a nice-sized screen. The screen is standard spec for a Nokia smart phone, and feature-wise it’s comparable with most of Nokia’s series 60 phones such as the 6670 or 7610. There are a couple of extras such as the Visual Radio, Push to Talk and Tunes Studio (polyphonic ringtone composer).

The 3230 comes with a Kodak Mobile Service which enables you to upload images to the Kodak Web site and then have prints delivered to your address. You can also print the pictures using Bluetooth wireless technology at any Kodak Kiosk at selected Nokia retail locations. Obviously these prints have to be paid for!

However, the downside of the 3230 is that corners have been cut to make this phone fit the budget. The phone menu is very slow, audio quality is poor, and there seem to be bugs in the firmware. Before buying this phone, you should weigh up these factors. Read the user reviews below and try to test the phone before buying.

Features of the Nokia 3230 include:

• TFT display: 65,536 colours, 176 x 208 pixels
• 1.3 megapixel camera, with an effective resolution of 1.23 megapixels (1280 x 960 pixels)
• Video camera (176 x 144 pixels) with up to 1 hour of recording
• Movie Director software for video editing
• Series 60 user interface with selectable themes
• Push to Talk with dedicated key
• Voice features: voice dialing, voice commands, voice recorder, integrated handsfree speaker
• MP3 music player
• Visual Radio
• MP3 ringtones & polyphonic ringtones
• Tunes Studio application for making polyphonic ringtones
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, instant messaging, email (SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, and APOP)
• Java games, including multiplayer Bluetooth games
• WAP, GPRS class 10, EGPRS (up to 118.4 kbps)
• HTML/XHTML web browser
• Mobile wallet
• Memory: 32 Mbyte reduced size MMC card
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB
• Triband
• Size: 109 x 49 x 19 mm
• Weight: 110g
• Talktime: 4 hours
• Battery standby: up to 150 hours

Nokia 3230 Consumer Reviews

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