Pantech G500

The leader of the line. It is the first to offer two displays showing 262000 colors. It is the most functionally saturated model by this company.

• Class: fashion
• Position in the line: top
• Rival phones: Samsung E600
• Description based on official information

• General features
  • Announced in January 2004, in the market since March 2004
  • GSM900/1800
  • Battery type Li-Ion 760 mAh
  • Battery life: standby time up to 200 hours, talk time up to 4 hours
  • Two displays. The inner one is graphic with the resolution of 128x160 pixels, the outer one has the resolution of 128x128 pixels, shows up to 262000 colors (TFT). The inner one can display up to 7 text lines and up to 3 service lines. It also shows up to 262000 colors, TFT.
  • Built-in VGA camera, effects
  • Dimensions: 85x41x22 mm
  • Weight: 90 g

• Memory
  • Phone book memory for 500 numbers, several numbers for a name
  • Photo can be assigned to any number
  • Users' groups
  • Orgainzer memory for up to 70 events
  • Up to 20 text notes with 58 characters in each
  • Dictaphone - 3 records with the duration of 30 seconds (doesn't work during a conversation)
  • Call register of 20 dialed, 20 received, and 20 missed calls
  • 2.5 MB of memory are shared dynamically between the applications

 

• Call management, ringing tones

• Vibrating alert
• 64 tones polyphony
• Allows to load new melodies
• Speed dialing for 99 numbers
• Minute timer
• Automatic redial
• Triple voice codes - HR, FR and EFR

• SMS
  • EMS
  • Sends and receives ringing tones and animated images
  • A possibility to send group message
  • Predictive text input T9
  • Templates

   

• Connectivity
• WAP 1.2.1
• GPRS (4+2)
• MMS

• Organizer and extras
  • Clock, alarm-clock (once, recurrent, weekly), world time
  • Orgainzer, to-do list, synchronization with PC
  • Calculator, currency converter, countdown timer, stopwatch
  • Game - Smokie

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published — 26 January 2004

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