Nokia 500

Full Specifications

This device is also known as Nokia Fate

I want it 20 users
I have it 19 users
I had it 10 users

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Design

Dimensions 4.38 x 2.12 x 0.56 inches
111.3 x 53.8 x 14.1 mm
Weight 3.28 oz (93.0 g)
Keys Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors Black, Purple, Orange, Green, Blue, Gray

Display

Size 3.2-inch
Resolution 640x360px, 229 PPI
Technology TFT
Screen-to-body 47.12 %
Colors 16 777 216
Features Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

Processor Single core
1000 MHz
ARM11
RAM 0.25GBROM: 512 MB
Internal storage 2GB
Storage expansion microSDHC up to 32 GB
OS Symbian (Belle, Anna)

Battery

Capacity 1110 mAh
Type Li - Ion

Camera

Rear Single camera
Main camera 5 MP
Video recording 640x480 (VGA) (15 fps)
Video calling

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth 2.1, Yes
WLAN 802.11 b,g
USB microUSB, USB 2.0
Location GPS, A-GPS
Sensors Accelerometer, Compass
Other Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones 3.5mm jack
Features Album art cover
Radio FM, Stereo, RDS

Cellular

3G Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s, UMTS, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s

Phone Features

Notifications Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Phone profiles, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval Date approved: Jul 28, 2011
FCC ID value: QTKRM-750
Measured SAR Head: 1.43 W/kg
Measured in: 850 MHz
Body: 1.31 W/kg
Measured in: 850 MHz

Availability

Officially announced Aug 02, 2011
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News

Nokia Belle arriving to Nokia 500 today
The Nokia Belle update has graced nearly all of Nokia’s Symbian^3 lineup with only one exception - the Nokia 500. Today, the Finns have fixed that by making the latest update available to Nokia 500 owners. So, this makes now the best time to check fo...
, by Victor Hristov, 5
Nokia Belle arriving to Nokia 500 today
Nokia 500 is now official; runs Symbian Anna and ticks at 1GHz
Remember those photos from not long ago that allegedly represented a leaked Nokia roadmap? The images shed some light on a quartet of mid-range, Symbian-powered Nokia smartphones that were supposedly scheduled to see the light of day in the third qua...
, by Nick Todorov, 18
Nokia 500 is now official; runs Symbian Anna and ticks at 1GHz
Nokia's new Symbian lineup might arrive in Q3: 1GHz CPUs and nHD displays
We knew Nokia plans to name each Symbian iteration from now on with a woman's name alphabetically - Anna, Belle, and so on, but nothing was said about the handsets receiving girly names themselves. Nokia's upcoming Symbian lineup includes four device...
, by Daniel Petrov, 10
Nokia's new Symbian lineup might arrive in Q3: 1GHz CPUs and nHD displays

User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
8
Camera quality
6.4
Performance
7.8
Display
8.1
Battery life and charging
6.4
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
6
A good phone, but fails to compete with the phones of the same price group!
Phone owned for more than a year

This phone is robust and feels great in the hand, but fails to compete with the other phones which fall in the same Price Group. Excellent for simple use but not for the people who love to MultiTask. Preserving the "Nokia Built", drop it a hundred times but it wont give up. Not a phone for Social Media Enthusiasts. The Operating System fails to compete with the Windows and the Android OS.

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6
Nokia 500
Phone owned for less than a year

I am dissapointed with build quality of the phone. I have always trusted Nokia, for it's amazing build quality, but this time I don't. Though it has a 1Ghz ARM11 processor, its rather slow than speedy, especially when you update it to Nokia Belle Refresh.

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6
MY FIRST SMARTPHONE: Good! but ready to move on and up!
Phone owned for less than a year

I loved its price, the size, the screen resolution, call quality and fast processing. I hated the unconfortable size of the screen for typing, the camera without autofocus (useless for scanning documents), the very short battery life, the limited apps for Symbian Belle. I keep it in a soft case to avoid risk scratching or falls and It does feel cheap and squeaky when pressed!

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