Sony Ericsson J230 Mobile Phone Review

Sony Ericsson J230 Details

<unknown> I'm confused, some people said goed and other said bad.
How is the keypad (is that comfortable for sms?) and how is the battery life?
Thanks

Shanty I've been using this phone fr 4 months now......it never gave me problems....the FM is good...ringtones r loud n clear.......but last night I had a strange problem.......worst I wud say. I sent a SMS n my fone got hanged. I rebooted by removing the battery......then wat I saw that all my fone memory had erased......All my SMS and the contacts on the fone memory got erased...

Well guys hav anyone faced this issue wit any of the fone before? Can the data be recovered? I'm pissed off with this fone....wil buy a new one soon.....

Ammar WOW. What s beauty.
1- 65k STN Colors, Good Display just like TFT.
2- FM is Steareo.
3- Sound Quailty of FM is Superb.
4- Wallpaper Animation.
5- Possibly to Download Themes.
6- Memory is very Low.just 650kb. but its enough for pics, midi tones and themes.
7- Battery timing is good.
8- keypad is very comfortable.

sandynator as said earlier look wise motto scores more
feature wise both have more or less same features u can get details on there respective sites.
but few imp. point to take into consideration while making ur choice......

1. no speaker phone for motto. se j230i has speaker but not as good as nokia 6030

2. motto boasts of having 65k colours & has tft/lcd screen, even after having this feature display is really poor similar to 4096k display. se j230i has stn display & 65000k display (in grid view display is not good, but in single icon menu display is quite good)further there are many freebees like themes,wallpapers(also moving), ringtones on se website.as per my findings se score more in display part even though it has stn display.both phone have 128x128 pixels/ display. in daylight/ sunlight u cannot view se j230i display as it is stn(for standby) & dull if keys activated.

3. fm sound clarity/quality--- good for motto excellent for se j230i
fm sound reception --- poor for motto again excellent for se j230i

4 moto has wap 2 /xhtml browser & se has wap1.2.1 (i don't have any idea, but i think moto will be bit faster) any one who have this knowledge please share. i have used wap on my j230i speed & download is quite good.

5 battery back up--- for moto upto 340hrs standby & talktime upto 9hrs 30min.(as per manufacturers)fm consumes lot of battery.

for se stand by upto 280hrs & talktime upto 6hrs(as per manufacturer)

i am using my se j230i without charging for 2 whole days(fm for 3 hrs per day)
for prolong battery use keep the keypad tones of, brightness to zero, do not fiddle .
further go through my review on se j230i on this site & on www.mouthshut.com

my suggestions.....

if fm is not ur choice(fm least imp.) then go for nokia 6030 everything is good i.e. battery, memory about 2-3 mb, downloadable games also

if u want only good display go for samsung c230(no idea about fm),battery life is pathetic,ir reception does not works, good memory 2-3 mb, can download games etc..etc..

moto c168 (radio motto) & sony ericsson j230i are close compititors,but as per earlier comparision mentioned sony ericsson
j230i rules & out performs moto c168 (radio motto)without any doubts in minds
moto looks good (thats the reason it is appealing many consumers),but it is is not sturdy (badily built)back cover over a period of time makes a cracking sound, glossy colours on cheap plastic body will fade gradually, poor headsets provided compared to other models in moto category, headset looks cheap.
only because of cheap price people are running for it... my sincere advice to them please pay few hundreds more enjoy the pleasure of se j 230i.you will never regret after using it listining to its fm sound clarity.no other phone in this category will give u such an outstanding fm sound quality & reception.i can bet on this one.

Abner Furtado hi... pls tell me whether this phone has a Manual Network selection, and hows the battery life as i have a J200 and the battery sucks.......pls reply.. thnks....

Vinay An alternate option for Nokia 6030.....
Can be considered only on following comparison
1)Is FM played mono or stereo.
2)Battery Life.

Anil Kumar I Want Sony Ericsson J230i Drivers. So from which websites i can download it. pls do so as soon as possible

avinersan i agree
at least they arant monochrome ant they are very easy to use

jack Too outdated, too late

sunny i bought this cell for fm & no doubt its fm is awosome, one line for it... out of this world...i have been around with other cell phones of the same prize tag... for example Nokia 2300, 6030 have mono fm and of average quality, but Fm of SE J230i is Excellent...as it ends the limits... other features r also good... sound quality in earpiece is excellent... incall timers & call summary...sms delivery reports...overall a very good mobile... one more thing moto C168 has poor fm quality comapare to this cellphone other features of moto are not worthy ...very very bad display... cheap plastic body ... but J230i is the best buy... i recommend it for all who want a fm radio phone.