Samsung F500

  • Released 2006, December
    107g, 10.7mm thickness
    Feature phone
    350MB storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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  • 2.4"
    240x320 pixels
  • 2MP
    240p
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  • 900mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung F500 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 2100
Speed HSPA
Launch Announced 2006, December
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 116.4 x 50.4 x 10.7 mm (4.58 x 1.98 x 0.42 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 2.4 inches, 17.8 cm2 (~30.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~167 ppi density)
 Dual face and sweeping touch
Second external 65K colors, TFT display (176 x 220 pixels)
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls
Internal 350MB
Main Camera Single 2 MP
Video 320p@15fps
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS No
Radio No
USB 2.0
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 DivX/MP4/WMV player
MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA player
Predictive text input
TV-out (up to 640x480)
Organizer
Voice memo
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 900 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 260 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
  Extended battery, Li-Ion 1850 mAh
Stand-by Up to 540 h
Talk time Up to 11 h
Misc Colors Black, Pure White, Chocolate
SAR 1.18 W/kg (head)     0.81 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.90 W/kg (head)    
Price About 190 EUR

Samsung F500 - User Reviews

  • how can i crack the phone lock???

  • Please do help 4 me my same phone not working any more when I connect just the LCD are lash lighting my mail : [email protected]

  • anti virus

  • it is soo nice cell i like it beacuse it is soo nice cell i have this mobile

  • i conect my mobile to the computer only charge can not see inside of my mobile what should i do

  • Me reluctant to display multimedia server I was in server and they say the problem is flatcable. So Does anyone know where i can get whether it is a problem?

  • what will I do if my phone open and close constantly ??

  • my pmp cnt play music nor videos,its start wen i format it nd wen i put music it cnt play wen i switch da screen.

  • try to shut down the phone and remove the memory . and start it without the memory card , maybe the memory is corrupted.

  • when i try to play music in pmp, it reboot by itself. plese help me fix it.

  • My phone can't read songs in memory card, when i bought it, it was okay, but suddenly all the songs gone from PMP, but if i play on the small screen, it's okay...it's just can not be read on the PMP screen, please help, how do i cope with this?

  • my telephonef500 cant read songs on mp3 ofthe memory

  • when i switc d phone it only keeps rebooting.pls if u have d solution help me wit it. dis is my email [email protected]

  • i av d same problem 2 the phone will only be rebooting pls if u av the solution pls help me with it.my email is [email protected]

  • also i'm using a 2gb micro sd for this phone now. but when my elder brother gave me this phone, it has a free 8gb micro sd card already but i don't know if my 8gb micro sd card function normally onto this phone

  • i have a problem on my samsung f500 phone, when i move some files from memory card to pmp memory, it reboots automatically. i'm expecting that the pmp of my phone has a virus and i have to scan it but i don;t have a micro usb cable for it as of now, but when it comes on the performance of this phone, the music is quite cool and the video playback is wicked awesome! it's like i'm watching an HD quality video. 4 out of 5 is my rating to this phone coz i kinda love it!

  • Can we watch movie in this phone ( of course after converting it to DIVX) Thanks in advance.

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  • my samsung f500 have virus on pmp, and my phone is not turned on,please help me how to remove the virus..

  • I've been using this phone for two years. It's been performing well since it's purchase date until now.. Although, there are still a lot of things to improve in terms of specs, design and color, but the media player (video and sound) is just so great...it stands by its name "Ultra Video"... I wish it has more than 2 gig external memory support!

  • my phone has been restarting well over three months now. infact cant be used anylonger. just after 1.5 month of purchase.what can I do?pls help to solve this problem.

  • my phone has been restarting well over three months now. infact cant be used anylonger. just after 3 month of purshase.what can I do? need help.

  • whats so great abt this fone? how does this work compare w/ the other handset?

  • how can i change the iphon language ?

  • I get this phone few days ago..and I really enjoy it. the sound is great,,and, you will really enjoy when watching video with this phone. And, I think,,this is, one of the most unique mobile phone that I ever seen before.

  • i am currently useing the samsang f500, as some have said already from time to time the PMP restarts/goes fuzzy and the phone starts again. Also on the phone you either have to save your contacts on your sim or phone, this is such a big problem as if yousave on your sim then you cannot allocate a ringtone and if you save on your phone then if the phone stops working all your contacts are deleted.the good thing about this phone is that samsang also provides a cover battery pack and that it is slim and light. also if you would like to know how to stop the PMP from restarting try formating the memory card but this will delete everything on the memory card

  • One of the coolest phone around.. and why did I say that? Not only it will make heads turn, but it will definitely please you with what it do... There are some who will damn me for saying this. Of course, you will not pick up this phone if you want to play games and stuff, but the thing is.. when is the last time you've heard a phone that performs like.. well.. a phone, since the arrival of the pointless N Series? Although the switching of screens will test your patience, its actually a very good thing in the sense that it will not make you grew tired of the phone soon and sell it to eBay. Internet browing is zippy (thru the small screen though) and calling is great if not exceptional.. you get what you need, music player is fantastic with the included headset (use an adapter and use a Seinheisser maybe and you have lotsa fun time banging your head).. and oh, I almost forgot, it play DivX and other movie files like a mother... Those who want to read documents, play games, or have free but illegal internet access in their phone.. read this: THEY ALREADY INVENTED A LAPTOP WHO CAN DO IT MUCH BETTER.. Pick it up, it not that expensive nowadays

  • This model doesn't support TV viewing. Even the DivX playback to TV is not that perfect.

