Sony Ericsson S500

Sony Ericsson

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Design
8.3
Features
7.8
Performance
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- S500i 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for Europe, Middle East, Africa.
- S500c 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for China Mainland

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2007, May
Status Available
Size Dimensions 99 x 47 x 14 mm
Weight 94 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.0 inches
 - Wallpapers, screensavers
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 12 MB
Card slot Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 2GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML(NetFront), RSS feeds
Radio No
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Mysterious Green, Spring Yellow, Contrasted Copper, Ice Purple, Silver Steel
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 - TrackID music recognition
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ player
- T9
- Organizer
- Voice memo
Battery   Standard battery, Li-Po 930 mAh (BST-38)
Stand-by Up to 370 h
Talk time Up to 9 h
Misc SAR US 1.35 W/kg (head)     0.59 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.77 W/kg (head)    
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Sony Ericsson S500 - user opinions and reviews

  • Andreas

Had mine for almost two years until I cracked the display. Not designed to be stepped on, apparently. :) Easy DIY fix, front cover snaps off easily and the the display ribbon connects to a socket. OEM replacement displays seem to be about €20, s...

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  • 2010-03-14 10:24
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  • Ali_India

the music in terms of sound is good...the ext speakers are loud enuf (louder than most phones) and the earphone sound quality is decent (avg compared to walkman series).....only problem is that it has a very boring and plain music player....not many ...

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  • 2010-03-11 10:31
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  • Ali_India

I bought s500i in August 2008... Its been nearly 2 years and i am happy with the phone.....wen i bought this everyone told me to be careful as its a slide phone... but it has fell down from my hands nearly 20-30 times but till date there has been no ...

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  • 2010-03-11 10:22
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