OVERVIEW:

Samsung S5230 is a quad-band GSM candybar phone. It features touch WQVGA display, 3MP camera, FM Radio, Bluetooth, HTML browser, Organizer and Speakerphone.

The Samsung Sgh- S5230 is stylish, runs on TouchWiz and can read your written words. Besides it's a casual snapshot taker with even the oh-so-popular Smile Shot mode and it can easily make your portable music player redundant. That seems enough for us - let's see with what weapons Samsung are planning to take on the midrange touch wars.

Samsung S5230 at a glance:

* General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 12
* Form factor: Touchscreen bar, no keypad
* Dimensions: 104.0 x 53.0 x 11.9 mm, 93.5 gr.
* Display: 3-inch resistive TFT touchscreen, WQVGA resolution (240 x 400 pixels)
* Memory: 87MB, Non-hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
* Camera: 3 megapixel fixed focus camera with smile detection
* Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v.2.0
* Misc: Accelerometer sensor, FM radio with RDS, Find Music recognition service, DNSe, Gesture lock
* Battery: 1000 mAh battery

SPECIFICATIONS:

Also known as Samsung Tocco Lite

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Size Dimensions 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm
Weight 93.5 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches
- Accelerometer sensor
- Handwriting recognition
- Gesture lock
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)
Memory Phonebook Yes, Photo Contact
Call records Yes
Internal 50 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB (verified)
Data GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 12
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Features Smile detection
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WMA/AAC player
- H.263/H.264/MPEG4 player
- Organizer
- Shazam Find Music service
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh