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Global Score
36.139.4
Basic Information
NokiaNokia
--Symbian 9.4
2010-11-222009-08-25
4.32 x 1.85 x 0.60 inches4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 inches
3.14 ounces4.06 ounces
Black, Gray and White--
Scratch-Resistant Glass--
$ 205.00$ 110.00
Display / Screen
2 inches3.2 inches
240 x 320 pixels (QVGA)360 x 640 pixels
TFTTFT
200 pixels per inch229 pixels per inch
No touch screenResistive
6.36.9
processorARM11 (Single-Core 434 MHz) processor
64 MB RAM128 MB RAM
ARM Mali-400 MP1 (320 MHz) GPU GPU
5.946.48
Storage
47,1 MB internal memory71,68 MB internal memory
microSD, microSDHC (up to 16 GB) external memory slotmicroSD, microSDHC (up to 16 GB) external memory slot
1.41.5
Camera
3.20 MP2.00 MP
320 x 240 (15 fps) (QVGA) video resolution640 x 480 (30 fps) (VGA) video resolution
5.395.28
UMTS, EDGE and GSMHSDPA, UMTS and GSM
SIMSIM
0.40.7
Battery Life
1020mAh Li-Ion Battery1320mAh Li-Ion Battery
Removable BatteryRemovable Battery
430 hours standby time
8.8 hours talk time
438 hours standby time
7 hours talk time
2.643.04
Other Features
Bluetooth 2.1, EDRBluetooth 2.0
--GPS
--Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor

Comparison review

The Nokia 5230 has a general score of 39.4, which is a little bit better than the Nokia C2-01's 36.1 general score. Although it's the best in this comparison, Nokia 5230's design is older, heavier and just a little bit thicker than Nokia C2-01. Nokia 5230 features a little better hardware performance than Nokia C2-01, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory and a larger number of cores (and also faster).

Nokia 5230 counts with a little sharper display than Nokia C2-01, because it has a bit greater display pixels density, a lot higher 640 x 360 resolution and a much bigger screen. The Nokia C2-01 has a bit better camera than Nokia 5230, because although it has worse video frame rates, and they both have the same 320x240 video quality, the Nokia C2-01 also counts with a camera with lot more mega-pixels.

Nokia 5230 features slightly more storage capacity for games and applications than Nokia C2-01, and although they both have an external memory card slot that supports a maximum of 16 GB, the Nokia 5230 also has 24,58 MB more internal storage capacity. The Nokia 5230 counts with longer battery performance than Nokia C2-01, because it has a 29 percent more battery capacity.

Even being the best phone of the ones we are comparing, Nokia 5230 is also very cheap compared to the other ones, which makes it an obvious call.




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