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Motorola V500 Body Camera
Twelve hours on a charge, with LTE built in on an eSIM. Offloads evidence from the field without waiting for the dock, and sits inside Motorola’s wider radio and evidence ecosystem.
Supplied and configured for use across the GCC
Overview
What the V500 does
The longest-running camera in the range. Twelve hours covers a double shift without a battery change, and the camera has no removable cell to lose.
LTE runs on an eSIM with your choice of provider, so footage can be pulled while the officer is still out. Where there is no urgency, the Smart Dock offloads the whole shift at the end of it.
Where it fits best
- Long shifts and double shifts on one charge
- Teams already invested in Motorola radios and evidence software
- Supervisors who need footage before the officer returns
- Deployments where a supervisor may need to watch live
- Sites where a fixed battery is preferred to a swappable one
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Full specifications
Every published figure
The complete V500 specification, as published by the manufacturer.
- Video resolution
- 1920 × 1080p · 1280 × 720p · 640 × 360p
- Frame rate
- 25 or 30 fps
- Image sensor
- 0.1 lux
- Field of view
- H 130° · V 71° · D 150°
- Format
- H.264
- Pre and post record
- Up to 2 minutes each
- Recording status
- Vibration, visual LEDs and display, audible
- Microphones
- 3
- Format
- AAC
- Runtime
- 12 hours
- Recharge time
- Under 4 hours
- Charging port
- USB-C
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Footage
- AES-256 encrypted at rest and in transit
- USB connectivity
- Cannot be accessed as a USB storage device
- Audit trail
- Usage, operations and recording details audit-logged and indexed
- Live connectivity
- TLS to the backend software
- LTE regions
- EMEA, LACR, APAC, excluding North America
- SIM
- eSIM with your choice of provider
- LTE bands
- B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B18/B19/B20/B26/B28(A+B)/B34/B38/B39/B40/B41
- 3G / 2G
- B1/B2/B4/B5/B8 · 1900/1800/850/900
- WLAN
- 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WPA2-PSK and WPA3
- Bluetooth
- BT 5.0 + EDR, BLE
- Positioning
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
- Dimensions (H × W × D)
- 95.5 × 74 × 26.5 mm
- Weight
- 205 g
- Screen
- Top panel LCD, backlit, visible in bright sunlight
- IP rating
- IP67
- Drop test
- MIL-STD-810H
- Operating temperature
- −20 °C to +50 °C
- Connectors
- Bottom USB-C for docking, side USB-C for accessories
Figures published by Motorola Solutions for the EMEA edition. Country-specific type approvals may apply to the LTE bands.
Supply
What arrives, and what to order with it
What arrives with the camera, and the parts usually ordered with it.
Ships as standard
- Camera
- USB-C cable
- Mounting clip
Docking and charging
- Single-bay docks
- Multi-bay docks
- Eight-port dock with a 7-inch screen
- Removable drive bay
Mounting
- Chest harness
- Shoulder and epaulette mounts
- Belt and pocket clips
- See the Motorola accessory catalogue for the full range
Accessories
What goes on the order with it
The same docks, mounts and spares fit every camera we supply.
Docking stations
- Single-bay docks
- Multi-bay docks for a station or vehicle bay
- Eight-port units with a screen and a removable drive bay
- Charging and offload in one action
Mounts and harnesses
- Chest harness for shirt and jacket
- Shoulder and epaulette mounts
- Belt and pocket clips
- Helmet mounts where the model supports it
Batteries and power
- Spare battery packs
- Hot-swap batteries where the model supports it
- USB Type-C cables
- Mains adapters
Compare
How it sits against the alternatives
Two models often considered alongside the V500. The full comparison lives on the range page.
| Motorola V500 | Hytera SC580 | Motorola V200 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max resolution | 1920 × 1080 | 1080p, 16 MP stills | 1280 × 720 |
| Field of view | 130° horizontal, 150° diagonal | 121° / 150° | 103° horizontal, 122° diagonal |
| Connectivity | LTE · Wi-Fi · Bluetooth · GNSS | 4G · Wi-Fi · GPS | Wi-Fi only, no SIM |
| Battery | Up to 12 h, not replaceable | 3,200 mAh, ~10 h | Up to 9 h, not replaceable |
| Sealing and drop | IP67, MIL-STD-810H | IP68, 2 m drop | IP54, MIL-STD-810H |
| Worn | Chest / shoulder | Chest / shoulder | Chest / lanyard |
| You are here | View the SC580 | View the V200 |
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Questions
Before you specify the V500
Questions we are asked about this model.
Does the V500 take a normal SIM card?
No, it uses an eSIM, which is provisioned rather than inserted. You choose the provider and the profile is loaded onto the camera. In practice this removes the SIM tray as a point of water ingress and as something an officer can remove.
Is 12 hours realistic?
It is Motorola’s published runtime and it is the longest in our range, but like every published figure it assumes a particular configuration. Streaming over LTE for most of the shift will draw it down faster than recording locally. For a standard eight to ten hour shift with occasional streaming, twelve hours leaves real headroom.
Can I change the battery mid-shift?
No. The V500 has no user-replaceable cell, which is a deliberate trade: fewer parts to lose, better sealing, and a runtime long enough that most deployments never need a swap. If your officers genuinely work past twelve hours, look at the SC880 or the Xignal M530 and M535, which all take replaceable cells.
What does the V500 need on the back end?
It is built to work with Motorola’s evidence software, and video download and live connectivity both run over TLS to that backend. It can also be deployed onto a private server alongside the rest of the range. Tell us which route you are taking and we will scope it with the cameras rather than after them.
Does it have night vision?
Not an infrared LED. It uses a 0.1 lux sensor, which holds a usable picture in very low light using whatever light is there, but it will not see in complete darkness the way the SC580, SC880 or the Xignal models do with their infrared lamps. If your officers work unlit areas, say so and we will steer you to an infrared model.
Does the V500 meet evidence requirements for body camera deployments?
The camera side of it, yes. Footage is AES-256 encrypted at rest and in transit, the camera cannot be mounted as a USB drive so there is no copy path to a personal device, and every operation is audit-logged. The remaining obligations sit with the deploying entity rather than the hardware, including written approval before sharing and training before officers go out. We can scope the storage and management side alongside the cameras.
The range
Other models worth comparing
Three other models in the range, and what each one changes against the V500.
Hytera · 4G
SC580
1080p
A 158 g 4G camera with two night vision variants and push to talk.
Hytera · 5G
SC880
+4K+5G
4K recording and 5G, with a battery that changes without stopping.
Motorola · Offline
V200
−720p−no cellular
No SIM and no subscription, with a live audio line to a supervisor.
What the rules ask
The V500 Against Common Requirements
The rules differ by country, but they ask the same things of the footage: that it can be shown to be unaltered, that only authorised people saw it, and that the people recorded were told. They also tend to reach further than buyers expect, covering inspectors and contractors working for a public body as well as police.
No camera answers all of it on its own. What follows is each requirement, and the part of the system that meets it.
- Encrypted, tamper-protected storage: AES-256 applied on the device as footage is written
- Retention managed to policy: configurable retention rules on a private server you control
- A register of authorised users and access levels: roles and permissions in evidence management
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No copying to personal devices: extraction runs through the dock, with no removable-media
path off the camera - Sharing only on written approval: every share carries an approval record and an audit entry
- People must be told they are being recorded: front-facing indicator and pre-record announcement
- Training before officers are deployed: an obligation that sits with the deploying entity rather than the hardware
Get a quotation for the V500
Tell us how many officers, whether you need live streaming, and how long footage has to be retained. We will come back with a configured quotation, including docks and storage.