  • Below are my feedback after using the phone for only 2 weeks; 1) Bad reception for incoming and outgoing calls 2) Bluetooth connection is very week i.e always disconnect 3) Just today, my phone will restart if I try to access the PMP Music. Problem solved after I format the memory card. 4) Not user-friendly at all. Playing a single song requires you to swap the screen between PMP and phone mode which I think is stupid even if you want to listen to a ringtone. I will be going to the service centre to update the firmware. Let's see if that can fixed the problem. My advise, dont buy this phone! Cheers!

  • can you watch tv on this phone

  • all people that have f500 this phone is so great but it have 2 proplem first it restart u cant install jave if u need to know this how to do make to me add on the mail [email protected] and i will answer al qustion about f500 and all samsung phones

  • tis model dun hv FM Radio..if u 1 play the song n the video u must switch screens 1st..

  • can any one tell me that how it can play video and songs in list

  • how can i set up FM radio?

  • can it work 128 kbps mp3

  • My phone is always restart if i switch to PMP drive. Can anyone fix the problem? Please send the way to fix to [email protected]

  • how much is samsung f500

  • hey, do any one know how to install more language in the F500??

  • I also have the same problem, has ny1 repaired the fone yet, my fone also restarts again and again and it became unusable now, dunno wat to do, please help, [email protected]

  • hi,, i've read your comment on this site,, i have the same problem with you about the f500, can you tell me how did you fix your f500?pls rply,, tnx.. [email protected]

  • my phone always restarts after 50 sec, it started to restart always when i tried to change its memory card which is the same with the original,then after that is restared again and again,,, i don't know about this,, pls. help me??? tnx... just email me at [email protected]

  • your computer must be full of virus ^-^

  • Love this phone. Unfortunately it only accepts up to a 2gb minisd card. I have had only one problem and it as yet unresolved. I dropped it, and now when i try and start it up, it says download samsung UMTS. does anyone have any kind of answer as to how to fix it?

  • The problem with my phone is that the little screen is in englih but the ultra video screen is in arabic so can someone please walk me through to language setting, please help

  • i have problem with my F500, is there anyone know how install java on this cellphone?

  • The video recording is apparently QVGA based on the review at phonearena.

  • Small one, not the big screen

  • please tell me. how i to install russian language with my f500? send me an e mail. [email protected]

  • how we can install java games without GPRS

  • Hi all, i gonna buy this phone soon but i have a question..., when u add applications, they work on the 240x320 screen or the small one ? plz i need reply, thnx :)

  • So u need to re-install the software

  • what is the video rezolution? i like better p310 or armani now i have f300 RED

  • i am using f500 but when i press power button it just keeps on loading but does not start......

  • in which resoluition does it records videos? is it VGA or Qvga or QCIF?

  • great review on phonearena.com

  • please review this phone and tell me what is the use of antenna? because i want to buy it.

  • I AM SUFFERING a HUGE problem with this phone. The phone is great, it is definetely eye-catching, fun, bla bla. Everything was going well, however, once after connecting it to my PC using the provided USB cable, the phone just went nuts, and it goes on this endless loop where it restarts over and over again, until I press the restart button with a toothpick or something. But as soon as I hit the power key, it goes at it again. A friend told me that it was probably my memory card, so I removed it and it started working again as usual, however after I connected the phone to another computer to upload some files to it, it continued doing the same thing and this time without the memory being inside at all! I am very frustrated because my phone is completely useless at this point, I would forever be thankful to receive information on how to fix this. thanks in advance.

  • Please review this phone! I want to know more about this phone!

  • Hi i have a F500 in the screen show me PMP LOCKED and doesn`t recognize the 400 mb of memory can you help me please

  • Hi there i got this phone i think its a great phone good sound quality i have one problem i tried pairing it with my stereo bluetooth headset motorola s9 it cannot be paired always failed can someone help me with this 1 tnx....

  • hey.guys. if any one of you can tell me this phone does video calls? thx heaps~~~

  • hei ! the phone ist great man i have one!! but: ist iposibe too change my resolution ...take pictures only at 1,3Mp !! I read the book but ...no good results !!! HELP ? please ..

  • can f500 support 8gb SD memory card?

  • how to store movie in the memory card? what format it supports, i converted the format of my movie into AVI but still can't put my move in the phone?

  • hi plz tell me how i can cancel the search result inthe phonebook ???? makes me angry ... plz tell me .

  • f500 really rocks in terms of stlye and functions, but the battery life was quiet easy to drain especially when your watching movies...and when your sending messages theres no emoticon installed for it. . but the phone is good. . .nobody and nothings perfect... nice one samsung and 1 more can you upgrade the storage of the messages?its only 200 and its still saving on my simcard anyone can help me to avoid saving messages on my sim??

