Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Nokia
Phone model
Asha 500 Dual SIM
Year of release
2013

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
100 mm (millimeters)
Body width
58 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
12.8 mm (millimeters)
Weight
101 g (grams)
Volume
74.59 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Replaceable panels
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Number of processor cores
1

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
64 MB (megabytes) place #36

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)
Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system
Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0

Battery

Battery capacity
1200 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
14 h (hours)
Standby time in GSM networks
528 h (hours)
Duration of listening to music
46 h (hours)
Video watching duration
9 h (hours)
Duration of using Wi-Fi
19 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
2.8 in (inches)
  • 143 ppi
place #147
Screen resolution
320 x 240 pixels place #132
Pixel density
143 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
18 bit (262144 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.333 (4:3)
Auto-rotate screen
Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
2 Mp (megapixels) place #43
Maximum photo resolution
1600 x 1200 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Digital zoom
4 X
Shooting settings
Viewfinder
Other photo settings
  • Color modes
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
320 x 240 pixels
Movie speed
13 fps (frames per second)
Digital video zoom
4 X
Movie settings
Movie settings list
  • Color modes: negative
  • Ordinary
  • Sepia
  • Daylight
  • Incandescent light bulb

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
2
Mode of operation of multiple SIM-cards
Alternating
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Autodial
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
4000
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory
VoIP telephony

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
2.5G (115 kbps phase 1, 384 kbps phase 2)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • wi-fi 802.11 b/g/n

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
3.0
A2DP support
AVRCP support
Other Bluetooth profiles
  • OPP
  • HFP
  • HSP
  • PBAP
  • DUN
  • FTP

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108 МГц
DRM support
  • oma drm 1

Sensors and gauges

Proximity sensor
Accelerometer
Orientation and rotation sensor

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)
  • JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format, .exif)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, .gif)
Installed image editor

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • H.263
Streaming video

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband)
  • AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Number of polyphony voices
32
Dictaphone
Voice notes
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)
Email
  • imap4
  • imaps
  • pop3

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization over the mobile network
Synchronization with services
  • MS Outlook (Microsoft Outlook)
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Windows Live Messenger
  • Youtube Messenger
  • Sina Weibo
  • WhatsApp
  • LINE
  • WeChat

Software features

JAVA support
  • midp 2.1
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
  • nokia xpress browser
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)

Equipment

Equipment
  • nokia ca-190cd charging and data cable
  • nokia wh-108 stereo headset
  • user's guide