Nokia 5230 vs Nokia X3
| Type | Touch | Slide |
| Dimensions | 111.00 x 51.70 x 15.50 mm | 96.00 x 49.30 x 14.10 mm |
| Weight | 115.00 g | 103.00 g |
| Display size | 3.20" | 2.20" |
| Display | Color / TFT 16M colors 360 x 640 px (3.20") 229 ppi | Color / TFT 256k colors 240 x 320 px (2.20") 182 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 420 min. (7.0 h) 3G: 258 min. (4.3 h) | 2G: 450 min. (7.5 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 438 h. (18.3 days) 3G: 458 h. (19.1 days) | 2G: 380 h. (15.8 days) |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 1320 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 860 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 70 MB | 46 MB |
| RAM memory | 128 MB |  |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC up to 16 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC up to 16 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Symbian 9.4 | - |
| Interface | Series 60 5th Edition | Series 40 6th Edition |
| Processor | ARM11 | - |
| Processor clock | 434 MHz | - |
| GPU | - | - |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) | 1,1 W/kg | 0,73 W/kg |
| DualSIM | | |
| Announced | 4Q 2009 | 4Q 2009 |
| Other names | - | X3-00 |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 900 2100 | |
| LTE standard | | |
| CDMA | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 2 Mpx | 3.2 Mpx |
| Resolution | 1600x1200 px | 2048x1536 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Digital zoom | 3x | 4x |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 640x480 px | 320x240 px |
| Video formats | MPEG4, H.263 - 30 fps | MPEG4, H.263 |
| Additional | - | - |
CAMERAS - FRONT
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 3.60 Mbit/s | |
| HSUPA | | |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | |
| LTE UP | | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | class 32 | class 32 |
| EDGE | class 32 | class 32 |
| Bluetooth | v2.0 EDR | v2.1 EDR |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | | |
| WiFi frequencies | | |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | v1.3 | v1.3 |
| Dictionary | T9 | T9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | z RDS | z RDS |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | 2 |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, MP4, WMA, eAAC+ | AAC, MP4, WMA, WMV, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | 64 voices | 64 voices |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | MIDP 2.1 | MIDP 2.1 |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |