Pros: Great, Durable, and easy to use
Cons: the car kit is not as Flexible as some other phones

When I first saw the phone, I was in my computer store helping a customer pick out a computer for his son. The customers phone rang and I saw the phone and fell in love... The looks of this phone are quite "sexy." I went to my local Sprint PCS store...

Pros: form factor, voice dialing, calendar, phone book, predictive text input
Cons: Jump To Date bug, pull out antenna

Thanks everyone for your reviews. I finally decided to replace my Nokia 6185 with the 8500. To help others decide (?) as well here is my review about the SCH8500.

Let us start with the ordering process. I ordered my 8500 via SprintPCS...

Pros: Durable, tons of features, voice dial, minibrowser
Cons: Sound quality and volume (see below) and other annoyances

I have owned this phone for about 8 months and it is my 3rd Sprint phone, and 6th overall, so I have a good basis from which to base my opinions and review. No, I am not bitter, slanderous or trying to slam this phone, I just think I have some good...

Pros: Small, easy to use, convenient.
Cons: Dual mode, not Tri-mode, Discontinued sales as a Verizon phone.

I purchased the SCH 850 (The CDMA/AMPS 800 mhz for Verizon Wireless not the PCS for Sprint, but the features are the same..) used from a friend. At first I was hesitant to get a folding phone, I never liked the StarTac phones from Motorola. I thought...

Pros: Web enabled, great battery life, small and portable.
Cons: Flip-style phone is a little inconvenient.

The Samsung SCH-8500 was my very first cellular phone. I had it for almost a year before switching phones, not because I didn't like this phone but because of certain circumstances.

The 8500 was a stylish phone and since I had it so long, it...

Pros: small, easy to follow menus and keypad
Cons: some modes cannot be silenced

Remember going to the World of Tomorrow at Disney World or the World Fair and being thoroughly convinced that the world would be full of flying cars by the year 2000 ? The Samsung SCH-8500 is the flying car we never got.

Before I signed up...

Pros: Battery Life, Clear Screen, Wireless Internet Access
Cons: Size, Clarity

SAMSUNG SCH-8500

I have tested and used many different type of cellular phones and a couple of different networks in the US, Asia and Europe. After using the SAMSUNG SCH-8500 for a while, I have concluded that it is a SOLID PHONE but there...

Pros: small size, clarity
Cons: none in my book

This is a question that I have been asked several times when I am out in public with my Samsung 8500. I love to hear that question because it gives me the excuse to show off my beautiful piece of mobile technology.

When I was looking for a...

Pros: Looks
Cons: Flip design

The Samsung SCH-8500 reminds me of my all time favorite phone, the Motorola StarTac. I got the silver model through Sprint PCS. At the time I got this phone it was the coolest looking one that was dual band. There were some other phones that were...

Pros: small, lots of features, decent battery life, lots of room for names & numbers
Cons: Offered pretty much only through Sprint PCS, names can't be long

Hey, I gotta say, I've been using this phone for about 10 months or so now, and I love this phone. Of all the others I've seen out there, there are only a couple that I would rather have. The phone is absolutely wonderful and offers plenty of handy...

Pros: colourful, range
Cons: reliability

I LOVE THIS PHONE. This sturdy phone is the best cell I have owned. I have used Sony, Qualcomm and Audiovox. The Samsung is feature rich with Voice dial/memo are great. The clarity of calls are awesome too. I was a little scared switching from Verison to...

Pros: Lots of features, compact size, large display screen.
Cons: Uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time, flimsy antenna.

After several years of carrying a pager and a larger cell phone, I decided it was time for something that would function as both, and was small enough to carry in my pocket. In my search, I came across the Samsung, which had just been available for a few...

Pros: Compact, intuitive to use, nice screen
Cons: It's no longer the newest model

This dual band CDMA phone is excellent, an all-around good phone that kicks all over the "other" more popular flip phone: the Motorolla Startac series. I'll take this Samsung SCH-8500 over Startac any day.

But it wasn't so easy convincing my...

Pros: Slick, light, compact, long battery, display, reception, alert light,navigation, antenna, volume control, battery
Cons: buttons,(slippery), Web, late voice mail, reception losses, needed replacement, Poor provider rates/service

Service/Quality Cons:

I want to put the cons first because I had some trouble with my phone and had to have it replaced. Thank goodness it was only 9 months old and under warranty. The phone acted fine for 6 months but then after, it would...

Pros: Sleek Design, Portable, Clear Display, Clarity of Speech, Features
Cons: Hard to type emails/IM's to friends with numPad

Remember reading about Alexander Graham Bell when you were young? Lets face it, were moving forward, things have changed, and so has the telephone industry. What Samsung has done was redefine their old models of cellular phones, into more portability,...