BenQ A500

General Information

• Colors:
• 3 - Electric Blue, Cool Pink, Funky Gold

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• GSM

• 2G bands:
• GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900

• GPRS:
• Class 10

• EDGE:
• No

Launch

• Announced:
• 2004, Q4

• Status:
• Discontinued

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 83.5 x 45 x 23.1 mm (3.29 x 1.77 x 0.91 in)

• Weight:
• 98 g (3.46 oz)

• SIM:
• Mini-SIM

Display

• Type:
• TFT, 256K colors

• Size:
• 1.9 inches, 30 x 37 mm, 11.4 cm2 (~30.2% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 128 x 160 pixels (~108 ppi density), Second external CSTN display, 4096 colors, Wallpapers, themes, Downloadable pictures

Memory

• Card slot:
• No

• Phonebook:
• 500 x 8 fields, Photo call

• Call records:
• 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls

• Internal:
• 20MB, 1000 short messages

Main Camera

• Single:
• VGA

• Video:
• Yes

Selfie Camera

• Video:
• Yes, No

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• No

• Alert types:
• Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones, composer

• 3.5mm jack:
• No

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• No

• Bluetooth:
• No

• GPS:
• No

• Infrared port:
• Yes

• Radio:
• No

Features

• Messaging:
• SMS, EMS, MMS

• Browser:
• WAP 2.0/xHTML

• Games:
• 3 + 2 pre-loaded Java games + downloadable

• Java:
• Yes, Predictive text input, Media viewer, Organizer

Battery

• Java:
• Yes, Removable Li-Ion 700 mAh battery

• Stand-by:
• Up to 180 h

• Talk time:
• Up to 3 h