Nokia 5230 Quad-band GSM Cell Phone - Unlocked

I have to say that this phone is an excellent value in every aspect. It has any feature you could want except wifi but this phone is NOT considered a smartphone by AT&T so you DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE $30 DATA PLAN FEE and you can use the $10 per month unlimited data!! I bought this phone for my husband because it seemed like the best alternative to an iPhone and similar touchscreen smartphones without the issue of having to pay the ridiculous "Smartphone Plan" fee. The camera works great even though it has no flash. You just set it to night mode and can get a better picture in low light settings. The internal data is plenty generous and you can also add an SD card for more memory. My husband particularly likes this because it means he can use it just like an iPod or any other MP3 player and it also has the built in radio so he can listen to it while at work (he is a residential/commercial remodeler) if he doesn't want to listen to his stored music. You can still answer calls right from the earbuds while using the radio feature. The touch screen is great, the screen size is great. It has fast response time from input or touch. We have absolutely no complaints at all. Some people might not like the idea of not having wifi, but if you think about it, if you buy any similar phone you're going to have to pay the stupid $30 extra monthly fee even if you do not use AT&T internet. With this phone you can just get the $10 unlimited data plan and be done with it. The internet works great on this phone and is fast in our experience. Very happy with the purchase and the price is amazing. Call quality is great as with all Nokias. No issues whatsoever and highly recommended!

I bought this cell phone on black friday and when I recived it I could not be more happier. I tested it in all posibles ways and I am impressed with all funcions I just love have free ovi maps for my gps and I dont have to buy it anymore the only little thing is that no wifi included for this model but for his price was just a bargain and the best part is it works in every country with GSM network (In other words, ALL) You only can say enjoy it!

Nokia had many GREAT phones in the past but this one is just POOR. I had many Nokia phones before and they all had great usability. The Nokia 5230 Nuron, however, makes me very disappointed. I *rarely* refer to user's manual for electronic gadgets but this one got me. I work as a User Interface Designer and I consider myself pretty techie. I struggled a lot when I use the phone. Thought maybe it was my problem. No. Gave it to another coworker to test it and he also got stuck on entering the most basic: Contacts. 1. I spent 30 minutes trying to figure out how to use QWERTY to enter my contacts. I had the Alphanumeric keypad up and I tried to find how to turn the QWERTY on. Click on the icon that looks like a keyboard. And they trick you! A dropdown comes up and it only has 'Handwriting' and 'Alphanumeric keypad' on it. No QWERTY. I tried turning the phone horizontally. Nothing changed. Little did I know I had to turn the phone "anti-clockwise" to trigger the QWERTY keyboard to come up. If you turn it the other way it won't work. Fine! Now I learned. But that keyboard icon just totally got me. If a keyboard can't be turned on from there, then don't make the icon looks like a keyboard for goodness sake! 2. The MAP interaction is unintuitive. I have the phone for 2 days already and I'm still trying to figure out how to use it properly. First of all, who would use a SmartPhone MAP for the sake of looking at it these days? Its main purpose should be for user to "get directions" to a place! Not for the Nuron. I open the MAP and I don't know what to do. I see an "Options" button. I click on it and was hoping to see a "Go to place" link. No. Instead I see a bunch of useless links. The MOST important link isn't there. Then there's a "Search" button. EVERYTIME I click on it, I keep forgetting that I have to ERASE everything I typed in before in order to enter new entry. OH and to make it worse, you have to repeat that for 3 total fields (ZIP code, Street Name, Street Number!) (Why not combine Street Number and Street Name????) Then you have to click 'Options' again to hit 'Search'. Then it tells you how many miles afar... (I didn't know that the number of miles is THAT important. It's the first thing I need to know? I DON'T CARE!!!) THEN you click that Address again (took me awhile to figure that out) to hit 'Drive to'. Took me 30 minutes to find that out. 3. EVERY time after I put in the battery and switch it on, it resets the Date/Time/Country. You have to reenter EVERYTHING again. Shouldn't a SmartPhone be able to detect where you are and the timezone?? Many more but I don't want to go into it. Bottom line, with this kind of price ($165)? Go for the iPhone.

Work well with T-mobile network. The touch response can be slow at time but overall work as expected. Due to the lack of the real keypad, some Java games will not work on this phone. Call quality is good and battery life is above average. GPS will take awhile to locks into the signal. My locations and A-GPS will required connection to the internet via your carrier data plan.

I bought this phone because it was offered as a 3G 850/900/1900/2100 HSDPA capable unit. IT IS NOT!!! Even the user manual mentions it is just 900/2100 so it doesn't work in 3/3,5G with my cel company. I have to do with Edge which is not bad but not the high speed one is used with real 3G. Otherwise the phone is very very nice and good (like it more than the N97 although does far less things). I could have kept my old unit which had Edge capabilities. Pls Amazon pls: correct your wrong description at the soonest (AND READ THE MANUAL)! Maybe this is not the only wrong one, Buyers BEWARE!DANGER!!!

My order was for a black Nokia 5230. I got a white one. I kept it cause it looks good but my order was black which was shown correctly on my order sent to my mail. Unfortunately suddenly the order copy was changed to phone color white without any explanation from Amazon or the seller. I wish somebody told me the color switch. Amazons follow ups should originate from the seller. Im not sure I want to take the risk of another order being switched without my approval.