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Nokia 500 lands at WIND Mobile for $179

By on October 28, 2011 at 2:30pm in Mobile News, WIND Mobile


The Nokia 500 and its Symbian Anna OS has landed at WIND Mobile. If you want this it’ll cost $179 outright or $29 on the WindTab. 3.2-inch touchscreen display, 1Ghz processor, 5 megapixel camera and comes loaded with Nokia Maps for the times you get lost and need directions.

Source: WIND

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    Posted by bob | October 28, 2011, 2:39 pm
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  2. Looks like Nokia is doing the right thing with Symbian and that is to make decent phones really cheap for consumers to get their name back in the minds of people.

    And when their high end phones start to come out with WP7 they will have built up a larger base of potential customers.

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    Posted by aviking | October 28, 2011, 2:54 pm
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  3. is it locked to wind?

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    Posted by yydmay | October 28, 2011, 2:55 pm
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    • Yes- but if you use it on wind for 3 months they will give you the unlock code for free

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      Posted by Mac | October 28, 2011, 2:58 pm

  4. Definitely a step up from the Nokia 5230. ;)

    Wonder how responsive the screen is?

    Looks like a good phone for someone who wants a smart phone but need/worry about apps, branding and all the extra stuff that comes with the iOS, Android, BB and WP7 platforms.

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    Posted by Slype | October 28, 2011, 3:10 pm
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  5. At least the screen is capacitive this time around, and reasonably dense at 229ppi. And you can bet reception will be great, as always with Nokia. Not a horrible phone.

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    Posted by roman129 | October 28, 2011, 3:49 pm
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    Posted by keiYUI | October 28, 2011, 5:19 pm
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    Posted by george | October 28, 2011, 5:27 pm
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    • The real mistake was not staying with Symbian and using Meego as well.

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      Posted by Colin | October 31, 2011, 8:46 am

  8. @George – you’re an i***t.

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    Posted by Carmine | October 28, 2011, 5:46 pm
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  9. WE WANT NEW BLACKBERRY’S!

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    Posted by Baller | October 28, 2011, 6:30 pm
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  10. The AWS carriers in Canada need to take advantage of the new Nokia WP7 offerings, including the Lumias. The Pentaband capability allows them to field a more competitive options to the big 3.

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    Posted by Pahech | October 28, 2011, 7:54 pm
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  11. Isn’t this the same phone/price as Mobilicity? Confirmed pentaband makes it worthwhile.
    Don’t expect too much for what u are paying, lower your expectations and this is a decent phone and price.

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    Posted by Generation Nothing | October 28, 2011, 9:20 pm
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  12. The Nokia 500 is selling for $169.99 at Mobilicity, so it’s cheaper than WIND’s version. I do agree that this phone is pretty good especially the pentaband. However, I will never trade my Nexus S for this phone. I rather have my 1 GHz Samsung Exynos 3110 Cortex A8 SoC with Android 2.3.6 over this 1 GHz ARM11-based SoC w/ Symbian Anna/Belle.

    Great upgrade for those still stuck on the Nokia 5230 for sure though.

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    Posted by deltatux | October 28, 2011, 9:38 pm
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    • I wouldn’t trade a nexus for it either. That said, This isn’t intended to be a competitor to the nexus. This is essentially a poor mans smart phone. It’s a very good poor man’s smartphone, but you’re comparing stats in ways they shouldn’t be compared.

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      Posted by briggs | October 29, 2011, 8:20 am

    • Why don’t you tell us how how you wouldn’t trade in your 5-Series BMW for a Toyota Yaris? Oh ya, you wouldn’t, because it’s obvious.

      It’s two different levels of competition.

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      Posted by Colin | October 31, 2011, 8:51 am

  13. @deltatux. I have the 5230 from Mobilicity though and you’re right, the Nokia 500 would make a good upgrade from the 5230.

    Ideally though, I would have hoped that either the Nokia 603 or 700 would have come to our shores. I would have enjoyed having the slim 700 in my hands LOL

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    Posted by boywithnoname | October 29, 2011, 10:39 am
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