  • looks great .. i'm now using dopod d810 and the credit card ompany in malaysia giving the offer for usd601.00 ?? present users in malaysia , please comments if worth buying it or not. thanks [email protected]

  • good one

  • well i still dont hve this phone yet but i am very eager to buy this phone because of the style, its style is superb and i really like the features of the phone i've read from the other opinions and other forums in the internet browser. but i am also discouraged from some of the opinions that i should'nt but this pfone or ill regret it...whew

  • is this capable for dual sim, too? thanks!

  • How do install a java game on f500????

  • hey is there any other colour for F500 beside black?

  • it's a double sided phone you flip it over to send and recieve calls...

  • how do you dial numbers???

  • Hi all,acyually i think the sumsung phones is incredible and cool but i just wanted to say that samsung f500 is something else ;i know the last version f300 didn't have good internet accesories but the f500 does,so... enjoy thaa phoneeeee!!!!!!!!

  • Does anyone knows where can i download the firmware for my samsung F500 please post me [email protected] thanks

  • Can Samsung F500 watch TV?

  • is Samsung F500 is the most expensive one in Samsung's all products? I very like this phone but its price tag

  • me realy like this F500 , this F500 look cool

  • Hi , does anybody knows which screen is used for web browser? the short or the dual one?

  • pls tel me how ican change disply .and another question im living in iran for coverage network i have problem if possible help me pls

  • Very Very bad phone... The front I have no complaints about, but the back touchpad doesnt work well, it is very hard to get the phone to respond. all action have a large reaction time and is frustrating. You cannot personalize your ringtone unless you download one (This is with telus, I don't know about other providers) transfering from memory card to phone takes forever and can only be done one file at a time. The screen on the back in unprotected, and recently mine cracked (im convinced it was from tempeture change, because all I did was go from my car to my home and it cracked.) When it cracks unlike other phone/laptop screen instead of having a black line across your screen, the entire screen goes white and does not work making nearly the entire phone useless, the camera even with 0sec delay takes so long to take a picture that you cannot get a clear picture unless everything is absolutly still for aprox. 3 seconds. Untill just recently there were absolutly no downloadable programs for the phone, although that has changed now the available programs are terrible and the touch pad makes using any application fast impossible. Not to mention fliping back and forth between sides for every single action is a pain in the ass. I could probly keep listing more and more terrible things about this phone, but I think you get the point. Do not buy this phone!!! It is nice looking and slim but the phone itself is a complete brick. I also suspect there are software problems because stange things would happen such as the screen would flip but the buttons were still lit on the same side and often when taking the phone off of lock it would not respond and required non stop button pressing to get it to turn back on. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, YOU WILL REGRET IT.

  • does it have a radio? and audio jack? if ever u like to connect it to a speaker..thanks!

  • TO GSMARENA: please have a review on this one!! it realyrealy looks cool!! especialy the price tag!!!!

  • hi , if anyone can tell me please is this phone good for 3G use ? and thanks very much , uh here is my E-mail : [email protected] thanks

  • can plz somebody tell me where can i find movies,videos...ect to download it to f500???????????????????????????????

  • not bad at all

  • the dual screen is behind the phone.

  • i think there must be a mistake its not announced on december 2006 !! and the f300 either ?! so dunno

  • Where is the dual screen??

  • which of this phone on solar? f300 or f500

  • Div-x is a programe which use to play Avi format videos.these videos have better quality and sound. this is jus like smartmovie player which most people use in symbian phones(s60 nokia). In short its video(movies,songs)player in avi format.you can download and play any video in avi format easily by downloading Dvi-x player with converter from. www.mobile9.com

  • Wht is Dive_X??? Cn da phone take photo without changing to video screen??? and cn i read message on both screen??(just like F300)??? Some wish to help me??? I nedd da answer... plssss

  • hi everyone ... i want ask about the samsung F500 ... 1- Can i change a Massage tone & put My mp3 ? 2- Can i Create a new folders in ((Images , Videos , Music , Sounds)) ? thanks

  • I just wanna know.. does the f500 have applications and wil it be possible to download MXit? I know the F300 can't!

  • The first Dive_X mobile great job samsung.....

  • its a dashing phone it will really rock da generation with its new antennae feature

  • the only difference is that f510 has tv broadcasting capability. it will be availabe soon, maybe next month.

  • Im very confused...What's the difference between the two (F500-F510) please i need answer...I really really like dis phone..and one more thing about the mobile tv..do we have here now in the phils??? is this accessible here??

  • Its OK without Radio, coz when I have gud MP3 I dun need Radio, its rare when i listen radio.Its like a pocket cinema I hope its with 30fps, coz its completely DVD quality with dual screen before F300 its completely MP3 with 1.3, its with 2mp.We can play DivX files. Its cool 2 have it, I prefer for vdo qlty. thanx

  • Can I listen internet radio with this phone? Please someone tell me.

  • God this F** series is horrible on texting... they should have a number pad flip around on the larger screen when having text inputs- Evoj

  • Samsung, pls listen! Your F3xx and F5xx series need a fast text input on the bigger LCD-side! The solution has been already invented, and would exactly fit the 9-button touch-pad present on these multimedia phones. Pls. take a look at this Fast On-Screen Keyboard: This would allow to TYPE ANY CHARacter in just 2 CLICKS and does perfectly fit the F300, F500, F520, or any model with that squered-like touch-pad The thing was proposed by me for the PSP 20 months ago, and got a lot of positive feedback on PSP forums. In case. pls google fosk and psp. pls. let me know your opinion. mrn-at-post-dot-cz

  • look at the f300, why have two sim cards anyways? theres a music side and phone side, hence the two screens.

