Nokia 500 Review

The market of Smartphone is expanding with great pace and with the increasing demand of the Smartphone mobile manufacturing companies constantly come-up with more innovative and sophisticated handsets. Nokia in a bid to compete with latest Android powered smartphones, launched their latest smartphone, Nokia 500 with a 1Ghz Processor. Nokia 500 has become the first Symbian mobile phone to have a 1Ghz processor. It comes with the Symbian Anna Operating system, making it the second smartphone of Anna OS after recently launched Nokia E6.

Nokia 500, which is expected to hit the market somewhere Q3 2011. Nokia 500 is the cost-effective and decently featured Smartphone that has been powered by the Nokia’s Symbian Anna Operating System along with 1 GHz processor. Though, it is advised not to expect the high-tech specifications and exceptional features with this Nokia handset but its pocket-friendly price tag proves the old phrase, ‘you get what you pay for’.Nokia 500 brings you all the advantages of the highly functional multimedia features like 5MP camera with high 2592x1944 pixels resolution counts, geo-tagging and VGA video recording option.

3G network connectivity for fast internet experience, Wi-Fi/GPRS/EDGE internet connectivity features, WAP & HTML browser for unlimited web surfing, basic data exchanging Bluetooth & USB connectivity, Stereo FM radio, Multiple audio file supported media player (like MP3, WAV, eAAC+, WMA), advanced messaging options (like SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email & IM), acceptance of external 32GB micro SD memory card along with 2GB on-board storage capacity, GPS navigation with A-GPS support, preloaded games, decent battery back-up and lots more.Nokia 500 proves to be a good choice for the people who still have faith on the Nokia’s Symbian platform and looking for the decent and budget Smartphone.





Specifications:

General	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced	2011, August
	Status	Coming soon, Exp. release 2011
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
		- 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, 5.7 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
	Infra port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592х1944 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/еAAC+/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