Sony Ericsson S500i Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, Memory Stick Micro Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty (Mysterious Green) | 
| Brand: Sony Ericsson
Category: Wireless
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 18359
Color: Green
Media: Wireless Phone Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 1.8 x 0.8
MPN: S500
Model: S500i
UPC: 822248988557
EAN: 7311270095539
ASIN: B000VXI69S
Release Date: September 11, 2007
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| Features:
| • | This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint. | | • | Quad-band GSM cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and EDGE/GPRS data capabilities | | • | Unique external light effects and visual display accents; full-function Walkman digital audio player; access to personal email | | • | 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Memory Stick Micro expansion; Bluetooth stereo music; web browser with RSS feeds | | • | Up to 9 hours of talk time, up to 370 hours (15+ days) of standby time |
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Product Description
Brand Type
Form factor Candybar
Network
GSM Network GPRS, GSM, Edge
Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi (WLAN) no
Infrared yes
USB yes
Fax / Data no
Display
Main Display Color TFT
Color Display 262.144 colors
Resolution 240x320 pixels
External display no
Memory
Storage Types MemoryStick Micro
External memory (UPTO) yes
Memory slots 1
Basic
Battery Lithium Ion
Talk time 9 hours
Call
Vibrate alert yes
Photo ID no
Ringtones MP3, Polyfone
Camera
Camera yes
Megapixels 2.0 megapixels
Maximum photo resolution 1600x1200 pixels
Digital zoom 4x
Optical zoom no
Auto focus yes
Flash yes
Recording video yes
Second (front) camera no
Entertainment
FM radio no
Java yes
Audio player AAC, MP3
Video player MPEG4
Features
Add ringtones yes
Organiser Calculator, Calendar, Reminders, Currency converter
Format
Weight 3.3 oz.
Messaging
SMS yes
MMS yes
T9 text function yes
E-mail YES
Internet browsing no
Amazon.com Product Description
Expect the unexpected with the Sony Ericsson S500i slider phone, which features unique external light effects and visual display accents. Hidden illumination appears to highlight a certain event and the keypad glows with energy when the slim slider is opened. The display themes can also change when you want--with the seasons, as day turns to night or when the weekend begins. Featured in a Mysterious Green, the quad-band S500i is nicely slim at just 14mm (0.55 inches) thin and it boasts a brightly colorful 2-inch LCD with support for 256K colors. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera, multi-format digital audio player, Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion, and Bluetooth stereo music streaming. This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider and it provides quad-band connectivity (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz). Powered by GPRS/EDGE Class 10 (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) technology, this phone makes information exchange a breeze by offering immediate mobile connectivity. It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. 
The Mysterious Green S500i includes themes and colors that change with the time of day and the season. | The S500i brilliant 2-inch display has a QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels) with 256K colors, perfect for its emphasis on beautiful imagery. It comes with three themes to choose from: Clarity, Day & Night, and Everchanging. The latter changes the phone's animated wallpapers and illuminated color menus as day turns to night and as the months change on the calendar. The S500i phone offers a full-function Walkman digital audio player that's compatible with MP3 and AAC files. Other Walkman features include a flight mode that lets you keep listening to tunes with the phone's network connectivity turned off, and Disc2Phone software for easy transfer of song files between phone and PC. 
