Pros: Battery Life, Small, ease of use
Cons: Rings, accessory options

The Samsung SCH-8500 is a great phone for anyone to use. Menus are easy to navigate and voicemail is one touch away. The voice dial feature allows easy dialing once setup. However, it would be nice to be able to recall a number from the phone's...

Pros: Size, Price, Features, Large Screen
Cons: Tough to open, Slow Menus

This phone is the best I have ever had, beating out an old Motorola, a Star Tac, and Nokia 5100 series phone.

It has great features and I love the store by name feature since it lets you add Home, Cell, Pager, Work numbers. But the display...

Pros: Small, durable, excellent LCD display, many features.
Cons: Glitchy mode switching, tedious PM.

Bought this phone after comparing most of them (Sprint PCS). This phone is a model up from Samsungs popular 3500 model, and shares many of the same features. Included in these features is voice dialing, a bright LCD display, calendar, to do list, phone...

Pros: Light weight, a lot of features, games
Cons: design isn't much changed from the older model. No built-in antenna.

I currently have the older SCH-8500, and my sister has the newer one. I wanted to compare the two to see the difference. Looking at them from an aesthetic point of view I like the idea of the silver trimmings but when comparing it to the older model it...

Pros: Size, Design, Browser
Cons: Battery life not as claimed, doesn't store addresses.

I decided to upgrade my 3yr old Sanyo SCP3000 for the Samsung 8500 mostly to get Sprint wireless access but also for it's other nice features. I read the reviews on epinions prior to purchase which swayed me from the Motorola.

What I like...

Pros: Size,Looks,Flip-up design protects the screen,clear panel,battery life, phonebook
Cons: antenna, lack of belt-pin, lack of color choices

Samsung describes the SCH 8500 as "A basic wireless phone with style. Ideal for people on the go."

That description should be sufficient to tell us what to expect from the phone. It defines the personality of the phone and its user. I would...

Pros: It's Perfect
Cons: There are no games if that's what you're looking for

I saw this phone in a display and thought, "I Must Have That Phone!" I do a lot of traveling for work and the Samsung 8500 works great! I was looking for a classy looking phone that wasn't too bulky. This cellular phone was everything I...

Pros: The Ease of Use and the Wireless Web Browser
Cons: The Hastle of Typing Text Without a Keyboard

This cell phone has it all. It is stylish, compact, lightweight, and easy to use. I have had a variety of cell phones, but this one is absolutly the best. It is very user friendly. I figured out how work

most of the features of the phone...

Pros: value, ease of use, features
Cons: lack of accessories

Easy to use, versatile, with lots of "bells and whistles," the Samsung 8500 is a great mobile phone for both the newbie and the cell phone professional. The phone is a bit sturdier than some out there (particularly its predecessor at Samsung,...

Pros: Small size but packed with useful functions.
Cons: Can't edit a name or number without erasing.

I bought this phone for it size and style. What I didn't expect was a planner, a calculator, a digital recorder, and more. Although, they still haven't gotten to the point where the cursor can move backwards without erasing, it is an awesome little...

Pros: Great Features
Cons: None about the phone

I had the Nokia 6185 and it was good, but where I live they were about to instate a law against driving a car while on your phone. I figured if i need a hand's free kit and what not I might as well get a new phone.
So I checked out the...

Pros: Ease of use, sound clarity, signal strength
Cons: No numbers for main menu selections

Finally, a cell phone that works. This Samsung SCH-8500 is my 7th cell phone. To me, a phone can have all the fancy features (which this one has), but unless it sounds good and doesn't drop calls, what good is it?

This phone phone sounds as...

Pros: Easy to use. Light weight
Cons: Browser could be better.

This phone has so many options to choose from. It is Durable,lightweight and easy to use. Built in vibrate mode a plus. It has a mini jack on the side for a hands free headset which makes it easy to use in the car. I have a cheap $9.95 AT&T headset...

Pros: everything
Cons: a little big

This phone was a present given to me for my birthday. It is worth every penny, and also a great value. I've used this product for about a week now and have seen all the features. It cost about $200 dollars, and I got it from the sprintPCS website, and...

Pros: It has every option a gadget lover could want plusit will last a long time.
Cons: There is not really any besides that the wireless internet plan is expensive.

This phone is the best! By far it has surpassed any other phones i have seen in all categories. It has voice dialing, conference-calling, caller ID, Call waiting and many ring types. This phone is small, sleek, stylish and has a great amount of talk and...