Samsung GT-S5230
Manufacturer | Samsung Electronics |
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Series | S-Series |
Availability by region | May 2009 |
Predecessor | Samsung Tocco |
Related | Samsung Omnia, Samsung Tocco, Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition |
Compatible networks | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
Form factor | Candybar |
Dimensions | 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm |
Weight | 93.5g |
Operating system | Samsung Touchwiz 1.0 |
CPU | 624 MHz Xscale processor |
Memory | 50/144 MB (Region dependent) |
Removable storage | Micro SD, Micro SDHC, up to 8GB |
Battery | Li-lon 1000 mAh |
Rear camera | 3.2 megapixel |
Display | 240 x 400 pixels |
External display | 3 inches |
Media | MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4 |
Connectivity | Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0 |
Data inputs | T9, Abc |
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.[1]
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 104x53x11.9mm. It uses a WAP 2.0 browser and makes use of Java MIDP 2.0 as its Java support platform. It does not have a 3G network connection and the base model lacks Wi-Fi connectivity; the S5230W and S5233W variants support WiFi).
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.[2][3][4]
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: 93.5g
External display
- 3.0" TFT LCD, 240 x 400 pixel WQVGA resolution 262K color
- Resistive touchscreen
- Full haptic touchscreen
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
- 15fps@QVGA video recording
- Video messaging, video streaming
- MP4
- 320x180 bit rate 128
Music and sound
- Music player
- 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
Office
- Document viewer : Yes
- Mobile printing using PictBridge
- Voice mail
- Offline mode
Messaging
Memory
- 102 Mb standard
- Up to 8GB with SD/MC hgfd
- 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.[5]
Variants
- The South African, Indian, Mexican, Brazilian, Russian, Italian, Belgian, 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 phone is also available in a 3G variant known as Samsung S5600 (known in Ireland as the Samsung Cara and in Italy as Samsung Halley), where the main differences are the screen size (3.0"), screen colors (16 million), type of touchscreen (capacitive) and battery (980 mAh).
- The phone also comes in another variant known as Samsung S5230W which supports Wifi. 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.[6]
Box content
Standard contents are:
- Phone
- Screen Guard
- Battery
- Battery charger
- Headphones
- Installation Software
- USB Cable
- Owners manual
References
- ^ GSM Arena
- ^ http://vr-zone.com/articles/samsung-announces-star-ii-for-superb-social-networking-experience/10892.html
- ^ http://www.samsung.com/in/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=touchphone&model_cd=GT-S5233LKAINU
- ^ http://uk.samsungmobile.com/mobile-phones/samsung-tocco-lite?kind=Samsung Mobile
- ^ http://www.samsung.com/in/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=touchphone&model_cd=GT-S5233LKAINU&fullspec=F
- ^ Samsung adds NFC to bestselling Tocco Lite/Star/Player One/Avila, Near Field Communications World 17 February 2010