Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Nokia
Phone model
500
Year of release
2011

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
111 mm (millimeters)
Body width
54 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
14.1 mm (millimeters)
Weight
93 g (grams)
Volume
84.43 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Replaceable panels
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • ARM 11
CPU clock speed
1000 MHz (megahertz) place #93
Number of processor cores
1

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU
GPU model
  • 2D Graphics HW Accelerator with OpenVG 1.1 support

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
256 MB (megabytes) place #25

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 2 GB (gigabytes)
place #32

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
32 GB (gigabytes)

Operating system

Operating system
Symbian Anna (S60 5th Edition, Symbian OS 9.5)

Battery

Battery capacity
1110 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
7 h (hours)
Standby time in GSM networks
500 h (hours)
Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks
5 h (hours)
Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks
455 h (hours)
Duration of listening to music
35 h (hours)
Video recording duration
1 h (hours)
Video watching duration
5 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
3.2 in (inches) place #139
Screen resolution
640 x 360 pixels place #115
Pixel density
229 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
24 bit (16777216 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.778 (16:9)
Auto-rotate screen
Ambient light sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
5 Mp (megapixels) place #37
Maximum photo resolution
2592 x 1944 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Quad HD (2560 x 1440)
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
Digital zoom
4 X
Viewfinder
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
640 x 480 pixels
Movie speed
15 fps (frames per second)
Digital video zoom
2 X
Movie settings
Movie settings list
  • White balance

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Autodial
Noise reduction during a call
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • UMTS 850 MHz
  • UMTS 900 MHz
  • UMTS 1700 MHz
  • UMTS 1900 MHz
  • UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • HSUPA (5.8 Mbit/s)
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.1 + EDR
A2DP support
AVRCP support
Other Bluetooth profiles
  • AVRCP 1.0
  • BIP
  • DUN
  • FTP
  • GAP
  • GOEP
  • HFP
  • HSP
  • OPP
  • PBAP 1.0
  • SAP
  • SDP
  • SPP 1.0

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support
Built-in digital compass
Extra
  • nokia maps

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108
RDS support
DRM support

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor
Accelerometer
Orientation and rotation sensor
Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Supported image formats
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics, .png)
  • JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format, .exif)
  • BMP (Bitmap Picture, .bmp, .dib, .rle)
Installed image editor
Geo tags
PictBridge support
MTP support

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
Streaming video
Installed video editor
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband)
  • AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband)
  • AU (Audio Units, .au)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • SP-MIDI (Scalable Polyphony MIDI)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Max audio bitrate
320 kbit/s (kilobit per second)
Streaming audio
Stereo Widening support
Identifier of songs
  • shazam encore
Number of polyphony voices
64
Dictaphone
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Multitouch
Pinch zoom
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Supported document formats
  • PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format, .pdf)
  • ZIP (Archive file, .zip)
Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization over the mobile network
Synchronization with services
  • MS Outlook (Microsoft Outlook)
  • MS Exchange (Microsoft Exchange Server)
  • Facebook

Software features

JAVA support
  • midp 2.1
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
Extra
  • isync nokia multimedia transfer
Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
SMS output in the form of a chat
MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
1.18 W/kg (watts per kilogram)

Equipment

Equipment
  • nokia bl-4u battery
  • cable for connecting to a nokia ca-101d computer
  • nokia wh-102 stereo headset
  • quick manual