Nokia 500

Overview

Nokia 500: A Versatile Mobile Phone

Overview of Nokia 500

Released in September 2011, the Nokia 500 is a web-friendly phone powered by a strong processor. With its changeable covers and sleek look, it really is a beautiful device that enables you to communicate with your family and friends in a trendy manner.

Nokia 500 Design and Build Quality

The Nokia 500 is a Mono-block touch phone measuring 111.3 by 53.8 by 14.1 millimetres (height by width by thickness.) It only weighs 94 grams.

User Interface and Comfort to Use Nokia 500

This phone features a 3.2-inch touch screen with a height of 640 pixels. Its touch input makes it better for those who dislike QWERTY or analogue keypads.

Telephony and Phonebook

Nokia 500 comes with a 256 MB of RAM with 512 MB of ROM and 2 GB mass memory that enables you to store thousands of contacts and call info.

Messaging and Emails

Sending SMS, MMS and e-mails is very easy with the Nokia 500. This device comes with Hotmail, Gmail and Nokia e-mail programs for direct browsing. Nokia 500 also features a text-to-speech message reader for fuss-free messaging.

Gallery, Photo Viewer and Video Player

You can browse your captured photos through the Nokia 500 image album. As for your videos, you can watch them through the video player. You can even browse and stream videos, directly from YouTube.

Nokia 500 Music Player and FM Radio

This phone is perfect for music lovers because it has a music player and a stereo FM radio with a voice recording feature.

Nokia 500 Camera and Image Quality

Nokia 500 has a 5 megapixel still camera with 4x digital zoom, which saves images in JPEG format. It also comes with an image editor and a center weighted auto exposure for the best images possible.

Video Camera and Video Quality

This phone’s video camera has a camera resolution of 480 p or 640 by 480 pixels with 2x video zoom.

Nokia 500 Connectivity Options

This phone keeps you connected with its high-speed USB 2.0 port, Bluetooth 2.1 feature and WLAN IEEE at 802.11 b/g.

Organiser and Other Utility Tools

Organizing your life is possible with the Nokia 500’s utility tools – reminders, to-do list, active notes, alarm clock and converter, among many others.

Web Browser and Applications

This device comes with Openwave and OSS browsers that allow you to view CSS, xHTML, XML and Web Runtime pages, to name a few.

Google Maps and GPS

The Nokia 500 has Nokia Maps, GPS, External GPS and A-GPS, as well as WLAN Network Positioning.

Distinctive Features of Nokia 500

Nokia 500 allows for video sharing to social networks such as Facebook. What’s more, since Nokia Inc. makes the phone almost entirely from renewable materials, it really is a “green” phone.

Value for Money

The Nokia 500 is arguably very affordable at an average retail price of INR 7650 (approx., may vary). At this price point, you get all the features of a Smartphone for a very reasonable price.

Verdict

All in all, the Nokia 500 has everything that you need when it comes to all your communication needs. With its 5 MP camera and web-surfing capability, it is the perfect device for people who want to have fun, even while on the go.