Nokia 6230
Nokia cell phone model
The Nokia 6230 is a mobile phone based on the Nokia Series 40 platform. It was announced on 28 October 2003 and released on 24 February 2004.
Designed with business users in mind, the 6230 comes with a VGA‑resolution digital camera, a video camera, a music player, and expandable memory.
Cingular Wireless was the primary GSM carrier that offered the Nokia 6230b in the United States. Other companies such as Cincinnati Bell, Simmetry Communications, Viaero Wireless, and Telcel also offered this model.
Features
The Nokia 6230 features a 16-bit TFT color screen with a resolution of 128×128 pixels, as well as a VGA camera capable of recording video clips in H.263 (SubQCIF) format at 128×96 pixels and 15 FPS. The phone is equipped with built-in Bluetooth wireless technology, an FM radio (which requires a wired headset attached to the Pop-Port interface to act as an antenna), and supports playback of 3GP video/audio at up to 30 FPS, as well as MP3, AAC, and AMR audio formats. Additionally, it is EGPRS (EDGE) capable, offering speeds up to 220 kbit/s. The phone also features changeable Xpress-on covers, which were available for purchase.
It uses an extended Li-Ion Battery of 850 mAh. The 6230 accepts MMC memory cards up to 4 GB in capacity formatted in FAT32 or FAT16 file systems (supported by later firmware releases) on which multimedia files and data can be stored.
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