Nokia Asha 500

The Nokia Asha 500 is an addition the the Asha 500 series of phones, Asha 501 being the first one in the series. The phone is 12.8 MM thick and weighs 135 Grams. The device sports a 2.8" capacitive touch screen with 240x320 pixels resolution giving an effective pixel density of 143 PPI. The phone comes in 4 color options i.e., Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White & Black.

Since Asha 500 is an entry level device, it has a mere 2 MP camera on the rear of the device without any LED flash which is quite expected considering the low price point. When it comes to the multimedia features in the device, it supports playback of common file formats such as MP4, MP3, AAC, WAV, etc.

When it comes to the connectivity features, the phone supports common connectivity features such GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0 and USB.

Nokia Asha 500 has a 1200 mAh battery which could keep the phone powered for about 840 hours in standby mode or 14 hours of calling time, with just a single charge. Though the internal storage of the phone is not known, it has a memory card slot and comes with a 4GB of memory card in the box.