Nokia 6230i was introduced in 2004 Q1. Mobile-Review reviews the Nokia 6230i and writes, “Nokia 6230i is pretended to be the best phone of the autumn 2004 in its segment. It will appear a bit later than Siemens S65, but will have better screen quality (in our opinion Nokia 6230i has better color rendering), similar features and mp3-player support. The price of Nokia 6230i will be about 500 USD in November, by Christmas it will go down till 430-440 USD. Nokia 6230 will remain on the market till the end of the year and its price will be a little bit lower. The aim of Nokia 6230i is to attract those who were waiting for the replacement of Nokia 6310i and didn’t buy Nokia 6230. I really regret that users of Nokia 6230 paid much money and purchased only an intermediate version of the phone. It was one of the first ones in its class, may be the best one, but had many small unpleasant problems. Full specifications of Nokia 6230i you can see below.”

CNET reviews the Nokia 6230i and writes, “Photos taken with the 6230i generally came out in focus with vivid colour depth. Image sizes range from 160 x 120 pixels up to 1280 x 1024. The camera’s night mode assisted slightly in dark surroundings but photos came out grainy compared to those taken with a flash. Video clips taken are recorded in the 3GPP format and come out slightly pixelated and choppy.”

MobileBurn reviews the Nokia 6230i and writes, “Turn on the phone and you will be greeted with a fantastic new screen. It is slightly bigger than the previous one, measuring 30mm square (1.65″ diagonal) compared with 27mm square (1.5″ diagonal), and the resolution has been upped to a whopping 208 x 208 pixels, a great improvement over the old 128 x 128 pixels. The 6230i’s new 65K colour TFT display is bright and sharp, readable under harsh sunlight, and reproduces colours beautifully. As a result of the higher resolution, fonts appear smoother, and the ‘extra small’ font while viewing SMS is now readable, unlike in previous Series 40 phones where the small fonts required you to squint to read them. You can view 6 lines of text on the new screen. However, there is no way to adjust the display brightness, which is bad news since the screen can be blindingly bright at night or even in dim conditions.”

“the integrated camera is high spec at 1.3 megapixel (probably the best I’ve seen on a phone) with an image size of up to 1280×1024 pixels. It will take colour video and not just short clips! I think it depends on how much memory you’ve got, but I believe it can take up to 1 hour! A 32MB memory card comes with the phone (this is inserted behind the battery) and it can be upgraded to 512MB. I’ve found the pictures on this phone to be excellent quality, although the video is quite basic. Hey, at the end of the day, it’s a phone….. Go buy a Camcorder if you’re that bothered! The Media menu also hosts a Media player for videos & a Music player for MP3 & AAC. The phone has MP3 polyphonic ringtones and alerts. In addition you can listen to FM Stereo radio with a headset connected, which acts as the aerial.” via CIAO

Infosync World writes about camera, “6230i is equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera. Image quality is - as we’ve come to expect from Nokia - very good, with the 6230i producing excellent results under both poor and favourable lighting conditions despite slightly-less than ideal contrast. Furthermore, the Nokia 6230i plays host to a music/video player, which is also why it comes with an MMC card expansion slot located under its battery. ”

mobique.com also talks about camera, ” Feature-wise, the 6230i does come with an upgraded 1.3-megapixel camera, which bumps the maximum supported resolution from the original 640×480 (on the 6230) to 1280×960 pixels. And the ability to record video clips of up to 60 minutes long, as compared to just 4 minutes on its predecessor, is indeed something worth taking note.
But come crunch time, the camera simply failed to perform – providing images that weren’t crisp enough, flat, and noisy even when taken under sufficient lighting. And these properties were pretty consistent throughout the sample shots, which were all taken at the highest quality and resolution settings.”