Nokia Asha 230 All specs
Full specifications phone: Nokia Asha 230 specs, detailed technical information, features, price and review. All about this phone.
Nokia Series phone with 1GHz Dual-core median processor provides good performance when performing some functions of the Nokia Asha 230 (RM-986).
An advantage of the Nokia Asha 230 (RM-986) is the possibility of using two mobile carriers, a Dual-SIM device with two SIM card slots.
It's weak on connectivity, this device has Bluetooth 3.0 + A2DP, but it doesn't have WiFi to connect to internet.
Device with 89 grams including the battery. The Nokia Asha 230 (RM-986) phone is relatively thin with 13.2mm thickness.
Summary
🔄 Nokia Series OS Asha
TFT LCD
60Hz
💽 ROM: 64MB
⚡ 5W
📱 Model features | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Model | Asha 230 (RM-986) |
| Other model names | Nokia Asha 230 Dual-SIM RM-986 |
| Country or region available | ![]() (Global, International) |
| Brand | Nokia |
| Release date | 2/24/2014 |
| Depth | 13.2 millimeters (0.52 inches) |
| Size (width x height) | 58.6 x 99.5 millimeters (2.31 x 3.92 in) |
| Weight | 89 grams (3.12 ounces) |
| Build, materials | Plastic body, glass front |
| Protection against water and others | Not supported |
📲 Display | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Display type | TFT LCD |
| Screen size | 2.8" inches |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~41.6% (screen-to-body ratio) |
| Display resolution | 240x320 pixels (4:3) |
| Touchscreen | Capacitive Multitouch |
| Pixel density (dot pitch) | 143 PPI |
| Colors | 260 thousand |
| Scratch-resistant glass | Not supported |
| Refresh rate | 60Hz |
| Display features | Not supported |
🤖 Operating System | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| System version | Nokia Series OS Asha Platform 1.1 |
| Firmware update | Nokia Series OS Asha Platform 1.4 |
| User Interface | Series 40 Theme v2.0 UI |
⚙️ Processor | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Chipset | 32bit: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play (MSM8225) (45nm) |
| CPU | Dual-core, 1 processor: 2x 1GHz ARM Cortex-A5 (Dual-core) |
| GPU graphical controller | Qualcomm Adreno 203 (320MHz) |
| Performance (benchmark) | feature not registered |
💽 Memory and storage | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| RAM memory | 64MB LPDDR |
| Internal storage | 64MB eMMC 4.41 |
| External storage | Until 32GB microSD, microSDHC (dedicated slot) |
📶 Mobile networks | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Dual-SIM | Dual-SIM Standby - Call active on one sim card (dedicated slot) |
| SIM card | 2 slots (Dual-SIM) micro-SIM (3FF) |
| Maximum Download / Upload | 0.236 Mbps |
| Network technology | 2G |
| Frequency, bands | Expand band details Collapse details |
| GSM MHz band | Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Primary 2G network | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Primary 3G network | Not supported |
| Primary 4G network | Not supported |
| Primary 5G network | Not supported |
| Primary data network | GPRS, EDGE |
| Secondary 2G network | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Secondary 3G network | Not supported |
| Secondary 4G network | Not supported |
| Secondary data network | GPRS, EDGE |
📷 Camera | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Back camera (main camera) | 1.2 megapixels |
| Main camera resolution | 1280x960 pixels |
| Video recording (primary) | QVGA (320x240) 25 fps |
| Flash | Not supported |
| Focal aperture | f/2.8 (aperture) |
| Focal length | feature not registered |
| Sensor size | feature not registered |
| Pixel size | feature not registered |
| Autofocus | Not supported |
| Touch focus | Not supported |
| Image stabilization | Not supported |
| Zoom | Only digital zoom |
| Face/smile detection | Not supported |
| BSI sensor | Not supported |
| HDR | Not supported |
| Camera extras | feature not registered |
📸 Front camera | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Front camera (secondary) | Not supported |
| Front camera resolution | Not supported |
| Video recording (secondary) | Not supported |
| Front flash | Not supported |
| Focal aperture | feature not registered |
| Focal length | feature not registered |
| Sensor size | feature not registered |
| Pixel size | feature not registered |
🔉 Sound and multimedia | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Loudspeaker | Mono sound (not stereo) |
| Active noise cancellation | 1 microphone |
| Radio | FM (RDS) |
| TV | Not supported |
| Video formats | MP4, H.263 |
| Audio formats | MP3, WAV, AAC |
🔌 Connectivity | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| USB | MicroUSB 2.0 |
| Audio output | 3.5mm jack |
| TV output | Not supported |
| Bluetooth | 3.0 + A2DP |
| WiFi | Not supported |
| DLNA | Not supported |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| NFC | Not supported |
| Infrared port | Not supported |
🧭 Sensors | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer Proximity sensor |
| Vibrating alert | Supported |
🔋 Battery | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Battery type | Li-Ion: lithium-ion (Removable) BL-5C |
| Battery capacity | 1020 mAh |
| Charger, watts | 5W Wired charging |
| Inductive / wireless charging | Not supported |
| Talk time autonomy | 11 hours |
| Standby | 500 hours (20.8 days) |
➕ Other features | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| Call control | Voice recorder |
| Messaging | SMS (T9), MMS, E-mail, Push mail |
| Hands-free calling | Supported |
| Video calling | Not supported |
| Ringtones | Polyphonic and customized |
| Web browser | HTML, XHTML |
| Antenna | Internal antenna |
| Qwerty physical keyboard | Not supported |
| Miscellaneous | • Colors: Black, Bright Red, Yellow, Bright Green, White, Cyan • Nokia Glance • Java framework |
☢️ Radiation rate | |
| Nokia Asha 230 | |
| SAR 1.6W/kg (USA, Mexico, etc.) | 1.07W/kg (head), 0.77W/kg (body) |
| SAR 2W/kg (Europe, UK, etc.) | 0.67W/kg (head), 0.59W/kg (body) |
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