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Nokia 6230i

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By Andrew Lim, CNET.co.uk
Aug 29, 2006

The Nokia 6230i is the upgraded version of the very popular Nokia 6230. These two phones are not the most exciting to look at or use, but they keep things simple. After three years the 6230 is starting to look pretty old, but the one-year-old 6230i can still hold its own in the mid-range market. It's compact and will still work with old Nokia chargers--always a bonus, since there's so many lying around.

Strengths
The screen on the front of the Nokia 6230i is larger than the 6230's, measuring 30mm wide and 30mm tall, making it easier to see text messages and WAP pages. The navigation button on the keypad is also different, sporting a new OK button in the centre. This makes it easier to select options and navigate through the menu.

The 6230i also has a slightly altered menu system that uses different looking icons, but it's still straightforward and simple to use. Overall, using the 6230i's menu isn't a particularly different experience from the 6230 and still retains an intuitive layout.

Aside from aesthetic changes, the 6230i also has better specs than its predecessor. There's a 1.3-megapixel camera, instead of a VGA one, and 32MB of internal memory, instead of just 6MB. You can also connect to an EDGE network and browse the Web faster than on GPRS, but this is only useful if your mobile service operator supports EDGE.

Aside from that, the other features in the 6230i are identical to the 6230's, including an expandable MMC card slot, an FM radio, infrared, Bluetooth, WAP browser and Java games.

 
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