Samsung S5230

Samsung GT-S5230

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Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
Series	S-Series
Compatible networks	GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Availability by country	May 2009
Predecessor	Samsung Tocco
Successor	Samsung Star II
Related	Samsung Omnia, Samsung Tocco, Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition, Samsung Tocco Lite 2 (S5220)
Form factor	Candybar
Dimensions	104 x 53 x 11.9 mm
Weight	93.5 g
Operating system	Samsung Touchwiz 1.0
CPU	208 MHz ARM9 CPU
Memory	50/144 MB (Region dependent)
Removable storage	Micro SD, Micro SDHC, up to 16 GB
Battery	Li-lon 1000 mAh
Data inputs	T9, Abc
Display	240 x 400 pixels (~155 ppi pixel density) Resistive Touchscreen
External display	3 inches
Rear camera	3.2 Mega Pixel Fixed-Focus Videos QVGA@15fps
Media	MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0
Other	Touchscreen, Full web browser (Jasmine), Haptic Touch feedback

Samsung S5230 (also known as Tocco Lite, Avila, Samsung Star and Samsung Player One) is a feature phone announced in March 2009 and released in May 2009 by Samsung.

It is available in black, white, and pink, and there are gold and silver special editions. The phone has a 3.0" LCD with 262K Color WQVGA. In total the device measures 104x53x11.9 mm. It uses a WAP 2.0 browser and makes use of Java MIDP 2.0 as its Java support platform. It, by default, does not have a 3G network connection and the base model lacks Wi-Fi connectivity; the S5230W and S5233W variants support Wi-Fi.

It uses S3C2410 (CPU) at 200 MHz.

The phone has a 3.2-megapixel camera with video recording, the camera having a smile mode and 4x digital zoom. The phone has software for editing photos and videos and music recognition. Its storage can be upgraded to 16 GB with a microSD card. The UI includes widgets which can display information from the internet. The phone has an inbuilt accelerometer for motion gaming and social networking.

Full specifications

Platform

• GSM & EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Operating system: Proprietary
• UI: TouchWiz 1.0
• WAP Navigator 2.0, based on WebKit Open Source Project
• Java MIDP 2.0

Size

• Dimensions: 106 x 53.5 x 11.8 mm
• Weight: 93.5 g

External display

• 3" TFT LCD, 240 x 400 pixel WQVGA resolution 262K color
• Resistive touchscreen
• Full haptic touchscreen

Battery

• Li-ion 1000 mAh
• Up to 10 hours talk time
• Up to 800 hours standby time
• Long lasting battery

Camera

• 3.2-megapixel
• Digital zoom of 4x
• Multiple shot modes; Continuous/Mosaic Shot/Frame shot/Panorama shot/Smile Shot
• Multiple effects; black & white, sepia, negative, watercolour
• Photo editing; frames, text and a small collection of clip art

Video

• MPEG4/H.263/H.264/WMV/3GP video player
• 15 fps@QVGA video recording
• Video messaging, video streaming
• MP4
• 320x180, bit rate 128 kbit/s

Music and sound

• Music player
• The following file formats; MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV
• 3D Sound Technology (DNSe)
• Music library
• Digital rights management (DRM): WMDRM (ILA) OMADRM1.0 OMADRM2.0 (operator dependent)

Fun and entertainment

• Embedded Java games
• Embedded wallpaper
• Pod casting
• RSS feeds
• FM radio with RDS

Office

• Document viewer: Yes
• Mobile printing using PictBridge
• Voice mail
• Offline mode

Messaging

• SMS/MMS
• Email (POP3/SMTP/IMAP4)
• T9 input
• Full QWERTY keyboard when in landscape mode.
• Full AZERTY keyboard when in landscape mode and the T9 language is set in French
• Accelerometer

Memory

• 102 MB standard
• Up to 16 GB with SD/MC (varies with specific model)
• 2000 phone book entries
• 500 messages (200 inbox, 200 sent, 50 outbox, 50 draft)

Call functions

• Speakerphone
• Call time management
• Multiparty (conference call)

These specification were provided from Samsung Mobile website.

Variants

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S5230N Star NFC (integrated NFC module) next to a Motorola SLVR L7 (external NFC transponder visible)

• The South African, Indian, Mexican, Brazilian, Russian, Italian, Belgian, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Australian variant is known as Samsung Star. In Poland it is known as Samsung Avila. In Pakistan it is marketed by the name of Samsung GT-S5233A but it is widely known as Samsung Star.
• The S5230G comes with an integrated GPS receiver.
• The phone also comes in another variant known as Samsung S5230W which supports Wi-Fi. It is called Samsung Star Wifi.
• There is also a version of this handset that supports near field communication (NFC), but it is only available on a limited basis for use in NFC trials.

Box content

Standard contents are:

• Phone With Screen guard
• Battery
• Battery charger
• Headphones