Samsung SGH-F500 Ultra Video
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- Posted: 12 Feb 2007
- Market Status: Released
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Samsung SGH-F500 is a tri-band GSM with UMTS support. It features QVGA 240x320 pixels main display, 400MB of internal memory, DivX support, 2 megapixel camera. It is still slim at 0.42 (10.7mm) but is not just a simple dual-face candybar as its display can be tilted.
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Samsung SGH-F500 Ultra Video specifications
Pros
- Small dimensions (4.58 x 1.98 x 0.43 inches)
Cons
- Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (167 ppi)
- Slow data means slow Internet browsing (EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s)
- Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
- Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
- Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
- The camera lacks autofocus
- 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
- Candybar
- Dimensions:
- 4.58 x 1.98 x 0.43 (116.4 x 50.4 x 11 mm)
- Weight:
- 3.13 oz (89 g)
the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)
- 3.13 oz (89 g)
Display
- Physical size:
- 2.40 inches
- Resolution:
- 240 x 320 pixels
- Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 167 ppi
- Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
- Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144
- Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- TFT
- Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
- 220 x 176 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
- 3.83 hours
the average is 8 h (497 min)
- 3.83 hours
- Stand-by time:
- 7.9 days (190 hours)
the average is 21 days (496 h)
- 7.9 days (190 hours)
- Capacity:
- 900 mAh
Hardware
- Built-in storage:
- 400 MB
- Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
- microSD
- Slot Type:
Camera
- Camera:
- 2 megapixels
- Features:
- Digital zoom
- Camcorder:
- Yes
- Features:
- Video calling
Internet browsing
- Browser:
- 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.
- 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
- UMTS:
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
- 2100 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.
- HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE
Phone features
- Phonebook:
- 1000 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
- Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Stopwatch, Memo
- Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (T9), Predictive text input
- E-mail:
- IMAP, POP3, SMTP
Connectivity
- Bluetooth:
- 2.0
- USB:
- USB 2.0
- TV-Out, SyncML
Other features
- Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice recording
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