Nokia 500 Price in Pakistan and Review

Nokia 500 Price in Pakistan

Update: 31 Oct, 2013
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Nokia 500 Review

New Nokia 500

Nokia the leading participant in the race of making better smart phones launched Nokia 500 in August 2011. They have tried to keep its price not very high and added hi-end features in it. There are interesting things about this phone you might be interested in knowing. Let’s give it a swift look and figure out what new Nokia 500 fetches to its users.

Display screen

Out of many things to amaze you about this new Nokia one is its display screen. It was said that Nokia touch screen are not good and if you want to enjoy a touch screen buy an iPhone or a HTC phone. Well, it could be said about earlier launches of Nokia but not about this Nokia. The 3.2 inches capacitive touch screen is tremendous and you will feel it just like an apple iPhone. Screen is vivid, showing 16 million of colors, and incredibly clear.

Let’s find out what is inside this phone

It may not seem after seeing its low price but it houses a 1GHz processor, 256MB of RAM and couple of sensors to complete your smart phone experience. If you compare specs of other latest smart phones in this price range with this phone, you will find that it is the only phone offering this much big machinery in this reasonable price.

Symbian belle

Nokia 500 is lucky enough to have the latest version of Symbian operating system that is Symbian Belle. It is faster, smoother and delivers better performance in overall processing and gaming especially.

Faster browsing

Nokia 500’s bigger processor, faster browser and latest operating system all makes the faster browsing certain. You will feel yourself driving in the fast lane with internet. Faster browsing will save you your money and precious time and you will enjoy more by spending lesser than used to.

Lots of apps

There are lots of apps which come preinstalled in this gadget and still more can be downloaded from Nokia Ovistore. On Nokia app center there are lots of stuff which you can have for free and for others you do not have to pay much. Users can download Islamic apps like pocket Quran, Ramzan app and much more which will facilitate them in their everyday life.

Verdict

Nokia 500 is an excellent combination of features and processing capabilities. You may not like its shape much as from back it resembles Nokia’s low prices X1-01. It gives this phone a regular cheap touch. If you are looking for lots of phone and the taste of expensive smart phone, Nokia 500 is the right gadget to you. The Nokia 500 Price in Pakistan is much lesser if you compare it with the prices of the similar features phones.

Nokia 500 Specifications

Announced/Release Date

  • Announced 2011, August
  • Status Available. Released 2011, September

Internet Functions

  • Facebook Yes
  • Youtube No
  • Google Search No
  • Twitter Yes
  • Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite

Connectivity Features

  • USB (Universal Serial Bus) Yes, microUSB v2.0
  • Bluetooth Connection Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
  • GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Class 33
  • EDGE Class 33
  • WLAN For Connecting Internet Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
  • NFC (Near Field Communication) No
  • 3G (Speed) HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

Battery Type And Timing

  • Battery Li-Ion 1110 mAh battery (BL-4U)
  • Stand-by Time (Approx.) 500 h (2G) / 455 h (3G)
  • Talk Time (Approx.) 7 h (2G) / 5 h (3G)
  • Music Play Time 35 h

Hardware And Memory

  • OS (Operating System) Symbian Anna OS, upgradeable to Nokia Belle OS
  • CPU Capacity 1 GHz ARM 11
  • Chipset No
  • GPU For Graphics No
  • Internal Memory 2 GB storage
  • External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB
  • RAM and ROM 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM

Network Coverage And SIM Info

  • 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
  • 4G Network No
  • SIM Type Mini-SIM

Body Structure And Style

  • Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  • Display Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches (~229 ppi pixel density)
  • Body Weight 93 g (3.28 oz)
  • Body Dimensions 111.3 x 53.8 x 14.1 mm, 73 cc (4.38 x 2.12 x 0.56 in)
  • Colors Black/White with covers in Black, Azure Blue, Coral Red, Purple, Khaki, Orange, Green, Pink, Silver

Camera And Multimedia

  • Backside Camera (Primary) 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
  • Frontside Camera (Secondary) No
  • Photo Editor Yes
  • Video Recording Quality Yes, VGA@15fps
  • Audio Player Support MP3/WAV/еAAC+/WMA player
  • Video Player (File Types) MP4/H.263/H.264 player
  • Radio Stereo FM radio
  • 3.5mm jack Yes
  • Loudspeaker Yes

Business Features

  • Document Editor No
  • MS Word Support Yes

Nokia 500 Features

  • 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches Screen Size
  • 93 g Weight
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
  • Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels,
  • microSD, up to 32GB
  • Internal Memory 2 GB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
  • Symbian Anna OS, upgradeable to Nokia Belle OS
  • 1 GHz processor
  • Stereo FM radio
  • MP3/WAV/еAAC+/WMA player
  • MP4/H.263/H.264 player
  • WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
  • Standard battery, Li-Ion 1110 mAh (BL-4U)
  • Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
  • Music Play Up to 35 h