  • Does this phone has tv tuner,if not what is the use of antenna and i am reading the reviews That this wonderfull gadget supports twin sin cards he it is there than this phone will be the top of the world

  • TO NANA KWAME: what do you mean does it take 2 sim cards? and dual face is senseless if it only takes 1 sim card? what the hell are you talking about...

  • does this phone takes in 2 sim cards?? or just 1 sim???...if it takes only 1 sim then da so called dual face is senslessssss

  • This fone is painfully expensive (no body is gonna pay 650$ US for such fone)

  • it's so much funyyyyy!!!! I LOVE IT

  • is this phone the best replacement for an ipod video or is there a better one?

  • does this phone play a whole movie pls? anyone who can answer

  • This phone will not be available until August at the EARLIEST . its a 3rd Quarter phone.

  • the samsung F500 is not on sale yet ..

  • the samsung f500 is already in stores!(In western europe)

  • man.... if it's realy have whats been written . it's the best phone in the world

  • is it mxit compatible

  • I'm liking the look of this. I'm either gonna get this or wait for iPhone, but the pre release reviews on youtubee showing the quality of its video, which seems2be one of the few phones to accept all the major formats, means i'll prob get this. It's a really clever design by samsung, and in my mind altho i was originally enamoured by the idea of getting a U700 to replace my d600, this offers the large screen i want, whilst also having an attractive interface which integrates with the phone's hardware design - u can cycle through videos and pictures using the music controls. Plus being able to place on its side when u rotate it on its side basically means it can fuction like a portable dvd player, which is cool. Althouhg it ain't got tons of featues, i think i'd prefer this over even the n95, because it's likely to be a lot more stable and (altho biased) i think Samsung, although lacking nokia's consistency, from time to time produce really innovative designs which are a break from the industry standard, and this is definitely that.

  • How heavy is it? Weight not mentioned.

  • Will I be able to go onto mxit with this phone or am i gone experience probs... im really into this phone!!!

  • It's a DVB-H compatible.. It's antenna is for receiveing digital tv broadcast. Very cool phone.

  • Do you just pull out the antena to start watching tv or do you have to instal a prograam??

  • maybe, my d600e supports mass storage like, with no installation needed. i wanna know what the antenna is all about..

  • this phone is very good

  • i want it i want it i want it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yes it does support usb. anyone no wen we can xpect it in sa durban

  • this is a nice phone. does anyone know how much it will cost

  • do the samsung phones support usb driverless mass storage like motorola and sony ericcsson? tnks.

  • This phone looks mad.... when is it out??????????/

  • Yeah, I got them mixed up. I posted a message AFTER the one below, asking for the message to be deleted. The post seems to have been deleted. So thats not my fault. Again, the post was for F300 and not F500. *DONT DELETE POST* P.S: The mistake occured when I was viewing the two phones at once, to compare and contrast with 2 different browsers up.

  • @Hi Sue That is the f300 the f500 is not out yet please make sure not to get those two mixed up. It only shows the ignorance of the person to mix up to different phones. F300=Music Phone F500/510=Movie Phone F510=TV as well Please stop mixing them up it is frustrating

  • I went to the vodaphone shop, I got a demo and heres my opinion: The Cons: 1. The main screen is 3 lines only (for texting) then you need to scroll) 2.the battery is only 2h talk time 3. Theres an extra battery, but its a shape of a leather case = +weight + thickness 4. The case is attached to the bottom of the phone (where the socket is) so when you undo your phone, its gonna hang there... 5. The mp3 player is like ipod... the navigation is touch sensitive 6. The cam has no flash 7. Has no 3G 8. The thing is fragile 9. The Pros: 1. Good style 2. The 2mp cam is good! 3. Apparently the leather battery case is a free accessory IN THE BOX 4. Its light WITHOUT the case Conclusion Well it was �250 on Pay As You Go on Vodaphone. Dont think the phone is worth that much

  • Do we receive the Dvd player as accessory or not??

  • When I say keyboard, I am reffering to the keypad that is on the back of the phone. That is what nearly everyone on this message board is talking about.

  • hey Lucas... keyboard? why do you need a keyboard? there's a keypad in the back of the phone if you need something with keyboard and touchscreen just get samsung F700 or F520 when it comes out.. this is for people who wants to listen to music and watch video with their cellphone if you need keyboard just get something with the keyboard don't complain about it just get something else don't even look at this then... geez...

  • Some of you people leave the most obnoxious comments. Where is the keyboard? Is it comming out in the U.S.? Whats better the F500 or the F510? Use common sense. If the phone has a swivel design than the keyboard would obviously be on the side that isn't showing. And if the phone didn't have a keyboard the only other explanation would be if the phone had a touch screen. And no, this phone is not coming out in the U.S. for any market, cdma or gsm. The F300, which is a somewhat similar yet primitive model of this phone is going to be available for the cdma market. Sprint will be selling this phone under the name "Upstage" or "SPH-M620". But unlike the F300 the Upstage lacks a 2 megapixel and edge, the Upstage will only have a 1.3 megepixel lens. The main difference between the F500 and the F510 is that the F510 supports DVB-H TV, otherwise both the phones are funtionality identical. Since most of you don't have common sense and have to post idiotic comments on these message boards, why don't you read and try to find out the answers yourself?

