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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)Nokia 5230 Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 January 2010)  Nokia 5230 Consumer Reviews (156 reviews)Write a review of the Nokia 5230! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Displaying reviews 101 - 156 of 156 (displayed in order of date):Reviewed by derek johnstone on 06/12/2010 I just bought this on the t mobile website and to be honest you wont get better value, I got free internet for 6 months free sat nav for life and most importantly unlimited music downloads for a year all for £99.99 which includes £10 credit. Bargain or what !! Rating: Reviewed by Paul Hunter on 30/11/2010 This is THE most frustrating phone I've ever had. It may be classed as entry level by dealers, but as far as I am concerned, it's utter rubbish. It's slow, you need to be on a hilltop to connect to the web, it switches itself off. No wonder some shops in the UK are offering you £300 to take one. Garbage. Rating: Reviewed by Doris Foster on 29/11/2010 Easy to use and quite reliable, a great little phone, but twice the battery life has let me down. It seems to freeze, no warning and take ages to charge. has anyone else encountered similar problems with charging the battery or low battery power? Rating: Reviewed by Maisey from England on 29/11/2010 Easy to use and quite reliable, a great little phone, but twice the battery life has let me down. It seems to freeze/drain suddenly, no warning and take ages to charge. Difficult to ascertain the state of battery life. Has anyone else encountered similar problems with charging the battery or abrupt loss of battery power? Rating: Reviewed by narayan on 27/11/2010 i also have a 5230 its good but there is one problem with this about downloading when i download anything from my browser then it not download like song when i download song form songspk then it directly save into music player with 0 byte file so please tell me how i resolve this problem, downlaoding is easy in ovi store. but with browser not possible thank you in advance my email id is think.raghu007@gmail.com thanks again Rating: Reviewed by David Lowes on 24/11/2010 Has to be the worst phone ever invented! Its best feature is that it's useless - poor battery, irritating blank screen when you use the dial list, memory is so ridiculously low it's not worth mentioning. Do not buy this phone even if it's free! Rating: Reviewed by Seamus O Ruairc on 23/11/2010 I've had a Nokia 5230 since June 10, and have had enough of it! I got it on basis of a Which magazine review largely because of it's good sound quality. While that's true, almost everything else is an absolute pain. Very little on it works in an intuitive fashion, and I'm constantly annoyed with it. Yes, its got lots of "bells and whistles", most of which I don't need or use.....I just want one that works simply and sensibly. 5230? ....don't go there! Rating: Reviewed by chris hood on 21/11/2010 A very nice phone for the price,now £80 on pay asyou go. just gone from a n95 to 5230 and its very similar. rubbish camera and no wi-fi means my n95 wont go back in its box but as a whole its very good,well worth the money Rating: Reviewed by Luciyan McMurdo on 17/11/2010 In true Nokia style, the hardware is topnotch. It's a nice size, not the most petite phone in the market but nothing too big either. Around the front, it features a 3.2-in, 640x360 pixel TFT touch screen display, and while it doesn't compare too favourably to my current favourite (the Galaxy S), it isn't half bad on its own. The response on the touch screen display is a little hit-and-miss though--while it registers most touches immediately, it suddenly (and rather inexplicably) failed to respond or responded so slow, i ended up pressing the on-screen buttons one time too many. Rating: Reviewed by Audey Taylor on 12/11/2010 I AM A GRANNY AND I LOVE THIS PHONE, IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND EASY TO USE, NICE AND LOUD YOU CAN HEAR IT WHEN SHOPPING, I LIKE THE QWERTY BOARD FOR TEXTING, IT IS SO MUCH EASIER THAN THE OLDER TYPE PHONES. THE ONLY FAULT I FIND IS I DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE PHONE RING LONGER, IT GIVES THREE RINGS AND THEN GOES ONTO ANSWER MACHINE. BY THE TIME I ANSWER IT, IT HAS STOPPED RINGING, SO IF THERE IS A WHIZZ KID OUT THERE THAT KNOWS HOW ITS DONE PLEASE LEAVE ME AN ANSWER, OTHERWISE I LOVE IT XX Rating: Reviewed by tony on 09/11/2010 I only got this phone today, and im not happy at all. It has terrble quality and is a waste of your money. If you would like a brick buy this phone, its hideous!