NEC N500iS

  • Released 2006, February
    95g, 13.6mm thickness
    Feature phone
    54MB storage, no card slot
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    176x220 pixels, 1.9 inch
  • 1.3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 820mAh
    Li-Ion

NEC N500iS - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE Class 10
Launch Announced 2006, February
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 101 x 48 x 13.6 mm (3.98 x 1.89 x 0.54 in)
Weight 95 g (3.35 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size
Resolution 176 x 220 pixels, 1.9 inch
 Second external mono OLED display (39x96 pixels)
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 500 entries
Call records 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls
Internal 54MB
Main Camera Single 1.3 MP
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP(Nec e959), iMode(Nec N500iS)
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 MP3/AAC/MP4 player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Voice memo
SyncML
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 820 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
Misc Colors Black

NEC N500iS - User Reviews

  • NEC phones are so beautiful..try it!

  • take it to a local mobile phone shop and tell them it needs softwareing.software fualt.

  • NEC are bad phones with a lot of problems!! Don't even think about them!

  • hi everybody, i dont knw if anybody can help with my nec phone, i bought it 3 months ago and suddenly it switched itself off and refuse to be on again dont knw what to do abt it anybody that can help shld pls contact me on dis add: [email protected]

  • Hello everyone, im a nokia and sony erricson lover, but i can give you a sugesstion that YOU CAN NOT SET A MP3 as a RINGTONE ok take Care.

  • How can I set an mp3 song as a ringtone? Please I need an answer!

  • Wa i like the fone frm da looks an all....but is it true u cant set mp3 ringtones? if yes, any alternative way 2 get ringtones?

  • It's name call NEC-AG in China and the price only 599RMB(77.8USD).

  • hello all...i just read your opinions about NEC phone...i neverd had such a phone...and i want to buy this phone...i don't know what to pick...nokia samsung...big brands...or NEC...got any advice for me...please helpe if you can...see ya

  • Good mobile NEC e949 I need USB

  • buy the way, these are on sale on ebay for $230 shipped or so

  • I love many NEC phone, but they are obsolete phone in a great design shell! Put at least a 2mp and some more feature in their product!

  • Can somebody please explain to me why NEC would release another I-Mode phone? Telstra have withdrawn I-Mode, does this mean it wont be coming to Australia, or it will be here running a service that is no longer updated? Any answers would be really appreciated.

  • i like it

  • NEC N500iS is the best in a looks comparing to all the mobiles, it's sexy, the design is just too unique and great, i would have bought this mobile if N70 haven't been out cos in N70 there is more pixels than in a nec500...Com'on upgrade it, make it 3.15 or 5 mega pixels in it and upgrade other stuffs too.....but the design should be the same as now.i just love the look of N500iS...Just too great...

  • n500is is a very unique phone . i would like for some nec products to have a radio like sunyericsson and nokia. i love nec products. best regards collins

  • looks great! wonder if it will be available soon thinking of getting it when i'm in hong kong.

  • xcellent cell...wanna buy it...

  • always hanging,damn camera...likes VGA only..high prices..not valuable.

  • Sorry, I meant "Dear Kal" hahah

  • Dear U2uu, I have used for 2 years a Sharp GX20 (QVGA 65K screen) and now I use a Sharp 703SH (QVGA 256K screen). I can tell you, despite of the higher number of pixels compared with a QCIF 176x220 screen, that the color depth is almost not noticeable. Just on shadows and dark/bright places of a pic, after jpeg compression, it is noticeable. Not worth to talk about it. Many reviews ignore the screen resolution, imho much more important than color depth. Lastly, the phisical size of the screen has nothing to do with the resolution. The 703SH has a 2 inches screen, whilst the Nokia 6680, 176x220 resolution, has a much larger screen. Even the new Sharp 904SH has a VGA screen (480x640 resolution!) and is smaller than the 6680. That's what I call technology. Put QVGA, Memory card slot, mp3, at least 1.3mpx camera, 3G/WCDMA, bluetooth, and then you can say it's a good phone. The NEC of this page lacks most of this features by far.

  • thin is in!!!

  • this phone looks nice. but 65k? c'mon NEC where are the 256k phones. its about time to upgrade.

  • It's nice to see the re-emergence of elegant functional design with the simple smooth lines and contures in this mobile phone. For some is says sexy, for me it says business. It works both ways without all the tinsil, glitz unsightly appendages and things that go bump, break off, don't work, look cheap or ugly. Good for NEC.

  • screw the features... damn thing looks sssexy!

  • I like it

  • Dear Lucas..you will know the difference if its 240x320 and still 65K colors. maybe 65K color is good enough for small screen 176 x 220 and you wont see the difference. But screen size will be much bigger for 240x320.Check any phone with 240X320 resolution and Im sure its 256K not 65k. My point is about technology. This days by default all the new phones are 256K colors.Infact It will be 16M soon (there are few out there already Panasonic/ nokiaN92 for example).So why lag behind when they know the technology?

  • Why does everybody care about 256K?!? That's a stupid feature. On such a small screen nobody can't tell the difference between 65K and 256K color depth. What MATTERS, is the RESOLUTION... QCIF (176x220) is TOO LOW... QVGA (240x320) as all the NEC handsets in Japan, is the MINIMUM required to have a nice phone. And also a memory card slot. This handset lacks 3G speed, lacks memory slot, and lacks a decent screen. Iranai!

  • got have remove the top handle bar, it look stupid with the handle bar, plus, add memory slot and 256k color screen.

  • Now come now NEC!! Put a card slot in there and make it 256K color screen.Thats all this baby needs.

  • no memory........

  • Well if Motorola doesn't come out soon with an EDGE support for its Razr line I will get this one. Looks great! Hopefully it'll be out soon.

  • a nec razr...hmmm

  • ...well with 'only' 39K pixels it does not make much sense with more colours... 65K colours does not nesc. mean that there are 'only' 65K different colours that can be shown. Think of old windows format....

  • Why TFT, 65K colors? Come on NEC!!