Nokia 5233
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Nokia 5233 is a Symbian
Symbian
Symbian is a mobile operating system and computing platform designed for smartphones and currently maintained by Accenture. The Symbian platform is the successor to Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60; unlike Symbian OS, which needed an additional user interface system, Symbian includes a user...

 based smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...

 launched by Nokia
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...

 in 2010. It is said to be Nokia's cheapest touchscreen cellphone available presently. It runs on S60 5th edition and its form factor is similar to the 5230, 5235 and 5800 models.

Specifications

  • Display – 3.2-inch, TFT, 640×360 pixels with 16:9 ratio(nHD), 16.7 million colors, Resistive touchscreen.
  • Hardware- ARM11
    ARM11
    ARM11 is an ARM architecture 32-bit RISC microprocessor family which introduced the ARMv6 architectural additions. These include SIMD media instructions, multiprocessor support and a new cache architecture...

     434 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM
    Ram
    -Animals:*Ram, an uncastrated male sheep*Ram cichlid, a species of freshwater fish endemic to Colombia and Venezuela-Military:*Battering ram*Ramming, a military tactic in which one vehicle runs into another...

    , up to 70 MB internal memory and upto 16 GB microSD support, 1320 mAh Li-ion battery(BL-5J).
  • "Camera"- 2-MegaPixel CMOS
    CMOS
    Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor is a technology for constructing integrated circuits. CMOS technology is used in microprocessors, microcontrollers, static RAM, and other digital logic circuits...

     camera(1600×1200 megapixels), VGA Video upto 30fps.
  • Connectivity – GSM quad band (850/900/1800/1900), EDGE
    Edge
    - Aviation :* Leading edge, a line connecting the forward-most points of a wing's profile* Trailing edge, the rear edge of the wing* Zivko Edge 540, an aerobatic aircraft- Mathematics, science and technology :...

     class B with multislot 32, TCP/IP support, Bluetooth
    Bluetooth
    Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

     version 2.0, USB2.0(micro USB port), 3.5 mm audio jack.
  • Web - OSS browser with full HTML
    HTML
    HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....

     and xhtml
    XHTML
    XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....

     browsing along with JavaScript
    JavaScript
    JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....

     and Flash Lite
    Flash Lite
    Adobe Flash Lite is a lightweight version of Adobe Flash Player, a software application published by Adobe Systems. This version is intended for mobile phones and other portable electronic devices like Chumby and iRiver, and allows users of these devices to view multimedia content and applications...

     support, RTSP(Web TV), FOTA (Firmware
    Firmware
    In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or data structures that internally control various electronic devices...

     upgrading through GPRS).
  • Email protocols - IMAP, POP
    Post Office Protocol
    In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...

     and SMTP on device with attachment support.
  • Supports call coference with 6 devices at a time.


User response: Although said to be a downgraded but more stable version of Nokia 5800
Nokia 5800
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a smartphone and portable entertainment device by Nokia. It was introduced on January 2, 2008 and released on April 27, 2008. Code-named "Tube", it is the first touchscreen-equipped S60 device by Nokia, the version being s60v5. It's part of the XpressMusic series of...

, it has got popular in the lower end users because of its low cost (Indian Rs.6100 as of January 2011). The sound-output from internal speaker is notoriously low (to compensate for the fidelity perhaps). The gallery application and native browser needs much improvement. Multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...

 experience is good with a wide support of video codecs (excluding .avi and .mpg), ability to play high quality videos at the bit rate
Bit rate
In telecommunications and computing, bit rate is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time....

of up to 2600 kbps, 3D sound experience (through headphones), and inbuilt image as well as video editing software on device.

Draw backs:

  • The videos that are taken by this device may struck some times during playback.
  • The device hangs during use of high-memory consuming applications and the user have to remove and re-enter the battery in order to work it again.
  • The way of removing SIM card from this device is a little bit difficult. It may be made more user friendly like new models of nokia dual sim phones.
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