If you love how Nokia N97 look and the features it offers, but you don’t want to pay for the pricey handset, the Nokia 5230 is probably the right handset for you. The exterior design of this particular Nokia handset is very similar to that of Nokia N97, sans the slide-out keyboard. It is also a touchscreen phone, equipped with the latest Symbian S60 5th Edition operating system and all the functions that you will find in Nokia N97.
Nokia 5230 is designed as an entry-level phone, so you can’t expect premium features such as 3G connectivity or Wi-Fi to be present, but the phone is still more than enough for basic users. The multimedia capabilities are simply amazing, with Nokia’s signature multimedia player (Nokia Ovi Player) managing and playing all your media files. You can add a microSD card of up to 16 GB as an addition to the handset’s 70 MB internal memory; storing your multimedia files and viewing them on the go wouldn’t be a problem at all.
The 16.7 million colors, 640 x 360 pixels, 3.2 inches, touchscreen with automatic display rotation and proximity sensor will make accessing functions and viewing videos as well as browsing the internet a lot easier to do. You will also be able to access all the handset’s features easily thanks to Nokia’s intuitive user interface. The touchscreen interface is also very fluid and easy to use, making this phone one of the best entry-level touchscreen phone available today; it is simply packed with features.