HTC Desire 500

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NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
 
LAUNCH Announced 2013, August
Status Available. Released 2013, September
 
BODY Dimensions 131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm, 87.3 cc (5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz)
SIM Optional Dual SIM (Micro-SIM)
 
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches (~59.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (~217 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
  – HTC Sense UI 5.0
 
PLATFORM OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8225Q Snapdragon 200
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU Adreno 203
 
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
 
CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features 1/3.2” sensor size, 1.4µm pixel size, geo-tagging, face/smile detection
Video 720p@30fps
Secondary 1.6 MP
 
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
  – Beats Audio
 
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot, DLNA
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, apt-X
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host
 
FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML5
Java No
  – Dropbox (25 GB cloud storage)
  – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
  – DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/WMV player
  – MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/FLAC player
  – Document viewer
  – Photo viewer/editor
  – Voice memo/dial/commands
 
BATTERY  Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 435 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 12 h 6 min (3G)
 
MISC Colors Black, Silver
SAR US 0.50 W/kg (head) 0.72 W/kg (body)
 
TESTS Display Contrast ratio: 1198:1 (nominal) / 2.129:1 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 60dB / Noise 62dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -88.0dB / Crosstalk -87.9dB
Battery life Endurance rating 47h
 

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