Nokia has launched a new Symbian Anna-powered mass market smartphone, the Nokia 500, at 150 Euros (plus taxes) all-in, with 1 GHz processor, interchangeable back covers, 3.2" capacitive nHD touchscreen, pentaband 3G, WiFi, GPS, 5 megapixel camera (EDoF) and 2GB of internal memory plus microSD expansion. Impressively, the Nokia 500 only weighs 93g, making it the lightest Symbian^3 device so far. The device will be available in retail channel within the next 60 days.
The Nokia 500 is the first lower mid tier Symbian^3 device. This is reflected in the price - by comparison, the previous cheapest Symbian^3 devices was the Nokia C6-01, with a launch price of €260. In order to cut costs, Nokia is using a new, lower cost hardware family on the Nokia 500 (more details below). Despite the cost cutting, the Nokia 500 retains an impressive array of software and hardware features and offers excellent value for money.
The Nokia 500 is the 2011 equivalent of the 5230, which was one of Nokia's best selling smartphones in 2010. Retail channels permitting, the Nokia 500 should also sell very well at the €150 price point.
Although there are two basic colours for the Nokia 500 (black - in Q3, and white - in Q4), it has a removable battery cover, which means a number of colour options are available: black, orange, khaki, purple, coral red, azure blue, green, pink and silver. In a similar approach to the Nokia C5-03, each device will come with three covers.
The Nokia 500 is the first device to use Nokia's new naming scheme. Future Nokia device names will have three numbers, with the first number serving as the index identifier (1-9, with increasing features / price point) and the second two numbers serving as a unique model identifier. Or put another way, the new scheme sees the removal of both the letter (C, E, X and N) and hyphen from the existing naming scheme.
Nokia 500 mobile key features :
- 3.2-inch touch screen
- Symbian Anna OS
- 5MP camera
- Affordable price
- 3G HSDPA
- Wi-Fi
- 3 different-coloured back covers
- GPS navigation
Nokia 500 mobile phone specifications :
- Network : Quad band GSM/EDGE , Penta band WCDMA
- Processor : 1GHz
- Dimensions : 111.3 x 53.8 x 14.1mm
- Weight : 93g
- Operating System : Symbian Anna
- Display : 3.2-inch capacitive touch screen , 640×360 pixels resolution
- Sensors : UI Auto rotate sensor (accelerometer) , Compass (Magnetometer) , Proximity sensor , Ambient light detector
- Camera : 5 mega-pixel (without flash) , Video recording
- Stereo FM Radio
- Music Player : MP3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA
- Video Player : MPEG4, H.263, H.264
- 3.5mm audio-jack
- Internal memory : 2GB
- Expandable memory : up to 32GB
- 3G : HSDPA (download up to 14.4 Mbps speed) /HSUPA (upload up to 5.76Mbps)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Navigation : Free Nokia voice navigation , GPS with A-GPS
- Bluetooth v2.1 +EDR
- MicroUSB port
- Unified email client – Yahoo! Mail, Gmail , Windows Live , Hotmail , POP/IMAP services and Mail for Exchange
- Flash Lite 4.0 - Flash Player 10.1 content support
- Battery : 1110 mAh Li-Ion battery (Nokia BL-4U)
- Talk time : up to 7 hours (2G) , up to 7 hours (3G)
- Standby time : up to 500 hours (2G) , up to 455 hours (3G)
- Music playback time : up to 35 hours
Nokia 500 Price in India : The new Nokia 500 is available in India at price of Rs.9,400
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