Samsung GT-S5230

Samsung GT-S5230, variously marketed as Tocco Lite, Avila, Samsung Star and Samsung Player One, is an entry-level touchscreen feature phone announced in March 2009 and released in May 2009 by Samsung.[1] It was highly popular as a cheap touch phone, with Samsung reporting sales of 30 million by December 2010.[2]

Samsung GT-S5230
ManufacturerSamsung Electronics
SeriesS-Series
Compatible networksGSM 850/900/1800/1900
Availability by regionMay 2009
SuccessorSamsung Star II (S5260)
RelatedSamsung F480 Tocco, Samsung S5600 (Preston), Samsung Corby, Samsung Omnia, Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition, Samsung Tocco Lite 2 (S5220)
Form factorCandybar
Dimensions104 x 53 x 11.9 mm
Mass93.5 g
Operating systemProprietary
CPU208 MHz ARM9 CPU
Memory50/144 MB (Region dependent)
Removable storageMicro SD, Micro SDHC, up to 16 GB
BatteryLi-lon 1000 mAh
Display240 x 400 pixels (~155 ppi pixel density) Resistive Touchscreen
External display3 inches
MediaMP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4
Rear camera3.2 Mega Pixel Fixed-Focus Videos QVGA@15fps
ConnectivityBluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0
Data inputsT9, Abc
OtherTouchscreen, Full web browser (Jasmine), Haptic Touch feedback

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 104x53x11.9 mm. It uses a WAP 2.0 browser and makes use of Java MIDP 2.0 as its Java support platform. It uses S3C2410 (CPU) at 200 MHz.

Compared to the previous Samsung F480 Tocco, the S5230 (as its "Lite" name would suggest) is a more budget model with a weaker camera, albeit with a slightly increased display size.[3] It was created in response to the success of the LG Cookie, which offered a full touchscreen phone at a budget price.[4] By default the S5230 does not support a 3G network connection and the base model lacks Wi-Fi connectivity; the S5230W and S5233W variants do support Wi-Fi.

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.[5][6][7]

Full specifications

Platform

Size
  • Dimensions: 106 x 53.5 x 11.8 mm
  • Weight: 93.5 g

External display
  • 3" TFT LCD, 240 x 400 pixel WQVGA resolution 262K color
  • Resistive touchscreen
  • Full haptic touchscreen

Battery
  • Li-ion 1000 mAh
  • Up to 10 hours talk time
  • Up to 800 hours standby time
  • Long lasting 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
  • 15 fps@QVGA video recording
  • Video messaging, video streaming
  • MP4
  • 320x180, bit rate 128 kbit/s

Music and sound
  • Music player
  • The 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
  • Embedded Java games
  • Embedded wallpaper
  • Pod casting
  • RSS feeds
  • FM radio with RDS

Office

Messaging
  • SMS/MMS
  • Email (POP3/SMTP/IMAP4)
  • T9 input
  • Full QWERTY keyboard when in landscape mode.
  • Full AZERTY keyboard when in landscape mode and the T9 language is set in French
  • Accelerometer

Memory
  • 102 MB standard
  • Up to 16 GB with SD/MC (varies with specific model)
  • 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.[8]

Variants
S5230N Star NFC (integrated NFC module) next to a Motorola SLVR L7 (external NFC transponder visible)

Box content

Standard contents are:

  • Phone With Screen guard
  • Battery
  • Battery charger
  • Headphones

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samsung GT-S5230.

[10]

  1. "Samsung S5230 Star - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Shah, Keval (29 December 2010). "Samsung Star S5230 shines through the 30 million unit mark". Mobiletor.com. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. "Samsung Tocco Lite review". 9 September 2009.
  4. "Samsung Tocco Lite budget touchscreen phone • The Register". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. "Samsung announces Star II for superb social networking experience". vr-zone.com. 19 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  6. "The magic of touch Samsung S5233 - Touch Phone - Mobile Phones | SAMSUNG". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  7. http://uk.samsungmobile.com/mobile-phones/samsung-tocco-lite?kind=Samsung%5B%5D Mobile
  8. http://www.samsung.com/in/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=touchphone&model_cd=GT-S5233LKAINU&fullspec=F%5B%5D
  9. Samsung adds NFC to bestselling Tocco Lite/Star/Player One/Avila Archived 20 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Near Field Communications World 17 February 2010
  10. "Samsung, the S5300 (Galaxy Pocket) parameters". cnitnews.info. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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