Nokia 500 Contract Deals

Review Nokia 500

Nokia 500 is fast, light and multicolored smartphone. If you are looking for a low cost, full function smartphone, then Nokia 500 is an ultimate choice.

Features

Nokia 500 supports a 3.2 inch capacitive touch display with a screen resolution of 640x360 pixels. On the back, there is a 5 megapixel camera which has impressive video recording capabilities. The mobile phone measures 111.3x53.8x14.1 mm and weight is 93 gram, lighter than other smartphones. The battery life offers 5-7 hour talk time, 450+ hours in standby mode or up to 35 hours of music playback.

Nokia 500 comes with the latest Symbian Anna Operating system and offers a refreshed UI, a better browser and split-screen messaging. There is a 1 GHz processor which is enough powerful to complete a task. The internal memory is 2GB plus the possibility to increasing this by a further 32GB using a micro SD card slot.

Positive Points

1. Fast processor

2. Swype features

3. Symbian Anna with latest updates

4. Auto navigation system

5. Integrated Bluetooth & accurate direction

Negative points

1. Very costly

2. Not so thin

3. Lower video frames per second

About Deals

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General

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
• Announced: 2011, August

Size

• Dimensions: 111.3 x 53.8 x 14.1 mm, 73 cc
• Weight: 93 g

Display

• Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size: 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches (229 ppi pixel density)

- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity for auto turn-off

Sound

• Alert types: Vibration, MP3 ringtones
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• 3.5mm jack: Yes

Memory

• Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records: Detailed, max 30 days
• Internal: 2 GB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB

Data

• GPRS: Class 33
• EDGE: Class 33
• 3G: HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
• Infrared port: No
• USB: Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera

• Primary: 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels
• Features: Geo-tagging
• Video: Yes, VGA 15fps
• Secondary: No

Features

• OS: Symbian Anna OS
• CPU: 1 GHz ARM 11 processor
• Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
• Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
• Radio: Stereo FM radio
• Games: Yes + downloadable
• Colors: Black/White with covers in Black, Azure Blue, Coral Red, Purple, Khaki, Orange, Green, Pink, Silver
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java: Yes, MIDP 2.1

- Exchangeable battery covers with multiple home screens (2 included in the retail box)
- Digital compass
- MP4/H.263/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- Photo editor
- Organizer
- Voice command/dial
- Flash Lite 4.0
- Predictive text input

Battery

• Standard battery, Li-Ion 1110 mAh (BL-4U)
• Stand-by: Up to 500 h (2G) / Up to 455 h (3G)
• Talk time: Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
• Music play: Up to 35 h