Nokia 5230

The Nokia 5230 (type RM-588, codenamed Simon) is a budget touchscreen smartphone, announced in August 2009 and released in November of the same year.

It is essentially a reduced version of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The 5230 is also one of the best selling phones ever, with about 150 million units sold.

Issues

 * The touch digitizer's flex cable is very fragile, there is a high risk of killing the touch if not disassembling carefully.
 * The phone has overall low build quality, for example there has been one case of the volume and camera shutter buttons randomly falling off.

Variants

 * 5228 (RM-625): Released in January 2010, lacks 3G and GPS.
 * 5233 (RM-625): Same as the 5228, but has GPS.
 * 5230 Nuron: North American exclusive, with preloaded maps.
 * 5235 Comes With Music Edition: Includes free music downloads from the Nokia Music Store.

Related phones

 * Nokia 5530 XpressMusic: Predecessor.
 * Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Higher end counterpart.
 * Nokia 5250: Successor.

Themes

 * Dark grey
 * Dark blue
 * Dark petrol
 * Dark pink
 * Dark red
 * Dark yellow

Ringtones

 * Alarm 1.aac
 * Alarm 2.aac
 * Alarm 3.mxmf
 * Alarm 4.mxmf
 * Alarm 5.mxmf
 * Alarm rock.aac
 * Appearance.aac
 * Beep.rng
 * Beep twice.rng
 * Brache.mp4
 * Chat message tone.aac
 * Clock alert 1.aac
 * Clock alert 2.mid
 * Clock alert 3.aac
 * Clock alert 4.aac
 * Clock alert 5.aac
 * Clock alert 6.aac
 * Crystal.aac
 * Digitize.aac
 * Dotted.aac
 * Electronic.aac
 * Email 1.aac
 * Email 2.aac
 * Frequency.aac
 * Friend online tone.aac
 * Glare.aac
 * Heels.aac
 * Message 1.aac
 * Message 2.aac
 * Message 3.aac
 * Message 4.aac
 * Message 5.aac
 * Message 6.aac
 * Message 7.aac
 * Message 8.aac
 * Nokia tune.aac
 * Nostalgia.aac
 * Pong pong.aac
 * Radial.aac
 * Resonate.aac
 * Roundabout.aac
 * Selekt.aac
 * Shred.aac
 * Triangle.aac
 * Walk away.aac
 * Whoop.mp4
 * Windswept.aac

Games

 * DJ Mix Tour
 * Rollercoaster Revolution: 99 Tracks

Batteries

 * Nokia BL-5J (3.7 V, 1320 mAh Li-ion)