Nokia 5230. Familial
We’ve seen this thing described as a hybrid between the Nokia 5800 and Nokia 5530… however, us being us (i.e. crass, cheap, provocative and just downright rude), we like to think of the Nokia 5230 as the cheap cousin or the dole scum sister. The one who only shows up at Christmas, fake nails all gaudy and chipped, some kind of aysmmetric hair style that hurts your eyes, swearing and insulting people with no regard for common decency.
Because while this thing has all the touchscreen goodness of the 5800 and 5530, this thing is just plain cheap, thanks to a few strip downs and streamlinings. No internal memory (so microSD cards only), no high-speed downloading, very basic camera and nothing new or fancy at all, in fact.
But then, as you can all testify, people’s cheap cousins can be very fun indeed. If you know what we mean. They don’t cost much, look good in a superficial way, you can strip them and change their covers in a second, their very responsive to touch and give tactile feedback, and…
we should stop there, really, shouldn’t we… before we, well, get arrested.
For more info, less weirdo, check out this Nokia 5230 review, or have a look at the official page.
Then there’s always one of Nokia’s always “entertaining” videos for this thing. If the Nokia 5230 itself is the fun cheap cousin, this video is the dull aunt who’s convinced all her family members are going to hell. How right she is…