  • OMFG!!!!!!!!this is love from the first view...love of my life.i want HIM :P~~~~

  • Key board is back side of the phone. It has dual screen.Some thing similar to F300:). For nroml telephone calls and text messages you can use the key board. And you have it on the back side of the phone and it got small screen as well. Whe you select to play the music or browse the internet, then display will be automatically shifted to bigger one thats what you see in the picture, for browsing and music, you just need navigation keys. check the URL for clear idea

  • i didnt find d keyboard

  • where is the keyboard???

  • Wicked !

  • I think that this phone is really cool.I have had this phone for a week now and i love it to bits. Goog job samsung!!!

  • Excellent phone

  • Sick phone

  • Great phone

  • The keyboard is on the back, with a smaller display for calls only

  • great design and great options but i can't find the keyboard ????? :-)

  • man i was really going to buy this one, but the f700 came out and rock this.... the f700 has the same video quality the ipod video has... man that crushes it. i dont know which one i want..

  • what a gorgeius device with real video in an almost ipod esque style,wether it will hit the uk is debatable but i for one am sold;!Altho dvb handheld is yet to start in uk till next year @ the earliest i hope it will emerge since the n92 has not...plus also the usual batterys of samsung dont usually perform well and as yet there is no times for this device

  • UL$H On mobile arena it says that the phone is going to be almost like it not necessarily the same one. It will be a model only changed into cdma not gsm so if you get the phone unlocked you will be able to use it.

  • hey can this phone get regular tv signals ? and what is the difference between analog signals and digital signals?

  • I was so impressed by this model.

  • I was reading on phonearena.com, and it says the phone is going to be CDMA for sprint...does that mean it wont come onto canadas gsm networks?

  • Well as far as I am concern, Samsung phone do not lack features instead these phones have a unique features that Nokia and SE does not have on thier phones such as picsel viewer, tv out,SOS, tracking, ability to change wallpapers automatically in regards to what place are you in and the ability to set your message alert to (vibrate or ring then vibrate with repetation features if you are not able to open your incoming message), this can be done without affecting your ringtone alert type, meaning message alert in on vibration while ringtone alert is normal (ringing only) alert. Does Nokia and SE can do that?.

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  • Agree totally with another comment posted here: Samsung has a very strong combination of Quality & Design, on these points it is perhaps the best in the biz. However the software is sometimes a real pain to use and it's certainly lacking in features compared to Nokia & Sony Ericsson (motorola does not hold anything against these).

  • I cant wait for the phone to come out i'm going to buy it the day it drops. The Mp3 on the back side of the phone is genius. GOOD JOB SAMSUNG!!!!!

  • Well, what models were sold most in france and what models of nokias sold the most?? do you even know? Look at the promotions and the prices that the majority of phone holders have, that should give you a clear answer why most people have nokias or motorolas. Don't forget to include China which holds mostly mid price phones due to affordabiity.

  • This phone rocks. All you people who hate this phone...I have no idea what kind of taste these people have. It is obvious they have some bitter feelings about samsung and eastern technology. So they voice their opinions here and dish out their negative points of view that is mostly personal. Get a life. Go get your nokias then, aren't you even embarassed of what you are doing? Are you in high school or an adult...lol This phone rocks....period. You must have it to know....

  • "SAMSUNG is not popular in phones" ??? Samsung is the mark of phones the most sold in FRANCE, before Nokia...

  • Samsung make excellent hardware and great looking phones. Unfortunately the software sucks. I hate the way you select who to send a text message to. And the fact you can only choose one of their message alerts. I hope the new phones change all that.

  • I hope the price will be not more than $450 I'm eager to have it!!

  • I really want this phone! I cant wait till they sell this phone in the white coloured case!!

  • Well, it is real simple. The reason samsung phones won't be the most popular is because majority of people in the world can't afford it or only have access to a few models suich as the United States. It is so political what they want to bring in. Most of all it is an high end brand. It only caters to the higher range category of phones and customers. Only companies such as motorolas and nokias will gain popularity with their phones since they are cheaper and thats what most of the world can afford..mid prices!! High end phones such as samsung will be for that certain group. You know who you are. Samsung is the leader though in cell phone technology when not counting the amount of people who has them. They are the leaders in innovation and this technology and so much more.

  • SAMSUNG really rocks, from photos to videos and has a unique mp3 players. Samsung phones has big and user helpful icons and fonts plus out of this world interfaces which are fun/ fashion and very different from SE and NOkia. The cons of the SE which i realy do not like is that videos taken by the camera and music videos downloaded from the computer sucks big time, believe me very disappointing i could really cry at the corner. It cannot even handle a 3gp file very well while mp4 file freezed big time. Sceen are small and icons and fonts are not user helpful because everything are small and untidy to look at because of the themes. Nokia N series are good symbian phones but slow and you cannot even insert a number from a phonebook while texting plus you cannot even extract a number sent by a text message to be saved in a contact list. Videos are very acceptable but lesser than the SAMSUNGs.

