The Nokia 5228 was announced without fanfare yesterday. Built on the same software and design, the Nokia 5228 and 5230 are nearly identical full touch phones, except that the former lacks GPS navigation and 3G connectivity, and is priced marginally lower.
While they both have 3.2-inch (360×640) resistive touchscreens and 2MP cameras, it is reported that the newer 5228 will not support video recording of VGA @ 30 fps quality like the 5230, but instead only nHD @ 30 fps, though this may just be a typo.
Powered by the same 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery as the 5230, the 5228 supposedly offers up to 33 hours of non-stop music playback or 4 hours of video playback. The phone will come in two colours, black and white, but feature back panels options of blue, yellow, silver, dark silver, red, or pink. It will begin retailing in Europe for 139 Euro (approx Rs. 7,820). The 5230 was launched 8 months ago, for 150 Euro (approx Rs. 8,450). At such a marginal price difference, we wonder why anybody in their right minds would give up two features and free voice navigation?
| 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Dimensions | 111 x 51.7 x 14.5 mm, 83 cc |
| Weight | 113 g |
| Display | 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches, TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Camera | 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels |
| Memory | 70 MB storage, 128 MB RAM |
| Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
| Call records | Detailed, max 30 days |
| Storage | microSD, up to 16GB |
| GPRS | Class 32 |
| EDGE | Class 32 |
| WLAN | No |
| Connectivity | microUSB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP |
| CPU | ARM 11 434 MHz processor |
| Audio | 3.5 mm audio jack, supports MP3 / WAV / eAAC / WMA |
| Video | 640×360 @30fps recording, supports MP4 / H.264 / H.263 / WMV |
| Colors | Black, White; various back covers |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS |
| Games | Yes downloadable |
| Colors | Black, White; various back covers |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J), standby up to 432 hours, talk time up to 7 hours, and music play up to 33 hours |