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by jOHN on 07/11/2010 NICE!!!! Rating: Reviewed by tmo on 05/11/2010 shocking phone, everything about it is bad, music is poor , camera is poor and it breaks down a lot, I have had the phone for half a year and have had four of them, don't get it Rating: Reviewed by anup on 04/11/2010 i am from india , i have had this phone for a year now . its too good . go for this phone with your eyes closed. the gripe i have is that the camera is horrible . its as good as having no camera . so i will give it 4 star 1 year on at this same price range the samsung android galaxies are available which are slightly better . Rating: Reviewed by Simon on 03/11/2010 As a serious hard-core techi I am very sceptical of the smart phone market, over priced and over rated is my general observation. However having never had to purchase a phone before, I have always been provided them for free, I spent some significant time procrastinating over what to spend my hard earned cash on. The Nokia 5230 sort of presented itself to me quite by accident and I must say give the price it is a “smart phone”. Nope it isn’t uber cool like the iPhone or the Androids but it does the trick. The camera is a little disappointing and there is no WiFi. It is however responsive, and the onscreen keyboard works well. The OVI maps navigation is an excellent addition, in my opinion it leaves the lower-end dedicated Sat-Navs for dead. The choice of apps from OVI is excellent and sync options work well. Probably not for the dedicated Smart phone-aholics but as a cost effective smart-ish phone, it does the trick. Rating: Reviewed by kamz on 03/11/2010 when i turn on the phone it vibrates to let me know its on but the screen shows nothing the phone is an ok phone but the music quality really disappointed me but it was offset by the excellent web browser Rating: Reviewed by natalie on 29/10/2010 i have had my nokia 5230 for about a week and it vibrates as if ive got it on silent and recieved a message, but when i check my phone theres nothing there. plus when im writing a text message and delete a word or a letter the delete touch button keeps going on deletes the whole message even though i didnt hold my finger on it for more than a milli second, other than that love it :) very groovy :D Rating: Reviewed by sam on 28/10/2010 I don't recommend buying Nokia 5230. You can't transfer photos, music etc between your PC and the phone although it claims to have bluetooth and USB port for the transfer. You must be a techie to make it work. Worst still, no support from the manufacturer. Rating: Reviewed by Andywj on 28-10-2010 Had loads of phones in my time and Just got the nokia 5230,Best phone ever,easy to use and easy on the pocket.Had no problems yet but if i do you will be the first to know.If you are thinking about getting one then i would say go on and get one. Have fun.. Rating: Reviewed by Efrog on 27/10/2010 had this phone for a couple of months now and find it a really nice phone but find the battery life very poor stand by time is a little more than 2 days Rating: Reviewed by adnan on 26/10/2010 its a great phone in this price range Rating: Reviewed by carl on 25/10/2010 your wrong on alot of things there my friend. i have this phone in black and its really bad. the battery is rubbish. i have to charge it every day, the internet is good but the apps crash all the time. theres not 1 day where the phone works fine, its constantly tryin to connect to the internet even though i have change the settings and deleted my email accounts to stop it, but still its trying to connect on its own. camera is good for a 2mp. had a 2gb card from orange Rating: Reviewed by Richard on 23/10/2010 Got this phone as a stop gap for £80 from Vodaphone. Wasn't expecting to much for the money but times are hard. Having used it for a couple of months, I will not be looking for a replacement. It does loads of things very well. The sat nav being a particular highlight, allways updating its maps for free. The internet is very good as well. The touch screen took a bit of getting used to, but now I love it. Some people moan about the battery, but mine is fine. This phone compares well with other