  • SAMSUNG might produce good phones, but they dont popularize. whine all u can but SAMSUNG is not popular in phones. dont care about tvs and somethings, there's sony for that, so sucks much. yes, SUCK==SASMSUNG

  • Damn..I want this phone. This phone is just insanely beautiful. Check out this web site. Copy and paste it. Check it out. It is the F5oo with better pictures. It is freakin awesome. You will be able to see both sides. It's insane. THis phone was introdeuced at the CES and the Telecom ITU show in Japan. South Korea freakin is rockin in technology. No wonder sony wanted to team up with samsung to improve some of their products.

  • Nokia phones are better. This phone is a very stupid ideea. I like that the phone suports avi files but at the desing he has to recover. I think that this stupid ideea of a phone with 2 sides is the D*mest Ideea that a man could have.if you want a good phone wait a little and buy a Nokia N95 or some of the phones in the N series. I hate samsuns [ alwais lacks something:( ].If you want a phone buy a SE or a Nokia never a Samsung!!!

  • Samsung make better phones in Asia. Why? Because THEY HAVE BETTER TECHNOLOGY THAN ANYONE ELSE. USA is slow. So if you want cool looking phone with everything move to Japan or Korea and stop whining. Oh ya, who the hell cares about radio.

  • Oh. I like samsung very much. SAMSUNG is much better than Nokia and Motarola, I think. Little expensive, but it worths buying.

  • why there is no FM radio in F500 as it has in F300

  • How could anyone say samsung lacks in features. Do you even know anything about cell phone technology in the east? Some phones have certain features and others not. The western phones cannot compare to the phones in asia. This phone for example packs 3G, EDGE and networks UTMS, GSm...also a thin phone like this packs a 2MP, organizers and all that jazz...USB..I mean this phone is just insanely impressive at its size. Not too mention the clarity. Did you even know the son of Nokia is in South Korea to learn about the cell phone technology there. I can't even believe these new motorolas that came out don't even have 3G or EDGE. What is up with that?? NOt only that, they don't even work properly. I purchased one last year becasue of the loud speaker phone which is nice when I am driving but they can't hear me very clearly when I speak and it is so slow in processing things... I can go on and on...

  • hey lucky i saw the pictures of this device there's another screen in the back of the phone and that side is the "phone" part and the front that we see is the "multimedia" part and there is the whole keypad, menu buttons in the back side of the phone

  • does this fone evn have a keypad to dial.plz let me knw asap!!!!as im ready to buy it bt need more info and m usin dis site cuz its d best site in d world

  • F500 Dual face:

  • thanks kal....where did my msg go...cant seem to find it..ok il go for e9...do u hv any coments on krazr???i also wna compare the 2.thnks!

  • Its not the right place but well here are my thoughts. D830: No Flash, Camera cant be use for self portrait( no mirror, external screen is not big enough), there are some issues with the keypad not being good enough for heavy use. E900: Slik design. However some people found it hard to handle the touch sensative buttons. The rest are pretty much same. Personally I would go for E900.

  • and i dont care if it doesnt get that loud...its descent and looks fab.umlike some that has all the features but doesnt fit the pocket or the hand haha! =p also thats y digicam and mp3 players,laptops are invented---seperate it from the cellphone

  • theres no reason to hate samsung !! samsung always has great technology but it lacks in features !! asians always has taste for great fones, like hir in d philippines !! all of us are waiting for the latest innovations , samsung does great but not enough !!

  • If you dont like Samsung..just don't buy it. Stick with your Nokias or Motorolas... Maybe...these anti samsung people should just go to asia and learn some things. If not...quit whining. We don't even want you to have any asian technology. Tell you the truth...I don't think Samsung really cares if they are on top or not. If they end up being on top then I am sure they are happy but as of now...they are busy. In korea as well as Japan..cell phones are used for gtransprotaion, credit cards, Identification and I could go on and on... The TV's on cell phones came out in asia way back in 2003. So stick with your new razr's or something, quit whining. Got it you big baby.

  • The phone's keypad is on the back. There is a smaller color LCD on the back side with numbers and a normal Cell mic and earphone. The smaller LCD has a 'mini' interface that resembles the black interface on the D900 Carbon model. The phone is intended to be a PMP/GSM phone. It plays avi, mp4, etc... the bottom portion with the media navigation swivels and allows you to prop the phone up at a nice angle.

  • @YANiPOPO Yes Samsung will never be on top as long as they dont make Cheap phones like Nokia or motorola does. Its those countries like China/India where cheap models are popular and people mostly use infrared not bluetooth. Post some sourse that says blutooth sucks up battery. I'm using Samsung for long time and I can say the same way that even I find those cheap Nokias not to be User frinedly..dont even wanna mention about Motos UI. And please dont talk about Nokias camera. Other than a few N-series its no match with Samsung. I can post source to prove that.

  • also, samsung could never be on top, as they are only popular in some continents. plus, most samsung phones dont have infrared, people still use infra as bluetooth sucks up battery. samsung phones are not much user-friendly. 3 of my samsung user friend told it. hard to manuver they said. compared to nokia's and SE's, they have no match to compete, they pretty much lose it. never heard a samsung phone go loud as Nokia's: 6233, n73 or SE's:w550i, w900i. say camera? price? not all of us hate high prices. it's just your world.

