Samsung Z500

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3.50

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Price

AU$755.00

Review Date

Thursday, 27th of October, 2005

Features

Form Factor : Flip

Mobile Network Bands : Tri Band GSM

What's Hot

The smallest 3G phone we have seen, Two cameras, Transflash expansion slot

What's Not

No FM radio, Low battery life

The Final Word

The Z500 will be welcome to news to long suffering 3G consumers, who have until now had to put up with bulky sized phones.

Note: This product is no longer available directly from the manufacturer. It may be available in retail channels or second hand. The price displayed is the price at review time.

Data Services

Messaging Capabilities

Email, SMS, MMS

Data Services

GSM, GPRS, WAP, UMTS

Email Protocols

POP3, IMAP4, SMTP

Digital Camera

Digital Zoom

Video capture

Yes

Digital Camera Effects

Brightness, Photo Effects, Rotation (Mirror/Vertical flip), Multishot / Timershot / Selfshot / Nightmode, Quality settings (Super fine/ fine / normal / economy)

Camera Resolution

1.0 MP

External Display

Display Technology

OLED

Colour Support

64k Colours

Screen Resolution

80x64

General

Length (mm)

Width (mm)

44.5

Height (mm)

24.5

Weight (g)

Warranty (Months)

Input Devices

Buttons

Main Display (Internal)

Display Technology

Colour LCD TFT (Active Matrix)

Colour Support

262k Colours

Screen Resolution

176x220

Memory

Installed memory (RAM)

50 MB

Multimedia Features

Ringtones Type

Polyphonic

Inbuilt Camera

Yes

MP3 Player

Yes

Picture Viewer

Yes

Video Player

Yes

Predictive text input

Yes

GPS

Handwriting Recognition

Vibrating Alert

Yes

Java enabled

Yes

Video calling

Yes

Organiser

Yes

Stopwatch

Yes

Alarm clock

Yes

Calculator

Yes

Calendar

Yes

Currency converter

Yes

Phonebook

Yes

World time

Yes

Games

Yes

FM tuner

Video Recorder

Yes

Phone Networks

Mobile Network Bands

Tri Band GSM

Phones

Form Factor

Flip

Talk Time (minutes)

200

Standby Time (hours)

260

Video Talk Time (minutes)

180

Call Lists

Missed calls, Received calls, Recently dialled calls

Power Options

Power Supply

AC Power, Battery

Battery Type

Rechargeable - (Li-Ion)

Software

Operating Systems

Proprietary

Supported Media

Supported Memory Media

TransFlash

Supported Audio File Formats

AAC, MP3

Supported Video File Formats

MPEG-4, Real Video, H.263

Wired Connections

Wired Terminals / Ports

USB 1.1

Number of USB 1.1 Ports

Wireless Connections

Wireless technology supported

Bluetooth, Infrared

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