BenQ A520
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- Posted: 10 Feb 2005
- Market Status: Released
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- Links: BenQ A520 Official page
BenQ A520 is a tri-band GSM phone. It features dual 65k OLED displays, built-in VGA (640x480) camera with video capture and webcamera function, 2MB built-in memory, WAP 2.0 Internet browser, Java support and MP3 Player.
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BenQ A520 specifications
Pros
No prosCons
- It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.89 inches)
- Low resolution display (128 x 128 pixels)
- Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
- Low-resolution camera (0.3 megapixels VGA)
- The camera lacks autofocus
- Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
- Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
- Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
Design
- Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Clamshell
- Dimensions:
Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
- 3.25 x 1.76 x 0.89 (82.5 x 44.8 x 22.6 mm)
- Weight:
Weight - Phone's weight
- 3.39 oz (96 g)
the average is 4.4 oz (126 g)
- 3.39 oz (96 g)
Display
- Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
- 128 x 128 pixels
- Technology:
Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
- OLED
- Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 65 536
- Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- STN
- Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
- 96 x 39 pixels
- Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the additional display supports
- 65 536
Battery
- Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 3.00 hours
the average is 7 h (448 min)
- 3.00 hours
- Stand-by time:
- 5.0 days (120 hours)
the average is 16 days (390 h)
- 5.0 days (120 hours)
- Capacity:
Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
- 700 mAh
Hardware
- Built-in storage:
- 2 MB
Camera
- Camera:
Camera - Camera specs
- 0.3 megapixels VGA
- Features:
- Mirror
- Camcorder:
- Yes
Internet browsing
- Browser:
Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- Yes
- Supports:
- WAP 2.0
Technology
- GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed. SIM cards can be programmed to display custom menus for personalized services.GSM provides a short messaging service (SMS) that enables text messages up to 160 characters in length to be sent to and from a GSM phone.
- 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
- Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- GPRS
Phone features
- Phonebook:
- 500 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
- Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Currency converter, Stopwatch, Countdown timer
- Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (iTAP), Predictive text input
Connectivity
- USB:
- Yes
- Computer sync
Other features
- Notifications:
- Service lights, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (40 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice recording
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