  • no brand tops samsung imma disagree how bout sony ericson #1 n panasonic #2??? huh holla back u pathetic talkin bout samsung bein da top

  • Here's more pictures of the phone for you. ;) There, you can now see that the keypad is on the back.

  • Patience people. Samsung hasn't revealed the backside of the phone to protect the design. They will show it during the CES show this coming week. But for those of you who want to see it now, check out the Korean link below.

  • well Samsung is aware of your keypad question (where is the keypad) and they are working on the answer. for now just enjoy this badazz phone that is infront of you. lol..dude this phone is sick-nice. ok i am pretty sure that Samsung has reached the point of making phones and passed it. this is not a phone this is a tv that can be used as a phone. now if only Samsung could start incoporating some of those 5mp cameras that Nokia uses. finally a company that is not ridding on the coattail of success by the razor (yes i see that it is thin, but the razor was not the first slim phone). this is a very innovative phone. in design and function. Bravo Samsung.

  • This phone looks so amazing. I want this phone. It has 3 G, bluetooth, USb..2 MP..damn...that is all I need too and video play..on this slim thing...Damn..this rocks..When will it release in the US??

  • Thinking about getting this phone. dunno how good it would be for TV if i'm in canada, but oh well... also, this is the only pic i've found showing BOTH sides of the darn thing.

  • one other thing Samsung please release the phone soon. im glad i didnt buy that Nokia N93. Samsung release the phone soon on both contract and non contract so we can choose. great phone samsung

  • best phone ever and the mobile screen on the other size has an increased size than the F300 plus the F500 has all the benefits of the F300 music player except the fm radio only

  • i have a question.. where is the keypad ?:D

  • SamsunG - f 300 and f-500 , no other brand beats samsung and none ever will, i hope this would be launch soon , so i can get both , wait to go SamSung , come on lanch quick so i can own it

  • Colors Black. hahaha

  • this phone is awesome, dont untherstand why you guys are fighting, you like it or you like it not.

  • Good phone....peeps!!

  • Right Peeeeps-listen up!!! If u gona post a view- post a PROPER view- that makes sense! u get what im sayin peeps....whats point dissin samsung nokia n dat...get what im sayin peeps, whats da point sayin gud fone- n hant even gt it urself- get what im sayin peeps...whats da point sayin my dad makes gud keema n cheese pasties n u neva tasted em- get what im sayin peeps....lat of all- Be real- GET WHAT IM SAYIN PEEPS!!!!

  • hello...black is not only color of the samsung fons...some of them yes but not all others come in silver gold etc... y wont u read the specs.

  • i tink mudder funker thta e700 was also made erlier as a mirror fon...well nothing beats the original

  • wat has 7280 and 7370 got to do wd wat ive sed erlier?????yes their mirror fon but was saying dat samsung got that idea first and made a fon way back and 7280 and 7370 was made 2004 and d700 was in 2003 lyk a year after.u guys are slow...better read carefully b4 busting in.2 points!

  • huh? yes i know 7370 but samsung made the mirror fon first...way back man so nokia copied ryt???so wat if it came in black ?nokia sure got the color but overall the design goes to samsung.

  • hahahaha!! thanks for posting such funny comments. I can start my day with a laugh...nokia 7280/7380..hahaha!! "YNiPOPO" black will never get boring when it comes to gadget, unless you have a well..weird taste. Samsung releases black first and then adds few colors later on few models, where as your beloved Nokia comes with colorful toys first or should I say mostly GRAY and then releases the black version. Didn't you notice that?!! Like you said, to me if there is anything that looks boring, that would be those god-damn Brick size Nokias. Right now I'm in India and I can see what people like you has to say...here cell Phone means Nokia or Motorola. Everyone is using those ugly cheapest phones...very few high-end phones. When I use my Samsung, people look at it and ask, is that a new Nokia? Nokia has that much penetration here with their cheap phones. And you two sounds pretty much same. Its just recently that they are coming across Samsung models and get to know what they were missing so far.

  • yeah, Mirror phones from Nokia, 7280/7370. and SAMSUNG mobiles are pretty boring for me, dont they get tired of black?! haha, they could improve by having diff colors. but in other departments, they pretty much win. but mobiles, nope.

  • actually mirror phones were nokia. 7280/7380

  • I hope you know samsung invented the slide phones... so they DONT copy phones off the market...weirdo

  • i mean d700 - rotating screen which i hav forgoten coz it was long ago...anyway as for me m gna buy this beauty as soon as it comes out.

  • one piece, that goes for you 2..if samsung is a copier...then that goes for nokia 2. all that rotating screen came from samsung v200, mirror fones too originated frm samsung.tell u wat u r not as marvelous as u tink u r. that's competition baby.but no matter wat samsung is a beauty!

  • people who doesnt like samsung says bad things about it...but for me samsung is the best espcially in their design. se a little too common and dull and nokia looks like they are made of plastics and for kids....well in fairness motorola razors are also nice...looks expensive as samsungs. nowadays fashion in cellphones are in not onli features...lets be realistic .... well hope no one gets mad because we axep wat u say abt samsung.just are turn to tell wat we think.