smart phones costing three times as much. As RB says, most of the "Faults" with this can be solved by reading the manual. I can see no reason to spend any more money on a phone. And you can change the memory card and battery yourself, not send it to a dealer. Rating: Reviewed by Megan :) on 22/10/2010 I got the Nokia 5230 a few months ago. Its got good signal, quick texting, great touchscreen. Good fone :) Rating: Reviewed by Arjun on 22/10/2010 Classy phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Value for money. Rating: Reviewed by Katie on 20/10/2010 GENUINE REVIEW BY 22 YEAR OLD FEMALE!!!!!!!!! I have just received the Nokia 5230 for my 22nd birthday and i love it. My partner got one a while back and seeing his in use made me really want one, we tell them apart as i have attached the bright pink back case that came with it. My old phone was a Nokia slide (sorry forgot the model number) it was also a good phone (i highly rate Nokia's)in the end though my left, right and down button stopped working (high use for 3 years). I havn't found a single fault or dislike in the 5230 absolutly love it. Extra credit has enabled me to get extra games and music for the phone. Music sounds good, camera is good and easy to use. The triangular stlyus (plectrum)is great comfortable to use and attached by a good quality piece of elastic. You can have a number of icons displayed on the home page so easily navigate to different things. You can also choose to have the basic style so a large display of photo if you like. Im never getting lost again either as the phone has a built in sat-nav for use whilst driving or on foot. I can set mulitple alarms and set them for my work days aswel, fantasic as only having one before was a pain for my lazy attemp to get out of bed each morning :) Cool: i know who's calling me before i even look at the phone, a cool dude says aloud the name of the caller (obviously providing they are saved in your phonebook). All round great phone! no more doubting about buying one....go and buy one!!!!!!!!!!!!x Rating: Reviewed by RB on 15/10/2010 Reading through the reviews so far, I would say to most of the complaints READ THE MANUAL. most of the so called 'faults' are features which can be customized. It doesn't come with any maps installed, hence 'red dot in the middle of a blank screen'. Try downloading some, works great, and they are free! As for the camera, it is far better than most other 2MB models, and much better than my previous Sony Ericsson 3MB, especially in low light. Rating: Reviewed by Sian on 09/10/2010 I've had my 5230 for about 3 months and I would say cons outweigh the pros. Texting can be frustrating as the phone goes into auto delete and deletes the whole message, as if the back arrow key is stuck, also the phone switches form portrait to landscape at the most inapropriate moments making texting and searching just plain tedious.Problems with freezing, slow speed of use, camera is pathetic when used indoors, battery life is awful when using internet or games. Some od features but I wouldn't recommend it for the above reasons. Rating: Reviewed by sam on 06/10/2010 The nokia 5230 is a good phone but this phone always cuts off the internet and google maps no longer works.The video is good though. Rating: Reviewed by anup on 03/10/2010 hi , its 8 months , since i bought it , i am very happy with it . it has many features u will fall in love with ..... good screen , very very good n-Hd quality camera recording, average pics . u can install / uninstall many apps like a windows pc . s60 v5 type symbian os .though they have given a stylus . i have no need for it . but u DEFINITELY NEED A SCREEN PROTECTOR AS SCRATCHED APPEAR DUE TO YOUR FINGER NAILS . THE EARPHONES ARE SHI T . BUT WITH A SEINHESER EARPHONE IT GAVE SUPERB MUSIC OUTPUT .gives a good touchscreen ex[perience . gps helps you ...... but smsing and typing on the go is a pain as there is no qwert key pad only an onscreen keypad .good battery backup of a few days ., its huge like a pencil box :) due to its powerful battery .exellent call quality . but if u try to record a conversation , it beeps every 5 sec so that the other person knows u are recording him.....:) here is where i prefer sony or samsung .......it has a weak speaker , with a very low low volume ... so unless its 2 feet away from your ear and in full blast or in vibratory mode ........you wont hear it ...... and one more thing the call quality is good ........ Rating: Reviewed by Jennifer on 01/10/2010 I have had this phone about 2 months now, and it's an okay phone. It is easy to use with a good menu and set-up. The internet is better than my old LG, and I'm happy about that. The 3G is really good and the connection works well. The only problems I would say is the battery life is horrendous!! I literally have to charge it every other day! And it won't let you send/receive texts, and/or do anything if you use up the phone memory, so I recommend that you MUST get an memory card!! The handwriting feature is okay but I don't ever use it. Another thing is that you MUST exit the apps (messages, contacts, log ect ect...) as that drains the battery too. But overall it's an all right phone. Rating: Reviewed by Japhet 4rm nigeria on 01/10/2010 Actually i hav bought this fone 4 about a month not bad considering the 5thvesion platform better than the n85 or e63 of 3rd edition the only prob is since no physical keyboard it cant play game of 3rd edition unless u hack and downld keyboard great becos d n97 is also a 5th edition. Rating: Reviewed by G . Benjamin on 22/09/2010 Possibly the worst phone I have ever purchased?? I was so unhappy with the phone I replaced it after a Month. phone wont work properly with out an additional memory card which is not supplied. the lead to connect the phone to a USB port is not supplied . I found the phone hard to set up and in use it is not clear which programs are running and it is very easy to leave the internet connected without the phone letting you know. the music player gave poor sound quality. the screen was badly scratched after two weeks even though I only ever used the supplied plectrum. Rating: Reviewed by niki on 20/09/2010 love it :) Rating: Reviewed by pritam pandurang shivankar on 19/09/2010 battry problem Rating: Reviewed by Hemachandra on 18/09/2010 I have bought this phone and been using it over ~3 months, battery life looks good but the touch screen is not optimum. Also I have found the screen to tilts to other direction and sometimes felt little uneasy to change it. Overall a good phone, but not the best. Rating: Reviewed by lee wiltshire [Bath] on 17/09/2010 i've got a 5230 ,i got it as a change before my contract upgrade.i am happy with my previous 6500slide but am just as happy with this one.i had a samsung touch screen 2 years ago and hated it ,i hated touch screen,since i've had my 5230,it's given me a bit of fun. Got my little apps and i do my email's and have learned to trust it enough with the antivirus software to do all my banking where ever i am.i'm not worried about the camera pixels i think the camera does an excellent job with out the flash.and i'm happy it's got a radio. I am very happy with my 5230,but still wont part with my other nokia Rating: Reviewed by Tess on 05/09/2010 My boyfriend is in a contract for this phone and simply cannot work it. I cant either. ANyone else got this nightmare? tess@studiob.co.uk Rating: Reviewed by Enkay 9 on 01/09/2010 I have used the 5230 for about a month now and i think its brilliant! The cool contact's bar, the large display, the ease of access to multimedia features via the media sensor or whatever its called, make it a phone worth owning, well atleast for me. Enjoying its browser too. Sure its camera isn't quite as sharp, and it doesn't produce the best sound, but it's a phone, and it does its typical phone tasks rather well. I'm happy to own one, and i'm not changing phones any time soon. Rating: Reviewed by Elliot on 30/08/2010 i just got this phone today and i am only 13. i have never had a touchscreen phone before but i think this phone is really good (: i havent got anything to compare it agains like some of the other comments but i do think that this phone is good. the screen if really good and simple and is really user friendly. camera is GOOD so why is everyone saying it is bad :( hope to get more comfortable with the phone as the days go on ! GREAT PHONE Rating: Reviewed by Geejay on 29/08/2010 I have just bought this phone it is very good but i wish that i could find out how to stop the alarm from going off,i set it for my tablets every nightbut when it goes off i can't stop it repeating it is driveing me mad, iam a bit dumb at modern gadgets i am 79 can someone help, but apart from that i like the phone. Rating: Reviewed by Ber on 29/08/2010 I bought this phone about a month ago and like Zahir my phone