Samsung GT-S5230

Samsung GT-S5230
Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
Series	S-Series
Availability by region	May 2009
Successor	Samsung Star II (S5260)
Related	Samsung F480 Tocco, Samsung S5600 (Preston), Samsung Corby, Samsung Omnia, Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition, Samsung Tocco Lite 2 (S5220)
Compatible networks	GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Form factor	Candybar
Dimensions	104 x 53 x 11.9 mm
Weight	93.5 g
Operating system	Proprietary
CPU	208 MHz ARM9 CPU
Memory	50/144 MB (Region dependent)
Removable storage	Micro SD, Micro SDHC, up to 16 GB
Battery	Li-lon 1000 mAh
Rear camera	3.2 Mega Pixel Fixed-Focus Videos QVGA@15fps
Display	240 x 400 pixels (~155 ppi pixel density) Resistive Touchscreen
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 GT-S5230, variously marketed as Tocco Lite, Avila, Samsung Star and Samsung Player One, is an entry-level touchscreen smartphone 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]

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

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: 93.5 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

Document viewer: Yes
Mobile printing using PictBridge
Voice mail
Offline mode

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)

The South African, Indian, Mexican, Brazilian, Russian, Italian, Belgian, Lithuanian, 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 S5230G comes with an integrated GPS receiver.
The phone also comes in another variant known as Samsung S5230W which supports Wi-Fi. 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.^[9]

Box content

Standard contents are:

Phone With Screen guard
Battery
Battery charger
Headphones

References

^[10]

^ "Samsung S5230 Star - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ Shah, Keval (29 December 2010). "Samsung Star S5230 shines through the 30 million unit mark". Mobiletor.com. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
^ "Samsung Tocco Lite review". 9 September 2009.
^ "Samsung Tocco Lite budget touchscreen phone • The Register". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
^ "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.
^ "The magic of touch Samsung S5233 - Touch Phone - Mobile Phones | SAMSUNG". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
^ http://uk.samsungmobile.com/mobile-phones/samsung-tocco-lite?kind=Samsung^{[permanent dead link‍]} Mobile
^ http://www.samsung.com/in/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=touchphone&model_cd=GT-S5233LKAINU&fullspec=F^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ 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
^ "Samsung, the S5300 (Galaxy Pocket) parameters". cnitnews.info. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[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] ttp://uk.samsungmobile.com/mobile-phones/samsung-tocco-lite?kind=Samsung^{[permanent dead link‍]} Mobile

[8] ttp://www.samsung.com/in/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=mobilephones&type=mobilephones&subtype=touchphone&model_cd=GT-S5233LKAINU&fullspec=F^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[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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