The Nokia 6230 is a mobile phone based on the Nokia Series 40 platform. It was announced in the fourth quarter of 2003 and released in the first quarter of 2004.
It doesn't have built in music keys on the side but it is considered to be the 3rd largest sound Nokia phone.
It features a 16-bit TFT color screen with a resolution of 128×128 pixels, a VGA camera that can record video clips in H.263 (SubQCIF) format at 128×96 pixels at 15 fps, built-in Bluetooth wireless technology, FM radio (when a wired headset is attached to the Pop-Port interface to act as an antenna), and playback of .3gp video/audio at up to 30 fps and MP3, AAC and AMR audio. It is also EGPRS (EDGE) capable of speeds up to 220 kbit/s. In addition, it has changeable Xpress-on covers available for purchase.
It uses an Extended Li-Ion Battery of 850 mAh. The 6230 accepts MMC memory cards up to 4GB in capacity formatted in FAT32 or FAT16 file systems (supported by later firmware releases) on which multimedia files and data can be stored. SD cards are not supported. It operates on either GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz (Nokia 6230 RH-12), or GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz (Nokia 6230b RH-28) for the North American market.
Cingular Wireless was the primary GSM carrier that offered the Nokia 6230b in the United States. Other companies such as Cincinnati Bell, Simmetry Communications, Viaero Wireless and Telcel also offered this model.
Nokia 6230 was nicknamed Matrix during development. The updated version 6230i was nicknamed Matrix 2.
Technical Specification
Screen Active TFT, 65K colors, 128 x 128 pixels, 5 lines, 27 x 27 mm
Camera Nokia 6230 - 0.3 MegaPixel.
Nokia 6230i - 1.3 MegaPixel.
Second camera No
Operating system Nokia OS, Series 40
Memory 6 MB shared memory
Memory card MultiMediaCard
Networks Nokia 6230 RH-12 - GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz.
Nokia 6230b RH-28 - GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz for the North American market.
Connectivity GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots) 32 - 48 kbit/s.
HSCSD 43.2 kbit/s.
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbit/s.
Bluetooth v1.1,
Infrared port.
USB via Pop-Port.
Battery Nokia BL-5C
Li-Ion 850 mAh
Physical size 103 x 44 x 20 mm, 76 cc
Form factor Candybar
Successor Nokia 6233
