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  Nokia 5233

  Touchscreen smartphone on a tight budget

  Good design; fits well in your palm, good touchscreen response, excellent audio quality (headphones), full-fledged smartphone OS with multi-tasking ability, very well priced

  Build quality unsatisfactory, smallish display has poor sunlight visibility, bare bones in terms of features and bundle

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  When Nokia decided to enter the mainstream touchscreen phone market, they decided to do so with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Back then the market was ruled by much more expensive phones like the Apple iPhone and the LG Viewty. In comparison, the low price and good features of the 5800 made it an instant hit. Today, however, the game has changed significantly; you can buy a touchscreen phone from your pocket change!
  In order to compete with the new batch of low-priced touchscreen phones, such as the Samsung Corby series, Nokia has now released two new smartphones, the Nokia 5230 and the Nokia 5233. The 5230 lacks the 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, stereo speakers and the high capacity memory card of the 5800, whereas the 5233 goes a couple of steps further and loses the 3G and GPS as well, for an even lower price tag. Today we will be reviewing the cheapest touchscreen phone that Nokia has produced till date - the Nokia 5233.  
  
  Note: Since the only difference between the 5230 and the 5233 is the lack of 3G and GPS in the latter, a lot that has been said here also holds true for the 5230 as well.  
  

  

  
  
  Bundle
  

  • Nokia 5233
  • Battery
  • Charger
  • Headset
  • Lanyard with plectrum stylus
  • User Guide

  
  
  The bundle of the 5233 is completely stripped of anything that might even seem like luxury. There is no memory card, no carry case, and worse of all, no USB cable. Now you know how they managed to price the phone so low.  
  
  In comparison, however, the Samsung Corby comes with a 2GB card, USB cable, in-ear earphones and a carry case for around the same price as the 5233.