Samsung SPH-M500 user reviews (silver, Sprint)

Pros A stylish Slim phone , great call quality , MP3 player

Cons One Speaker Isn't enough, Speakerphone dosen't operate with lid closed

Summary This is the most stylish & cost effective phone that sprint has to offer. The Krazr is just over-priced. I love the feature set, and this phone supports the Bluetooth stereo headphones. i put 1 gb of memory in this phone & it serves as a very stylish video player & music player. The Video Quality is excellent if you use the right 3gp conversion software. I can put up to 50 music videos on a 1gb card and is very surprised that C Net has not took the time to show the people how to put their own content on 3gp enabled cell phones with a memory card. Overall you get more than your moneys worth with the dictionary and the voice text option

Pros Well-designed and works well

Cons None found yet

Summary My wife and I both changed phones once we could dump another carrier. She went more upscale, but I just wanted a reliable phone. Boy, did I get one.

The phone is light, easy to use and has excellent call capabilities. I have also tried out it's internet and download capabilities and been very pleased with them. It comes with a GPS function and I plan on trying that out to see if it really can replace the NeverLost I normally get when I rent a car.

This phone is a keeper.

Pros Good media player, No menu lag, apps loaded quickly

Cons microSD slot too indented

Summary Let me preface this by saying that I have had 4 of these in less than a week.

I picked up this little phone after a bit of research on the good old inter-web. When I got my hands on it, I was surprised by how thin and light this thing was. I expected to be unhappy with the keypad, but found I had no troubles with it.

The first thing I did when I got home was to put some music on it to listen to. I was surprised at the quality of the builtin speaker, a bit quiet, but still pretty good. My first of the four phones was returned because the headset jack was defective. However, the other three have given me no troubles. I give the sound an 8/10.

The media player on this phone was a bit odd, and would probably have been a bit easier to use had I looked at the manual, but oh well. I pay for the Power Vision service and was pleased with the Sprint TV, although disappointed in the lack of free channels (Live - CNN and Discovery Mobile; Clips - A whole bunch of useless junk, but some people would probably like it). The music player was quick to load. Media player gets a 9/10.

The battery life was great, I was able to listen to about 7 hours of music a day, use the internet and make a few short calls and only had to charge it each night. Battery gets a 9.9/10

Durability was an issue for me. I had testimonials of people having their m500 fly across the parking lot, or get dropped from about ten feet and not break. On two of the four I had, the front display cracked. This happens to be an unforturnate coincidence between the depths of my work pants' pockets and the fact my steering wheel doesn't go up very high above the seat. In my work pants, the phone would sit at the exact right distance for me to slide in to my car and hit the phone against the steering wheel, breaking the display. My other phones didn't do that Durability gets a 5/10.

Signal was extrememly good. In southern Missouri, sprint signal doesn't exist, especially in the hills. This phone had 2 bars of digital roam where the phones before it searched for signal. Signal gets 10/10.

The layout of the phone was nice, I found the keys to be easy to use, with only the menu button difficult to get to. However, after a couple of hours of use, I had no trouble; and I have large hands (Large latex gloves are too small for me). The only complaint I have is that the microSD slot requires a bit of work for me. With my large hands, I'm required to use my pinky fingernail to click the card in and out. Layout gets a 7/10

I give the Samsung M500 an overall 8/10. It's a great phone, but having broken two of the phones the exact same way, I'm going to look for something tougher.

Pros i liked the fact that its very small and the design is not so bad

Cons the battery life, speakerphone and bluetooth reseption

Summary i couldnt believe that alot of ppl rated this phone high.. i think its a waste of money.. i had to exchange my first M500 for another because i was missing calls and the battery life was oh so terrable.. had the same problem with the other.. i dont talk on the phone alot but i still had to make sure i charged it EVERY SINGLE NIGHT if i didnt want it to die on me the next day at work.. i stopped using the bluetooth because of this phone. no one could ever hear me well and lets not even talk about the speakerphone option.. i stopped using that as well.. and sure it has an mp3 player but it doesnt include the propper headset for it.. it doesnt use a standard headsets.. the video playback sound is terrable but what do u expect from a phone so small.. ive been dying to get a devorce from this phone for a while now, im going to upgrade to the ppc 6800.. ive heard some good things about it.. take it from me, u may like this phone for the first couple of days but u will grow to hate it..