BenQ A500

  • Released 2004, Q4
    98g, 23.1mm thickness
    Feature phone
    20MB storage, no card slot
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  • 1.9"
    128x160 pixels
  • 0.3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 700mAh
    Li-Ion

BenQ A500 - Specs

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
GPS 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   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

BenQ A500 - User Reviews

  • This phone is actually pretty scary

  • I reqd.Benq A500 battery. Please help me out.

  • very sexy i love it so much colourful mobile my sweetypy

  • no matter how good it is in clamshell model but it is flit(spit)

  • cute..

  • let`s dance together with this phone, so full color lol

  • heyyyyyy very nice phone where can i get this phone.

  • this phone is nice

  • this phone is soooooo cute maybe my dad will get it for me

  • Anyone knows how's the MMS setting function? I went to DIGI centre and they said it supposed to request for MMS pin code and things like that but it didn't appear. So, he said can't set it for me. May be it's the phone's problem. Does anyone has any idea? Please help me!!!

  • pls help me,, do you know the mms setting for benq a500? can you share it with me? pls im from philippines, thanks.....

  • this fone is soooooo cool it rox

  • lovely colour and sweet looking like jink. :)

  • anybody here who knows how to activate mms of benq m300? can u pls share it to me?plzzzzzzzz,...ive tried many times but it doesnt work

  • it's an eye-candy! nice colors! cute! ^_^

  • it kinda looks heavenly doesnt it lol

  • how to reset the pin code of the hendset (benq a500) anybody knows pls share i am having problem here ....

  • I have a very scary experience about this phone. We were driving on highway. We heard a strange sound, a very low frequency of long 'dddddddddddddddd' sound. We stopped the car aside and checked the car thoroughly, thinking that the sound might come from any part of the car and might cause mishap. It took us long enough to check the things out but everything was okay. Eventually we found out that the sound came from my phone - BenQ A500 - in my handbag. I felt it hot when I took it out from my handbag. I then quickly off it and took away the battery. I wonder it will cause any explosion or not? (like what I have read from newspaper about phone battery explosion). I dare not use BenQ phone anymore.

  • Wow.....i want it ....the violet one...:))

  • omg this fone is mad cute my boifriend was gonna get me that but instead i got a razr nd ericsson W600 but this is real cute nd i luv it

  • i bought this phone late oct last yr, and i jz found out tat my fren who were havin the same phone as mine (A500) hav a dictionary features.. how come my phone doesnt support it / dont hav it?? and another prob is this phone i cant find the way to change the messege tone? can any1 help me in this 2prob that im facing at? mesg me plzz thx alot for those who know the solution to my problem..

  • It�s a great phone, you can take really great pictures, but I don�t find the way to change the message ring tone. If someone knows, please send me an e-mail.

  • eeeewwwwwwwwww i like the bright colour and the best part is its blue.

  • This cell produced wonderful pictures. It really is a unique phone, you don't find phones like these. I bought mine about 2 months ago and it is in excellent condition. You should really consider this funky phone. You will love it :)!!

  • Nice looking phone, but no mp3 and memory card. Very bright picture and colour. Can transfer photo taken to PC. New brand and hard to find part.

  • The Phone is real cheap in India compared to Nokia. I have purchased it since 3 months & there are two major problems: 1) When travelling in Bus & train there is very poor network reception & call always gets disconnected. 2) Memory problem, Never delete a folder contining image or video becasus there is a memory bug.Deleting folders with files does not free memory. So only delete individual files to free memory. This bug has no solution..!

  • i lurve this phone so much!! i thought it was the greatest until i found out that there isnt any sound on the video. if there was i would've considered buying it. how much is it?

  • hey,im not sure whether BenQ is a userfriendly brand.can someone whos really familiar to benQ tell me? thanx lots =)

  • I bought a benq a500 last month and while its a decent phone, have been trying to figure out though as to whether the photos taken can be downloaded on to my PC. can someone help?

  • I bought Benq A500 last week, hadset is really coooool, dissatisfying feature is that video recording is without voice. is there any way to record voice along with video recording.

  • how to use Data Cable in benq a500. i have purchesed benq a500 but i'm not able to transfer data to pc useing data cable can any one help regarding this. note i have data cable i have pc i'm not able to plug the cable to cell

  • I am using a500 since 6months it`s a best handset having a good storage memory but drawback is that ithas no voice recording facilities with video recording &no memory card support.

  • nice phone, but it lacks game suport. and another thing i have filed out questionary for free cd BenQ Handset Manager and usb cable.but in has never arived.can i download BenQ Handset Manager from some site? or can someone send me on email?tnx

  • a500 is one of the coolest fone i've seen..but i just wanna know if how can i activate the mms and gprs...?i dont what server to be used...please help me..im here in the philippines..thanks..

  • I bought A500 last month, dissatisfying feature is that video recording is without voice . Some one could let me know how should I activate voice recording ... while capturing vidoes.

  • i jus brought this phone A500 today..user-friendly. Somemore it is in cool pink...LOVE it...In malaysia, kl..i brought it for RM888.00. I was crazy over it.

  • these phones are the bomb! please tell me where i can find them in the us

  • im from the uk n really love this fone but typical british we dont sell it. can anyone help me out please?

  • The Colors are Tight! I never see the BENQ phones at carriers. I never saw it at T-Mobile, Sprint PCS, Metro PCS, Verizon Wireless no where like that. How can i see them? How much is it???

  • Please let me know if you can contact vegastel from romania & thought you guys how much would the benq A 500 cost cuz my girlfriend is dying for it... pls... get me news asap!

  • i just saw this phone at KLCC....only RM799. the bad thing is only no mp3 support :(

  • Totally sweet esp the light blue color. How can i get it in Kenya and at how much please?

  • I love this phone badly...when can I get it in M'sia and how much the price would be?

  • It's gorgeous. I want it so bad

  • it's an intresting phone

  • oh my god! Benq mobile phones have not even reached australia yet!!

  • please please please c ould some1 tell me the preice of the phone in pounds, PLEASE!

  • heya, dus n e 1 no if it has a mp3 or midi play , or whatever its called!? thankx?

  • In Penang where i can buy it and what is the price? have any repair shop in Penang. i realy like it but cann't find it. give me answer ASAP!

  • can someone tell me (post a comment) on what this phone usually costs? -thnx

  • ppls..u can find all information of thiz phone by surfin www.benQ.com

  • hello, i have bought one of ur models. Benq A500. i have just to say that its clarity and everything r very fine with a single thing missing for me which is ht eMp3 player. and can u help me out in finding the software for converting Mp3 files to Midi files? since this model can read only midi files i need to convert my mp3 to midi and have it on my mobile. i shall be thankful to u if i can have it soon

  • can someone tell me how's the performance of this phone?

  • i am from holland. how can i buy this phone and what are the costs in euro?

  • Excellent features but if the video recording time is more then it would have been excellent and also with the memory card.Great phone.

  • Iam from holland. How can I bye this phone?

  • in malaysia the price is rm1250

  • ppl u can purchase a benq a500 frm www.benq.com

  • Could u please send me the rate list all the flap mobile phones in Benq

  • I wana know the price of the Movel BenQ A500 pls. I wait your answer

  • I like this phone very very much, but so disappointed because in Singapore not in sale~~ May you advise me how am I able to purchase it ?Thanks. Yi Feng

  • wats the price of the A500? it looks real neat!

  • what is the storage capacity of video clipping in time if there is no any image is stored previously.

  • benq is a better choice. plz any one give me the price of all benq around rs5000?

  • this fne is fab n so r da oder benq fne's but does ne1 know wether it will wrk in da uk?

  • Is the phone out in the uk yet and if it is how much is it? I want one so badly, i was going to get sony ericsson k700i till i saw this, it is so much beter all it hasnt got is radio but it compensates with the rest of stuff on it. Please write a review on it whoever has it and send it to me by e-mail, i want to know what it is like!

  • This phone specifications are simply amazing and seems to be extremely class phone in looks and on top of that Class 10, what more to buy a phone.....

  • Can some one please e mail with the BENQ address in the United States so i can write them

  • i wanna no da same thing how much is da phone n wen will it b n da U.S. ????

  • I got it,so far so good.

  • soooo cool fone, what is the average price and can u get it in Australia, Adelaide thanx...

  • haha....me da first one to post my opinion !!