You can see it in some photos and in the animation in the official J230 product page: Sony Ericsson added, in addition to the traditional 9-icon desktop, a single-icon interface, totally Nokia style, for the new low end phones (except the Z300, for whatever reason). Make your own conclusions. Anyway, the J230 offers an FM radio and stereo headphone handsfree in addition to the few other features you would expect (or even less) in a 102 x 44 x 18 mm, 84.5 gram package: GSM Dual, GPRS 4+1, 128x128 pixel 65k color STN screen, 500kb internal memory, integrated handsfree speaker, 32-tone polyphonics, theme support and exchangeable faceplates (Cosmo White, Cherry Red and Deep Blue). Available in Q1 2006 as J230i in Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa, J230c in China mainland, and J230a in America.

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Pictures have appeared of what is going to be unveiled on monday: lowest end models with the old interface (last used in the K300) that will hit the shelves after Christmas. The one with confirmed name (by photos of the box) is the 150€ Z300i: a Z200 successor with no major improvements other than slightly better (still 128x128 pixel STN) screen and integrated antenna, and the lack of Infrared, MP3 support, JAVA. What seems to be a T290 sucessor, called “J220″ (unconfirmed) by Mobile-review, will probably offer the same features as the J200/J210/J300 for less than 100€ unlocked, and default shortcut icons on the D-pad. With orange elements, but certainly not a Walkman branded phone, the “J230″ (unconfirmed name) offers an FM Radio on top of the mentioned standard features, and an interesting design at the back, at about 120€. These phones are not even using the new Fast Port connector so consider them an excuse to have something in operator’s low end clamshell portfolio, targeted to people who won’t even customize the default wallpaper. Thank you SE for making the effort of putting color screens in these ones, but tell us, will they have built-in calculator? Yes? Ohh that’s cool [Thanks bengan_fbk for posting it fast]

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