Design

Display and User Interface

• Screen size: 3.2″
• Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels)
• TFT display
• 16 million colours
• Capacitive touch screen
• Orientation sensor (accelerometer)
• Compass (Magnetometer)
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light detector

Keys and Inputs Methods

• Keys: call, end, home, slide lock, volume
• Finger touch control
• On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard
• Dedicated volume keys

Personalisation

• Three customisable home screens:
  • menu
  • widgets
  • themes
  • shortcuts
  • apps
• Customisable profiles Ringtones: mp3, SpMidi, AAC+, eAAC+, WMAThemes
  • wallpapers
  • screensavers
  • pre-installed themes
  • changeable colour themes

More wallpapers, ringtones and themes available from Store

Hardware

Power Management

• BL-4U 1110 mAh Li-Ion battery
  • GSM up to 7 h
  • WCDMA (3G) up to 5 h

Talk-time (maximum):

• Standby time (maximum):
  • GSM up to 500 h
  • WCDMA (3G) up to 455 h
• Video playback time (VGA,15 fps, maximum): 5 h 15 min
• Video recording time (VGA,15 fps, maximum): 1.5 h
• Music playback time (offline mode, wired headset, maximum): 35 h

Memory

• Internal memory: 2 GB
• MicroSD memory card slot, up to 32 GB

Operating Frequency

• GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
• Automatic switching between WCDMA and GSM bands
• Flight mode

Data Network

• GPRS/EDGE release 6, class B, multislot class 33
• HSDPA Cat10 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA Cat6 5.76 Mbps
• WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g
• Capability to serve as data modem
• Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes

Connectivity

• Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
• High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
• Micro USB connector and charging
• 2 mm charging connector
• Standard 3.5 mm AV connector

Software and applications

Software platform and user interface

• Symbian Anna
  • Java MIDP 2.1 Qt 4.7, Web Runtime 7.3

• HTML 4.1

• Software updates over the air (FOTA) and over the internet (FOTI)
• Flash Lite 4.0
• OMA DRM 2.1, Full OMA Client provisioning, OMA DRM 2
• Mac applications: iSync, Nokia Multimedia Transfer

Communications

Email and messaging

• Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for e.g. images, videos and music
• Full screen email viewer with HTML support
• Unified email client for multiple protocols: Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, Windows Live™, Hotmail and other popular POP/IMAP services, and Mail for Exchange
• Push email and expanded portal support available through Nokia Messaging for email and instant messaging
• Email widget for home screen
• Unified MMS/SMS editor
• Conversational view for SMS

Call management

• Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and email details per entry with personal thumbnail pictures and video clips
• Smart dialling to find phone numbers quickly
• Speed dialling, voice dialling (speaker independent) and voice command
•  Logs of dialled, received and missed calls
• Conference calling
• Integrated handsfree speaker

Sharing and internet

Browsing and internet

• Full web browsing of real web pages
• Web browsing with touch control
• Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
• Supported protocols: HTTP v1.1, WAP TCP/IP support
• Visual history, HTML and JavaScript support
• Flash Lite 4.0 will support a majority of Flash Player 10.1 content
• Nokia Mobile Search
• RSS reader
• Support for streaming video
• Unified home screen access to Facebook and Twitter through Social client
• Social networking status updates visible in phone contacts
• Upload and view photos and video and see locations via Social client

Navigation

GPS and navigation

• Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
• Nokia Maps with free car and pedestrian navigation
• Wi-Fi and network positioning
• Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display and bearing

Photography

Camera

• 5 megapixel camera
• Full Focus Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy-to-use touch screen parameters
• Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF
• Zoom up to 4x (digital)

Image capture

• Automatic location tagging (geotagging) of images and videos
• Images automatically taken in the correct orientation
• Pinch zoom in
• Photos image viewer
• View photos by tag cloud, month, album, slide show
• Photo editor

Other

• Internal memory: 2 GB
• External memory: up to 32 GB
• microSD card High-Speed
• MicroUSB to PC connectivity

Video

Video cameras

• Video capture in 640 x 480 (VGA), 640 x 352 (nHD), 176 x 144 (QCIF) at 15 fps
• Settings for scene: Video light, Colour tone, White balance, Exposure
• Zoom up to 2x (digital)

Video codecs and formats

• Recording codecs: MPEG4-es, H.263, H.264
• Playback codecs: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
• Streaming support: 3GPP and CIF

Video sharing and playback

• VGA video playback
• Support for download, streaming, and progressive download
• Video editing software
• Videos application: collection of stored videos On demand
• WebTV widgets to watch local and global internet streaming videos
• Support for Flash video
• YouTube browsing and streaming

Music and audio

Music features

• Album art interface to browse the albums in your music collection
• Nokia Music Player, plus home screen widget
• Nokia Music Audio codecs: MP3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA
• Bit rate up to 320 kbps
• DRM support WM DRM, OMA DRM 2.0
• Loudspeaker with 102 Phons

Radio

• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz)
• Home screen widgets for FM and internet radio

Gaming

• Use the touch interface to play games
• Games available for download at Store

Eco profile

Energy efficiency

• Power Save mode, ambient light sensor, unplug charger reminder, eco-friendly chargers (Nokia Fast Charger AC-8 or Nokia Fast Charger AC-15, depending on country)

Eco content and services

• Available at the Store, pre-installed eco wallpapers and ringtones, maps for route optimisation and pedestrian navigation

Materials

• Free of PVC, free of brominated and chlorinated compounds and free of antimony trioxide as defined in Nokia Substance List, bio-based materials in inner parts of the product

Recycling

• All materials of the device can be recovered as materials and energy

Packaging

• Made of up to 60% recycled material, 100% recyclable

User manual

• Interactive user help in device and online, only Quick Guide in the box, eco tips on Green Page

Package Contents

Standard Sales Package

• Nokia 500
• Nokia Battery BL-4U
• Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101D
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-102
• Nokia Fast Charger AC-8 (or Nokia Fast Charger AC-15, depending on country)
• 2 additional battery covers Quick start guide