Nokia 5230 Nuron debuts on T-Mobile 3G
The Nokia 5230 Nuron has been officially announced, and the smartphone will be available in the United States on T-Mobile's 3G network "in the coming weeks." Why does everyone like to be so mysterious?
Until we find out when the Nokia 5230 Nuron will be released or how much it will cost, we can take a closer look at what some of the specs are like on this smartphone.
- 3.2-inch touchscreen display (640 x 360 nHD resolution)
- Up to 16.7 million colors
- WCDMA 1700-2100/2100 bands
- GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- microSD memory card slot; supports up to 16 GB
- 70 MB internal memory
- On-screen keyboard
- Bluetooth 2.0
- Micro-USB connector
- USB 2.0 high speed port
- 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
- 2-megapixel built-in video camera with 3x digital zoom (records at 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps)
- Supports IMAP, POP, SMTP e-mail protocols
- MP3 player and FM radio
- 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
There are some interesting battery life specs too, including that it can last up to 33 hours on music playback alone or 438 hours on standby (GSM), either on a single charge. Although, its three hours max for nHD video mode, and it jumps a bit to 4.6 hours for Mpeg-4 video playback.
One of Nokia's primary selling points revolves around applications, primarily Ovi Maps with turn-by-turn directions. The 5230 Nuron is also Nokia's first smartphone with the Ovi Store preloaded at purchase time. It sounds helpful, but I don't know if either of those aspects are enough to make me pick this smartphone over another, at least not before I see some pricing and subscription details.
Does it sound like a winner to you?
UPDATE: A Nokia spokesperson has confirmed that the smartphone will start at $69.99 with a two year T-Mobile contract, which sounds like a good price point for this model.