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Nokia 500

619 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
size (194)
usability (90)
performance (51)
price (31)
reliability (28)

Negative
text input (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 619 reviews of Nokia 500. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the price and reliability. The performance and usability also get good feedback. Some have doubts about the text input.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Nokia 500 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 84/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Nokia 500

alaTest has collected and analyzed 13 user reviews of Nokia 500 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.co.uk. People are impressed by the reception and portability. The battery and design also get good feedback. Many are negative about the performance.

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92% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Chris Hall (pocket-lint.com)

Nokia 500 pictures and hands-on - Pocket-lint

The Nokia 500 is pitched as an affordable, but colourful, feature phone and as we understand it, will be exclusive to Carphone Warehouse in the UK. It's

Sep, 2011

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Expert review by : Amalya (nokiaphones.net)

Nokia 500 vs. Samsung Galaxy Ace

Several days ago I tried to compare the upcoming Nokia 500 with the HTC Wildfire S, and it came out that in many aspects Nokia's entry-level smartphone is even better than HTC's mid-range device. Now I want to compare the Nokia 500 with the Samsung...

Aug, 2011

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Expert review by : Amalya (nokiaphones.net)

Nokia 500 vs. HTC Wildfire S. Which One is Better?

The Nokia 500 was announced only several days ago, but it has already caught the attention of many geeks with its Symbian Anna OS and low price. HTC is also offering quite an interesting device – the Android-based HTC Wildfire S, which isn't very...

Aug, 2011

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Expert review by (somobile.co.uk)

Nokia 500

The Nokia 500 may be 'cheap', but it's the first smartphone to come out of Finland packing a speedy 1GHz processor.

This respectable chipset powers the handset's 3.2-inch (640 x 320) capacitive touchscreen, which also arrives dressed in Nokia's Symbian Anna OS. As well as delivering Nokia Maps and access to Nokia's home-grown app store, the brand-new platform offers...

Aug, 2011

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Expert review by : GSMArena team (gsmarena.com)

Nokia 500 preview: First look

The Nokia 500 is not a phone Nokia desperately needs to succeed. They've got bigger things on their mind and we don't mean Windows Phone 7. With Symbian Belle just launched on two brand new handsets, the Anna-running Nokia 500 is beyond hope of getting...

Sep, 2011

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Expert review by : Joseph Hanlon (cnet.com.au)

Nokia 500

The Nokia 500 isn't the big daddy of Nokia's 2011 portfolio, but, if the price is right, the 500 could find its way into a number of pockets and purses.

Aug, 2011

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Expert review by : PhoneArena Team (phonearena.com)

Nokia 500 Review

The Nokia 500 is the mass production of the new Nokia Symbian line, as it has the lowest specs out of the bunch announced in time for the holiday shopping craze. With that said, it's no slouch, as it sports a decent display with 229ppi pixel density,...

Oct, 2011

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Expert review by : S. R. Obbayi (brighthub.com)

Nokia 500 Reviewed: Affordable and Feature-Packed

The Nokia 500 is an entry level smartphone fitted generously with a high performance processor and lots of memory. This touch-screen smartphone features the latest Symbian operating system with a much improved software performance, new Nokia Maps,...

The Nokia 500 is an entry level smartphone that gives good first impressions and does not disappoint. It may lack important features such as the camera flash, but this phone is rated as an entry level phone which relieves the user of high expectations.

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