BenQ A500

Network
Technology
GSM

2G bands
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900

GPRS
Class 10

EDGE
No

Launch
Announced
2004, Q4

Status
Discontinued

Body
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
 
No

Sound
Loudspeaker
No

Alert types
Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones, composer

3.5mm jack
No

Comms
WLAN
No

Bluetooth
No

Positioning
No

Infrared port
Yes

Radio
No

USB

Features
Sensors

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
Type
Removable Li-Ion 700 mAh battery

Stand-by
Up to 180 h

Talk time
Up to 3 h

Misc
Colors
3 – Electric Blue, Cool Pink, Funky Gold