Samsung 8500
Written: Aug 30 '00 (Updated Sep 07 '00)
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Pros: easy access menu, large phone book,sound
Cons: poor battery, menu organization is not very neat just simple
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| nwo's Full Review: Samsung SCH 8500 CDMA / AMPS Cellular Phone |
Catchy-Catchy looks!
Okay lets go skin deep again. Amazing looks, can it be deceiving? Well if just look you want then go for it. You see I live in Texas and we are pretty caught up with technology. When a new product comes out, i pay attention on how it markets it self. Did you notice the earlier model? the Samsung 3500 i mean to say. Well it jumped into the brochures quickly even before I pick one up. It was the looks.
Okay I have Owned the Samsung 8500, but I have since returned mine. I was blinded by its looks and wow a calendar, voice dial,calculator and a to-do list. This phone comes equiped, I immediately invented a need for it and bought one. I am just so technical that's all. I almost thought that the name was switched with the Motorola Timeport another one I envy because of the looks. I thought the Samsung was way ahead of it time hence time-port! hmmm I bought both phones but could only activate one. Well i chose the Samsung 8500.
But a piece of my heart went for the timeport by Motorola. So the Samsung was on check now. I noticed that the Samsung menu animations eventually stopped animating, after few minutes - it was not very stable. It does not have a dedicated processor to handle it simple animation. The one thing that made me return it was the fact that it dropped and never worked properly again. So be careful with it, most of them seem to have this problem. So I took it back and insisted that they exchange it (for the timeport Motorola).
I was told that the timeport was flimsy but I took it anyway, I had to see for my self. My heart had been at ease ever since. If a phone can't meet certain standards it's best to keep it simple. That's what Motorola did that for me. Even though it appears to have a smaller screen, the Motorola state of art touch was there. Very stable I say and does not slow down with addition of data. The timeport has advance functions buried under its simple look. Yes no one says this, but it can synchronize with address on your PC. I am not sure if the samsung 8500 could synch with the phone book.
The Samsung 8500 has about twice the capacity of storage (some 200 plus names) but you know what? it didn't offer a phone book synchronization - they said they were working on it when i called. yeah right i waited all right. My overall evaluation was that it was built in a hurry on the inside. The outside of the Samsung is well built - it almost hypnotizes one with its sight and feel. Very sturdy. If one isn't interesting in minor things it's a good phone. Just note that, the more information stored in phone, the slower it operates. All the while I owned one, I was distracted by it's look and functions it just didn't seem right. I leave you to decide. I may not be good enough to make one but I know exactly what i want. I leave you with a plus - it has a very easy one touch access to most of its menus. Very easy to get around the phone and that's is a good thing ( i got bored quickly though :)
--- 8/9/00 added
Everyone usually goes what is that!
also check out the new silver colored one
The Best part, i almost forgot --- 8/9/00 added
Is its abilily to record voice mememos you can actually record a minute or two on a phone conversation by simply holding down the record. I like that in the phone.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 199
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