Nokia 3230 was introduced in Q4 2004. CNET reviews the Nokia 3230 and writes about features, “Like an amnesia-stricken fashionista, the 3230 is stylish but lacks memory. Internal memory is a surprisingly small 6MB, and the included 32MB RS-MMC card also comes up a little short. With competitors like the Samsung D500 offering a spacious 92MB, it’s surprising that Nokia has chosen to scrimp on the space.”

Mobile-Review reviews the Nokia 3230 and has this to say about the EDGE support, “Another unpleasant moment for those using the Internet will be a somehow one-sided EDGE support. The device supports EDGE class 5 providing the speed of 118 Kb but only for upload. Working in the second direction is impossible and you’ll have to be satisfied with usual GPRS. This means the device is for those who don’t send but receive big files. On the other hand, the EDGE support is not as important at this stage, Nokia like perforates the standard to the market, many users without understanding what EDGE is necessary for think it is necessary in the next phone. By the way, by the time of EDGE, normal working 3G will have worked very reliably and will offer high speeds in both directions.”

GSMArena reviews the Nokia 3230 and writes about battery, “The battery BL-5B is of the Li-Ion type and has a capacity of 760 mAh. On its surface you can see the reserved hologram of Nokia Company, which is to prove the device originality. If you cannot see it, the battery in front of you is simply not an original Nokia one. According to the official statements given by the manufacturer the battery is to support up to 4 hours of continuous calls and up to 150 hours stand-by.”

Pocket-lint.co.uk reviews the Nokia and writes, “The phone is packed with applications, from games to Push To Talk and there is bound to be something that you need or can use. Once you’ve taken a picture with the in-built camera you can then opt to edit the image with the included image editor. Annoyingly you can’t go straight from one to the other at the press of the button… The picture editor allows you to have control over basic editing features, crop, brightness, auto fix, rotate and even add a frame to the image. Once done you can then send it, again not within the program, to the Kodak Picture service where you can order prints or buy images if yours aren’t up to scratch. While the idea is a good one, it’s not something we would recommend with a 1.3 megapixel camera.” Russell Beattie reviews the Nokia 3230 and has this to say about the audio, “Let me also confirm that the audio sucks on the phone. In the Year of the MP3 Phone, this is a huge blunder. Whoever decided to skimp the 5 cents per phone it would’ve cost to put in stereo sound should be fired (or better, stoned). The amazing thing is that the phone comes with a pair of Pop Port headphones, not just the normal one-eared hands-free earpiece. But I had some MP3s on my RS-MMC and tried them and they sound like shit. I use ColdPlay’s “Clocks” as my sound test because it’s got a great enveloping crescendo right at the beginning that you can really use to compare sound quality with. On my 6620 and 6630, the sound is great - maybe not as rich as my iPod, but 95% there. On the 3230 it’s like listening to the music over AM radio with two tin cans: flat, tinny and mono. I knew this before, but confirming it with my own ears is depressing.”