Here’s a review between the two cellular phones Nokia 5230 and Nokia E73 Mode. The Nokia 5230 is a GSM Technology phone announced in 2009, August. The Nokia E73 Mode is a GSM Technology phone announced in 2010, June. The Nokia E73 Mode is a relatively newer model than the Nokia 5230. But both these phones were announced around the same period within a gap of about 10 months.

The main differences between these two items are that, the 5230 offers Touchscreen which is not present in Mode. Similarly, the Mode provides Secondary Camera and QWERTY which are not present in 5230. Both of them contain Audio Player, Video Player, Camera, Bluetooth, Speakerphone, GPS, FM Radio, GPRS and 3G. The 5230 is a lighter and smaller device than Mode.

Let us now compare the features of these devices in more detail.

Connectivity and communication

5230 does not come with WLAN, whereas, Mode offers these features. WLANs use radio technology instead of cabling. Currently only capable of delivering speeds of 1-15Mbps, but are still under development. The Mode provides Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g WLAN. Mode does not have HSCSD, whereas, 5230 offers these features. The Mode contains HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps 3G and the 5230 comes with HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps 3G. High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is an enhanced 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Communication. 3G is a term for third-generation wireless, referring to near-future developments in personal and business wireless technology, especially mobile communications. This p containse is reached maturity between the years 2003 and 2005. 3G helps in increasing the speed for internet browsing and downloading. The Mode comes with SMS, MMS, Email, Push EMail, IM Messaging while the 5230 has SMS, MMS, Email, IM Messaging. MMS is similar to short messaging service (SMS), but in addition to plain text, MMS messages may include multimedia elements such as pictures, video and rich text. The multimedia messaging service helps the user in sending messages that possesses sound and text. The Mode has got with A-GPS support and the 5230 has got with A-GPS support and Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch. GPS technology provides lat-long coordinates of a location. Assisted GPS, generally abbreviated as A-GPS, enhances the startup performance of a GPS satellite-based positioning system. A GPS is useful because it allows you to safely and easily navigate your way back even if you get caught in a blizzard or in the middle of a forest. The Mode has got WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Browser. The 5230 has got WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds Browser. Wireless Application Protocol (commonly referred to as WAP) is an open international standard for application layer network communications in a cellular phone.

Multimedia

5230 lacks Secondary Camera, whereas, Mode has got these features. The second camera helps one to click self portrait and also make video calls. The Mode has VGA videocall camera Secondary Camera. The Mode possesses 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Camera and the 5230 has 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels Camera. Autofocus allows a camera control that focuses the lens on the subject. Autofocus is useful for tracking moving subjects and for pulling-the-camera-out-of-the-bag speed. For the rest, it’s completely useless.

Display

The Mode provides TFT, 16M colors Display Type while the 5230 offers TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors Display Type. TFT is also known as Active matrix display. TFT (Thin Film Transistor) is a liquid crystal display found on notebook computers and flat panel displays.A touchscreen is an input device that senses the position of a finger on the device screen and interpret them as commands. The touchscreen is useful for listening to music, watching movies and basic web functions. The Mode has 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches Display Size whereas the 5230 possesses 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches Display Size. The Mode has QWERTY keyboard, Five-way scroll key, Accelerometer sensor for auto rotate and tap-for-time and Optical trackpad Display Features. The 5230 possesses Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Handwriting recognition Display Features. The first 6 letters on English-language keyboards are QWERTY and hence the name QWERTY. The first 6 letters on French-language keyboards are AZERTY. QWERTY keyboard helps you navigate through large applications and manage personal and work email.

Memory and processing

Mode does not contain CPU, whereas, 5230 has these features. The 5230 has got ARM 11 434 MHz processor CPU. The Mode has got microSD, up to 16GB, 4GB included Card slot while the 5230 has got microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB Card slot. The Mode contains 250 MB Internal Memory whereas the 5230 comes with 70 MB storage Internal Memory.

Battery

The Mode provides Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-4L). The 5230 offers Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh(BL-5J). The Mode provides Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G) Battery Talk time and the 5230 offers Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G) Battery Talk time. 2G (or 2-G) is the second-generation wireless telephone, which is based on digital technologies. 2G networks is basically for voice communications only, except SMS messaging is also available as a form of data transmission for some standards. Talk time gives the maximum time that a phone can transmit on a single battery charge. The Mode provides Up to 384 h (2G) / Up to 528 h (3G) Stand-by while the 5230 possesses Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 432 h (3G) Stand-by. Stand-by time gives the maximum time that a cellular telephone operating on battery power can be left on to receive calls.

Form factor

The Mode has 127.6 g Weight and the 5230 possesses 115 g Weight. The Mode contains 113.8 x 58.4 x 10.2 mm Dimensions. The 5230 comes with 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc Dimensions.

Other miscellaneous

The Mode contains Digital compass, MP4/H.263 video player, MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player, Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Flash Lite v3.0, Push to talk, Voice command/dial, Organizer and T9 and the 5230 comes with WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player, MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player, Voice command/dial, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Photo editor and T9. 3GP is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for use on 3G cellular phones. A flashlight is a battery-powered hand-held lightsource, useful in the dark. The Mode contains WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Browser while the 5230 comes with WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds Browser. The Mode contains Vibration, Polyphonic(64), WAV, MP3 ringtones Alert types whereas the 5230 comes with Vibration and Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones Alert types. The Mode provides + downloadable Games and the 5230 offers + Java downloadable Games.