Samsung S5230 Star
Release year: 2009
Launch price: 129 € July 2009
The most affordable model among the touchscreen devices marketed so far is the Quadband Samsung S5230 Star mobile phone, equipped with a 3.2MP CMOS camera (QCIF video) with Zoom and Smile Recognition, expandable memory (microSD) for a wide storage capacity for applications, emails with attachments and files, Email, social networking, EDGE class 12, WAP 2.0/HTML, and 64-tone polyphonic ringtones, MP3 format. Bluetooth technology allows the transfer of voice and data (e.g. images and video) between two devices equipped with a Bluetooth solution, all without wires. It is possible to take photographs, add text, music or spoken voice, and create a message to be easily sent as an MMS attachment file.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Quad-band GSM 900-1800-1900-850 |
| Dimensions | 106x53,5x11,9 mm |
| Weight with battery | 90 g |
| Battery | Lithium |
| Standby time | up to 72 hours |
| Talk time | up to 210 minutes |
In the box: Phone, Battery, Charger, Stereo headset, USB cable, User manual
Messaging
| SMS |  |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging |  |
| Chat | |
Design and display
| Display | 3-inch WQVGA full-touch display with touch user interface equipped with Mobile Widget. 262,000 colors |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Memory | 50 MB with MicroSD slot up to 8 GB |
Feature notes: Audio is enhanced thanks to multi-format support and Digital Natural Sound Engine (DNSe), an accelerometer that automatically rotates the screen orientation, virtual QWERTY keyboard, Gesture Lock, Photo Contact, 3 megapixel camera with video recording at QVGA at 15 frames per second. MMS, email, social networking, 64-tone polyphonic ringtones in MP3 format, FM radio
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 3.2MP CMOS camera |
| Zoom | Yes |
Video
| Format | Video QCIF |
Price history
129 € → 82 € (-36%) · minimum 37 €, maximum 129 € · 73 readings, Jul 2009 – Jul 2015