also went into auto delete and the touch screen wasn't very responsive at all so i took it back and they changed it for me but now im having the same problems again.Im very disappointed because i actually liked it but im going to give it back its driving me nuts!!!!:):) Rating: Reviewed by vesi8 on 24/08/2010 GReat phone. Easy to use. Better than my old 6120 classic. Rating: Reviewed by gwenzi on 23/08/2010 had a nokia 5800 which i unfortunateley lost so i downgraded (i thought i was upgrading) to 5230. the damn thing is no match but i will survive, as long as i can get over working out how to switch off the alarm Rating: Reviewed by jace voorhees on 22/08/2010 great phone love it on three network .. One great phone is it downloads the phones firmware so no pc needed to update phone .worked great and i didnt lose anything...a must have phone ..the camera was better then my nokia e 71 Rating: Reviewed by Peter on 20/08/2010 Excellent phone for my needs -even better than i expected because of the low price. Navigation works great and its free with free updating of maps. Big plus. Camera quality's enough for me and it's fast in comparison to my previous phone. Video quality's even better. Access to web is a lot faster than on previous phone, speed is enough for me. Display works fine with good feedback. Suprisingly easy to adopt when only using hard buttons on phone before. All i can think of needing with good price. Five stars from me. Rating: Reviewed by megan on 20/08/2010 ok. My nokia 5230 is the best phone i ever got. Its got a large touchscreen which is quite easy to use considering the bad press it gets. But, one disadvantage is that texting / typing is likely to be bit difficult as u sometimes miss the letter, but as i submitted this by mobile, im doing it quite well! I got mine from tesco mobile for about sixty quid. I luv it and def recommend for u! Rating: Reviewed by lauren on 19/08/2010 its so cool i love it! it is soo worth buying! Rating: Reviewed by Moniruzzaman,Bangladesh,jamalpur on 19/08/2010 It's a nice phone. Rating: Reviewed by mark on 19/08/2010 PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! IT IS TOTAL RUBBISH AND PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE AND YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE COMMAND ON AVERAGE 5 TIMES FOR IT TO RESPOND. IT ALSO HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN! IF YOU WANT A PHONE THAT MAKES YOU WANNA THROW IT AT THE WALL EVERY DAY THEN BUY THIS! You have been warned! Rating: Reviewed by gaurav sharma on 19/08/2010 nokia rocks man.. . I luv my nokia mobiles,they r ossum,currently m using 5230 Rating: Reviewed by bawbag on 16/08/2010 i have been trying to get the hang of this touch screen contraption for two weeks and it is driving me loopy, Rating: Reviewed by Adam on 15/08/2010 I got this phone almost a week ago, this phone is good. It has the ovi stores to downloads stuff. STOP MOANING ABOUT THE CAMERA! yeh, maybe it onli has a 2megapixel! what did u buy a phone or a camera? eh.. Other than the haters wrecking the review on the phone. Good on ya all the people with good rateings Rating: Reviewed by shaira on 15/08/2010 Well iv recently bought this phone. And i gues itz ok for the money wise. However the battery is awful. I have to charge it up to two times in a day. Rating: Reviewed by abdul on 13/07/2010 5130 is better! trust me Rating: Reviewed by Bala sundar on 20/06/2010 Excellent smart phone in low price.I amazing when I saw this ,because it has superb touch screen it's touchscreen sensitivity is super when compared to the other touch screen mobiles and other features like 3G,A-GPS and much more.When I saw this,I cann't believe this is not a start level smart phone because it has tons of application,if is not enough download more applications from OVI.Particularly it has broadband internet connection to download any file in a short time.The pics are very good in day time but in night the quality is low Nokia may gave LED flash to capture a good photo in night time.Every person like to talk in video calling but Nokia does not give the secondary video call camera.It hasn't a wi-fi network to stream the videos in a hotspot place.Another one Nokia 5800's wt is 114g but it has an qwerty keyboard.But Nokia 5230's wt is more than 5800 but it hasn't qwerty keyboard.Otherwise it is a excellent mobile to the given money. 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