Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Huawei
Phone model
U8230
Year of release
2009

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
117 mm (millimeters)
Body width
63 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
14 mm (millimeters)
Weight
135 g (grams)
Volume
103.19 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • Qualcomm MSM7200A
CPU clock speed
528 MHz (megahertz) place #105
Number of processor cores
1

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU
GPU model
  • Adreno 130 GPU

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
192 MB (megabytes) place #26

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 256 MB (megabytes)
place #63

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
16 GB (gigabytes)
Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system
Android 2.1 (Eclair)

Battery

Battery capacity
1500 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
3 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
300 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
3.5 in (inches) place #132
Screen resolution
480 x 320 pixels place #120
Pixel density
165 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
18 bit (262144 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.5 (3:2)
Auto-rotate screen

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
3.2 Mp (megapixels) place #39
Maximum photo resolution
2048 x 1536 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
Digital zoom
8 X
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Viewfinder
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
352 x 288 pixels
Movie settings

Front photo/video camera

Front camera megapixels
0.3 Mp (megapixels) place #37
Maximum photo resolution
730 x 411 pixels
Front camera video

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Video calls
Autodial
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • HSUPA (5.8 Mbit/s)
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11 b/g

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.0
A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support

Sensors and gauges

Accelerometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
2.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Supported image formats
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics, .png)
  • JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format, .exif)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, .gif)

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
Streaming video

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
MP3 support
Max audio bitrate
320 kbit/s (kilobit per second)
Streaming audio
Number of polyphony voices
72
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
2.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Supported document formats
  • PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format, .pdf)
Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization with services
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • YouTube
  • Google Search
  • Google Maps
  • Google Talk

Software features

Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
Installed games
Installed games
  • Block Breaker 2

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
SMS output in the form of a chat
MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
0.72 W/kg (watts per kilogram)

Equipment

Equipment
  • smartphone
  • instruction
  • wired headset