Nokia 5230 Nuron T-Mobile USA

waqyum — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:45:27 +0000

Usually Nokia smartphones are first launched in US and Europe and later on, released in Asian countries. But Nokia 5230 being a budget smartphone is targeted towards Asian market for budget conscious buyers. The US version of Nokia 5230 is named Nuron and will be supported by T-mobile. Nokia 5230 Nuron comes preloaded with Ovi Maps application (Maps of US, Canada and Mexico are included) which offers free voice guided navigation. Earlier there was a yearly subscription for voice guided navigation.The other Nokia 5230 variants are 5233 and 5235. Nokia 5233 is a 3G and GPS less version of 5230 and Nokia 5235 offers Nokia “comes with music” package.

Nokia 5230 Nuron is probably one the cheapest touchscreen smartphone offering 3G and GPS. It will be supported by T-Mobile’s 3G network. Nokia previously launched a budget touchscreen smartphone 5530 XpressMusic which faced lot of criticism due to lack of 3G and many people prefer 3G over Wifi. However, Nokia 5530 design was better. Nokia 5230 is almost similar in looks to 5800 XpressMusic. But it lacks Wifi and TV Output. Moreover, the Nokia 5230 Sales Package and Camera are both inferior. But these small changes has resulted in a drastic price drop in favor of budget conscious buyers who just need a basic touchscreen phone with latest connectivity options.Let’s see how does it compete with other budget touch phones such as Samsung Star, Samsung Corby and LG Cookie.
Nokia 5230 Nuron will be available in T-Mobile stores and online at t-mobile.com in next few weeks.

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Nokia 5230 Nuron T-Mobile USA