Would we sound too old if we said there were no smartphones in the past? We are aware that we are starting to talk like grandmothers. But let’s face it, slide phones used to be a means of showing off for many people. The feeling of scrolling up, the keyboard hidden under the sled, its portability and lightness… We can’t finish counting, but we realize that Samsung D500 features stood out with.
Features And although its use may seem like a joke to many people today, it was revolutionary at the time. Especially Samsung D500‘s camera was a very advanced feature for mobile phones at that time. in 2004 1.3 megapixel You’re shooting with the camera, wow! What more could we want, right? So, what else is the Samsung D500 model? features were there? Let’s do some nostalgia.
Samsung D500 features:
- 1.9 inch screen
- 176 x 220 pixel resolution
- 1.3 MP camera
- 800mAh battery
- 96 MB shared memory
- MP3/MP4/AAC player
- 2G support
- Bluetooth v1.1
1.9 inch screen
Nowadays, a screen this inch may seem small to you, but we should not forget that we are talking about a phone model released in 2004. Samsung D500 Considering that the model is 11.4 square centimeters, it had a screen-to-body ratio of almost 26.6%. In 2004, having a very large phone did not provide you with any advantage, the largest model was the least expensive. Samsung D500 model was up to
Watching the videos we recorded on the 1.9 inch screen had a completely different pleasure. This screen, which is smaller than today and larger than in the past, seemed to be of very high quality to our eyes for some reason. Latest model now Samsung S24 Ultra The model has a 6.8 inch screen.
176 x 220 pixel resolution
We also mentioned above, according to the 1.9 inch screen 176 x 220 pixels resolution It provided an effect like watching 4K video today. The newest model phone of the Samsung series has a resolution of 3120 x 1440.
1.3 MP camera
You slid the sled, clicked the camera, the flash is on, “get out” came a voice and a flash exploded in your friends’ faces. In the photo, the eyes are red, the color is slightly faded but of good quality. At work Samsung D500 This is what it was like to take photos on the model. His camera is very old these days, but did I take a group photo? “I have a 1.3 MP camera, I will shoot it.” It added a different atmosphere.
It not only stood out for its photo-taking quality, but also for quality video recording and high quality sound With this feature, you were adding to your mood. Music we downloaded from LimeWire Samsung D500We would go to ‘ and listen to music at full volume in the neighborhood. No wonder this model received the “world’s best mobile phone” award at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes in 2005.
Samsung’s newest model today; It has 200 MP + 50 MP + 12 MP + 10 MP rear camera and 12 MP front camera. Moreover, new ProVisual engine By recognizing objects, it improves color tone and reveals details. So, as you can see, red eyes are a thing of the past.
800mAh battery
Today 5100 – 4500 mAh Phones with batteries had to kneel before this model because once I charged it, it would last you 2 days. Yes, of course, this is very normal under the circumstances, because in the past, phones were not full of applications as they are today. However Samsung D500 It was quite enough battery.
It was also nice that it had a talk time of 6 hours and 30 minutes. People were talking on the phone for minutes with their dates and sending SMS until the morning. talking time, Samsung D500 features We can say that it was the best among them.
96 MB shared memory
Nowadays, we have started to talk about 2-3 TB phones, let alone 1 TB. Samsung D500 model He had a very high memory considering his past conditions. The size of the photos or videos we took was not that big anyway. So it was quite enough for us.
Even though it may seem like a small amount when we think about it now, we used to not take and stock a lot of photos or videos. Well 96 MB shared memoryit was a big event for us.
MP3/MP4/AAC player
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)It is known for providing better sound quality than MP3. We would like to remind you that advanced phone brands still use this feature today. So, we are actually talking about a big deal here, which is why the sound quality is so good compared to other phone models.
The reason why we exaggerate this feature is that if you remember, in the past, phones used to “sizzle” when playing music. Samsung D500Thanks to AAC, this problem was eliminated. AAC format, which requires less than 1 MB of data per minute of music and sounds better than MP3 at the same bitrate; iTunes/Apple Music, YouTube ve Android It is used by.
2G support
2G is the 2nd Generation wireless technology that digitizes and accelerates mobile communications. 2G Thanks to this, analog phones were replaced by digital phones, which were more common and practical. Data speed of 2G technology 64 Kbps Considering that it is a good feature for 2004, isn’t it?
Already Samsung D500 In the model, 2G also enabled the operation of SMS. At that time, it was very difficult to find a phone with this support because even today’s leading brands were just beginning to have this support.
Bluetooth v1.1
in 1994 Ericsson company Bluetooth, developed by , was not available on every phone. You may even remember, before, big technology markets used to have magazines and they were the most popular feature on phones. Bluetooth was shown. This feature, which allowed us to share photos, videos and music, was incredibly useful for its time.
In summary; Samsung, has made popular phones not only today but also in the past. It has the hallmark features of the period Samsung D500, was a phone that almost all of us envied. The brand, which improved itself over time, later became a hot topic when it launched phones with touch screen features.
It is not known whether it is the biggest, but it is definitely very big. Now, when we talk so much about it, it seems like we want to go back to the past, but we don’t get emotional while making the popular phone content of the period. It is another success that Samsung has managed to hold on in every period, after all, when we look back, there are many things that have faded away. phone brand Let us remind you that it is.
