Samsung S5230 Star

General Information

• Colors:
• Black, White, Pink

• SAR:
• 0.91 W/kg (head)     0.72 W/kg (body)    

• SAR EU:
• 0.53 W/kg (head)    

• Price:
• About 70 EUR

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• GSM

• 2G bands:
• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

• GPRS:
• Class 12

• EDGE:
• Class 12

Launch

• Announced:
• 2009, March. Released 2009, May

• Status:
• Discontinued

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm (4.09 x 2.09 x 0.47 in)

• Weight:
• 93.5 g (3.28 oz)

• SIM:
• Mini-SIM

Display

• Type:
• TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors

• Size:
• 3.0 inches, 25.6 cm2 (~46.5% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~155 ppi density), Handwriting recognition

Memory

• Card slot:
• microSD, up to 16 GB (dedicated slot)

• Phonebook:
• Yes, Photo Contact

• Call records:
• Yes

• Internal:
• 50MB

Main Camera

• Single:
• 3.15 MP

• Video:
• 320p@15fps

Selfie Camera

• Video:
• 320p@15fps, No

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• 3.5mm jack:
• No, DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• No

• Bluetooth:
• 2.1, A2DP

• GPS:
• No

• Radio:
• Stereo FM radio, RDS

• USB:
• 2.0

Features

• Sensors:
• Accelerometer

• Messaging:
• SMS, MMS, Email

• Browser:
• WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

• Games:
• Yes + downloadable

• Java:
• Yes, MIDP 2.0, MP3/WMA/AAC player, H.264/MP4 player, Organizer, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Shazam Find Music service

Battery

• Java:
• Yes, MIDP 2.0, Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery

• Stand-by:
• Up to 800 h

• Talk time:
• Up to 10 h

Tests

• Camera:
• Photo

• Loudspeaker:
• Voice 77dB / Noise 75dB / Ring 82dB

• Audio quality:
• Noise -88.0dB / Crosstalk -82.3dB