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Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron

Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron

4204 reviews

Apr, 2024

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size (1605)
usability (1287)
price (434)
performance (390)
GPS navigation (246)

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battery (295)
reliability (78)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 4204 reviews of Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the GPS navigation and price. The performance and size are also mentioned favorably, but many are less positive about the reliability and battery. Comments about the apps and screen are different.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron

alaTest has collected and analyzed 105 user reviews of Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the battery and performance. The price and portability also get good views, whereas many are negative about the reliability.

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80% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

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Amazon.com review summary for Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron

alaTest has collected and analyzed 97 user reviews of Nokia 5230 / Nokia 5230 Nuron from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.3/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.com. Comments about the design and camera are generally positive. The durability and size also get good comments. There are mixed comments on the reliability and price. There are some critical comments about the performance.

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65% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Chris Ziegler (engadget.com)

Nokia Nuron for T-Mobile review

When the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was released a little more than a year ago, we thoroughly panned it in our review -- put simply, it felt undercooked and

Uses non-smartphone data pricing ; Includes Ovi Maps with free turn-by-turn nav ; Looks good in white

No WiFi ; Almost identical to the aging 5800 XpressMusic ; Resistive screen

Mar, 2010

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Expert review by : GSMArena team (gsmarena.com)

Nokia 5230 review: Foot soldiers get smarter

When touchscreen handsets start to take over the lower segments of the market you know the rules of the game have changed. The Nokia 5230 is a smartphone but it doesn't mind rubbing shoulders with the common run of handsets. So, it's free...

3.2" 16M-color TFT LCD 16:9 touchscreen display (360 x 640 pixels) ; Symbian S60 5th edition ; ARM 11 434 MHz CPU, 128MB RAM memory ; Quad-band GSM support ; 3G with HSDPA 3.6Mbps support ; Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support; Ovi maps ; 2...

No Wi-Fi support ; Display has poor sunlight legibility ; 3rd party software is still somewhat limited ; Basic camera ; Doesn't charge off its microUSB port ; No smart dialing ; No DivX/XviD video support out of the box ; No TV-out functionality ; No...

Dec, 2009

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Expert review by : John R. Quain (pcworld.com)

Nokia Nuron Phone Review - PCWorld

Top-notch, free turn-by-turn navigation

No built-in Wi-Fi

The Nokia Nuron is a low-cost smartphone with valuable navigation and mapping abilities.

May, 2010

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Expert review by : Jamie Lendino (pcmag.com)

Nokia 5230 Nuron (T-Mobile)

The Nokia 5230 Nuron offers T-Mobile subscribers a low-cost smartphone with plenty of apps and solid business e-mail.

Free Ovi Maps GPS navigation. Very inexpensive for a true smartphone. Sharp camera. Excellent video recorder.

Typing is tough on the resistive screen. OS sluggish and buggy in spots. No Wi-Fi.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions Nokia preloads Ovi Maps (Free, ), the company's excellent, free GPS navigation solution. This alone makes the phone an excellent deal as a nav device. You can also easily update your Facebook status, upload photos,...

Mar, 2010

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Expert review by : Bonnie Cha (cnet.com)

Nokia 5230 Nuron review

Everyone loves a great deal, and Nokia and T-Mobile are serving up one heck of a value with the Nokia 5230 Nuron. Available starting March 24 for just $69.99 with a two-year contract, the Nuron is a full touch-screen smartphone that offers 3G support,...

The Nokia 5230 Nuron has free maps and voice-guide navigation via Ovi Maps, 3G, and excellent call quality, all at an affordable price. It's also the first Nokia smartphone with a U.S. carrier to offer access to the Ovi Store.

The Nuron lacks Wi-Fi and a document viewer. Its user interface is clunky and confusing, and we wish it had a capacitive touch screen. No flash for the camera.

The Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile isn't the most advanced or fastest smartphone on the market, but budget-conscious customers will find an incredible deal here.

Mar, 2010

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Expert review by : PhoneArena Team (phonearena.com)

Nokia Nuron 5230 Review

Struggling to get a foothold in the US smartphone market, Nokia has finally brought a carrier branded S60 5th Edition phone with the Nuron 5230. It's definitely the right direction that the veteran phone maker needs to tackle, but the Nuron only skims...

Mar, 2010

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Expert review by : Top Ten Reviews Staff (toptenreviews.com)

Nokia 5230 Nuron Review

The Nokia 5230 Nuron is a prepaid cell phone that is similar to a smartphone. It provides much of the advanced technology found in a most smartphones, but it lacks popular well-known and widely used operating system. Nevertheless, you can take this...

The Nokia 5230 Nuron has 3G and quad-band capabilities that make it great for international use.

This prepaid cell phone is a bulky device that weighs 4 ounces.

This prepaid cell phone is large for its feature set and lacks the most popular operating systems.

Jan, 2011

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Expert review by : Softpedia (softpedia.com)

Nokia 5230 Review

The Nokia 5230 handset is one of the first low-end touch smartphones manufactured by the Finnish company. Of course this isn't one of those top-tier devices that can ruin budgets, but at least Nokia fans will be able to taste some of the early Symbian...

I think one of the best things about 5230 is its decent look, but I would also enlist here the easy to use interface. I would also like to mention here the ARM 11 434 MHz CPU, which is rather powerful for a low-budget handset, as well as the 3G with...

The downsides list of the phone could be much higher than I anticipated, but some of the things I wanted to include might not be “negatives” for Nokia fans … yet. So, to begin with I would say that the lack of a microSD memory card, as well as the...

Sep, 2010

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Expert review by : cellphones.ca (cellphones.ca)

Nokia Nuron 5230

From the perennially prolific producer of powerful cell phones comes the Nokia Nuron 5230, coming in at a smaller price tag than the 5800 (sacrificing Wi-Fi and some camera resolution to get there), but ends up standing proud as an excellent phone with...

Aug, 2010

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Expert review by : John R. Quain (macworld.com)

Review: Nokia Nuron mobile phone

The Nokia Nuron is a low-cost smartphone with valuable navigation and mapping abilities.

This candy-bar-style, touchscreen phone has enough features to make it a reasonable concierge and a first-rate navigator. The Nuron is the first U.S. handset from Nokia to feature the company’s free turn-by-turn navigation with Ovi Maps, and it also...

Jun, 2010

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