Easily pocketable, the S500i measures 0.55 inches thin and weighs just 3.3 ounces. | This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. The built-in 2.0 megapixel camera captures stills and video--and playback of video or still pictures is only limited to the memory card size. Picture effects and custom screensavers, backgrounds, and themes can be setup to fit your personality. It provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC (either using USB or Bluetooth). And the S500i makes it easy to send snapped photos directly to a blog or an online photo, complete with text. The phone also ships with a built-in email client with support for POP3 and IMAP4 protocols, while the included Access NetFront Web Browser allows you to surf full HTML web sites. It also supports RSS feeds, allowing you to use your phone to view up-to-the-minute news and other content from selected Web sites and blogs. Just subscribe to the feed and let it come to you. Support is built in for sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages. The phone also supports the SyncML PC synchronization standard. This means the phone can be used with the included Sony Ericsson Sync Station software, which lets you synchronize your Microsoft Outlook calendar, contacts, notes and tasks on your PC with the phone. Other features include: - Up to 1000 contact entries, each with five number fields
- Java support for online and offline 3D games (preloaded games include PacMan and Ms. PacMan)
- USB 2.0 wired connectivity with mass storage capability
- PIM functions including calendar, tasks, notes, alarm, calculator, stopwatch, and timer
- T9 text entry technology
- 72-chord polyphonic ringtones and MP3 ringtones
- Digital audio file formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+
Vital Statistics
The Sony Ericsson S500i weighs 3.3 ounces and measures 3.9 x 1.8 x 0.5 inches. Its 900 mAh lithium-polymer battery is rated at up to 9 hours of talk time, and up to 370 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
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 Great Phone. Trendy and fun August 27, 2007
S. Daigle (San Diego, CA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This phone has a photo editor on it. You can turn your photos into black and white, has brightness and contrast, and you can send them to the internet. This phone works great with a Cingular SIM card. The only bad thing is that this phone is European, and doesn't support ringtone downloads, and I'm not sure how to make it support it yet. I am just going to have to play around with it.
Lookswise...it's lightweight. It's really cute. I would say it's more of a girly phone, but's it still very high end looking. The more I play around with my phone, I love it even more, and It's so user-friendly. My last phone was a Razr....glad to have upgraded.
lovely little phone June 11, 2008
Aldeta Gumbs (stone mountain, georgia United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I love this phone I have had it two months now and have the say it is the best phone i have bought so far. The best part is the unusual ever changing themes that always has me pleasantly surprised one color during the day and by eight o'clock another one, then you have butterflies, fire flies and sometimes it is raining, it will change as the month changes it is a really nice feature. The photo and the video are of a good quality and it is easy to pull music to the phone from the computer.
Great little phone I love it.
A Great Phone! February 22, 2008
Anthony Bess
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've had my S500i for a couple weeks now. So far it's the best phone I've ever bought. I got a 2GB memory card to go with it. But the lighting effects are a really nice touch, since your phone can double as a very flashy and fancy mp3 player. (The earbud headphones that ship with the phone are of pretty good quality.) Some of the side light colors, like purple, orange, and pink, don't really look like they should but the others do quite well.
I had read a bunch of reviews before I bought the phone saying that the keys on the keypad broke fairly easily. But that problem existed on earlier versions of the phone. That problem has since been fixed and the keypad is very nice and easy to use.
My only complaint with the S500i is that you can't customize the Everchanging and Day and Night themes and choose your own colors for everything.
Superior than Motorola January 12, 2008
Drctr f Ntrn
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
After going through 2 defective Motorola V3s, I decided to look at other brands. Sony Ericsson interests me the most because of its slick design and rich functionalities. The Everchanging theme is awesome, which changes based on day and time, and the light effect is equally amazing. The 2MP camera is OK since it does not have auto focus, but it is good for some spontaneous moments where you wish you have a camera on you. BTW, you definitely want to get a M2 card to store more data, I recommend 2GB or larger.
I have no complaint so far other than its expensive price tag, which seems to be the norm for SE phones anyway. Some people reported cracked keypads on earlier manufactured phones after months of usage, I hope they have address that issue.
Oh yeah, it is beautiful but it is also a grease magnet so if you want to keep that shine, get some cover on it. ;)
Excellent Phone September 14, 2008
Lavell C. Hill
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This phone is absolutely one of the hottest phones I have seen or bought. A lot of people have a problem with it saying that the buttons crack within a couple of weeks, but I have not encountered that issue. I mean I am a serious texter and hardcore gamer (have over 30 games on phone) and the buttons are just fine. The lighting system is very unique and so is the Themes for this phone. The music part of the phone is also great....I just don't have no complaints with this phone. Sony doesn't disappoint at all. GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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