Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Nokia
Phone model
Asha 501
Year of release
2013

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
99 mm (millimeters)
Body width
58 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
12.1 mm (millimeters)
Weight
98 g (grams)
Volume
69.62 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Replaceable panels
Colors

Primary storage (RAM)

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

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 128 MB (megabytes)
place #94

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
Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0

Battery

Battery capacity
1200 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Removable battery
Charging the battery from USB
Battery charging time
2.5 h (hours)
Call duration in GSM networks
17 h (hours)
Standby time in GSM networks
1152 h (hours)
Duration of listening to music
56 h (hours)
Video watching duration
14 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
3 in (inches) place #142
Screen resolution
320 x 240 pixels place #132
Pixel density
133 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
18 bit (262144 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Anti-scratch screen
Glass screen
Aspect ratio
1.333 (4:3)
Auto-rotate screen
Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
3.2 Mp (megapixels) place #39
Maximum photo resolution
2048 x 1536 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
Digital zoom
3 X
Aperture
f/2.8
Shooting settings
Viewfinder
Self-timer
White balance
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
320 x 240 pixels
Movie speed
15 fps (frames per second)
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
2
SIM card type
Micro-SIM (3FF, 15 x 12 x 0.76 mm)
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
4000
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory
Extra
  • micro-sim card

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
2.5G (115 kbps phase 1, 384 kbps phase 2)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

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

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11 b
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11b (IEEE 802.11.b, 11 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
  • 802.11g (IEEE 802.11.g, 54 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)
  • 802.11n (IEEE 802.11.n, 150 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz)

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
Other Bluetooth profiles
  • DUN
  • FTP
  • HFP 1.5
  • HSP 1.1
  • OPP 1.1
  • PBAP 1.0
  • SDAP
  • SPP 1.1

Navigation and positioning

Cell ID location

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108.0
RDS support
DRM support

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)
  • JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format, .exif)
  • BMP (Bitmap Picture, .bmp, .dib, .rle)
Installed image editor

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
  • WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv)
Streaming video

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Narrowband)
  • AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband)
  • M4A (MPEG-4 Part 14, .m4a)
  • 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
  • pop3

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization over the mobile network
Synchronization with services
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Software features

JAVA support
  • midp 2.1
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP
  • html 4.0 (xhtml 1.1)
  • javascript 1.8
Installed games
Installed games
  • Assassin’s Creed III
  • Real Football 2013
  • Little Big City

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 ac-11 battery charger
  • nokia bl-4u battery
  • nokia wh-108 stereo headset