  • i dont think samsung copied it....if u twist the f500 its different and it has a antena for tv ...i also think big companies somewhat hav same ideas u know...u cnt blame if smtyms they hav a little same design even nokia hav similar wd samsung originals.so dont be so bias. i tink f500 is cool coz its so ergo and has lot of capacity.go samsung! an a1 in fashion and quality!

  • how can you tell that samsung copy from nokia hahahhaha you are such a blind man

  • superb ... brilliant ..

  • to YANiPOPO, What do you mean still a 3250 diet? you are naive because Nokia 3250 is a primitive and crap music phone and it only has a swivel screen to be exact. So where is the copying in your point of view?. FYI, Samsung F500 has two faces, one side as a phone and the other side as a multimedia gadget, meaning there are two screens. Phone keypads and multimedia keypads are also separated.

  • To kal, yes ur right. BUT STiLL 3250 ON DiET! HAHHAHA! yes u may say that samsung is high tech but you guys wil rarely see a samsung phone user! High tech, low cred. ewwww

  • Having same "Form-Factor" doesn't constitute for COPYing in cell phone. Then every other model is a copy. Is there anything else that makes you think it's that monster 3250? It will take ages for Nokia to go on diet.

  • yep 3250 on a diet

  • no its not touch screen. it has an alphanumeric screen on the back same as the keypad and camera.

  • i think it's touch screen. its featured in hyori's anystar music video~when junki takes pictures of hyori ~~

  • It's not toutch screen

  • does it double as an LCD TV?

  • 400MB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Samsung copies EVERY DESIGN off the market - Nokia 3250 on a diet anyone?

  • this mobile phone is so cool!!! it's the first mobile that can play div x files!! what about the subtitles???

  • what is the antenna for on the handset??

  • blind trust phone

  • amazing wowwwwwwwwww

  • can anyone tell me how do you send messages with this thingy? where's the number pad? dun tell me it's touch screen?!

  • this phone is sikkk 400mb build in wickedddd

  • Hi!...One problm with slim fone is they look fragile...you know what i mean? Finger print, scracthes and looks like it is easier to break them.not for evryday usage ... but prove me wrong ...i think it is better as a second phone...anyone?

  • ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh badboy fone

  • sick phone

  • great tool with DIVIX support!

  • Where is the num pad?

  • they say that is the first mobilr with divx suport ..lol ..i was using on my n70 divx movies (with smartmovie program)..at a very high quality ..at 27 fps and 512 kbps quality ..it looks amazing ..just like at tv ;)..

  • why there is a antenna sticky out...? can receive tv broadcast ah, i like it quite beautiful, hope the price is afordable? Buddy vicky

  • This phone is soooo sexy ive just seen a prototype in the Samsung shop in Canary Wharf, they said it will be out by January. You can get email updates from in the coming soon section. They have every contract deal in the UK. My upgrade is in 2 weeks so this is the baby!!!!!!!!!

  • Sam,r copy cats,intro blu tooth very last,now they never give MC with any set,plus no OS.Structure is always toyish only bcuz manufacture TFTs screen r bearable,otherwise resale is worst ad most of 50% of their models never marketed,typical korean mind.experimenting on highest MPs HDs Pdas but failures.D900 top of line finish is cracking ad unstable even MC compatability not stable nor u can rr ff the data when using it u have to transfer to fone which takes up memory,whats the use of MCs then.Sam think twice NOW!

  • yh its a great phone but to find the best ones at the best prices go to : thanks ;)

  • This phone will be called the 'Samsung F500 Vista' and yes the atenna is used to enable TV viewing capabilities.

  • This phone is quet and have professional look. i am about to purchase this please guide me

  • People! This phone is dual sided just like F300, keypad is behind so the phone functions are on one side while the video is on the other.

  • This may sound stupid but shouldn't this phone have a keyboard? :)

  • where is the key pad?!

  • Its comming out in January at 350$ according to pc world

  • ok?... are you really going to buy this phone, you really dont have space in your pocket??? buy something better and dont waste your money.

  • where is the keypad, why this antenna? telefon nan fre man

  • i liked this piece. Before see it i was going to buy motorola razer but after comparing i give priority to samsung 500

  • this is pretty cool..but dose it have a FM radio feature in it...if so then its really superb..

  • it is simply SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ultimate phone

  • this is a really cool phone

  • Its a beautifull desidn phone and its option is very easy to use and its also a executive mobile phone .

  • Its very slim....n coooool to see....., But wat abt antenna ?? can able to receive tv broadcasat..if so .... Fantastic n hope will be a good camera....we r waiting for this 0000000000000hhhhhhhhhhhh

  • why there is a antenna sticky out...? can receive tv broadcast ah?!!!

  • when will this phone come to stores and what would be the price?

  • now samsung has a cool phone. I like this phone but it doesnt have much features.

  • umm - the keypad is on the backside? it's a dual-face phone. one side for multimedia with touch sensors(which is the side you can see on the picture) and the other side with the keypad and normal phone functions. it's a 3g device with video function. tv function not included. anyhow - it rocks!

  • Whr is the keypad the design looks pretty cool..

  • what is this fpne really ment for i cant seam to see where the keypad dials are its good the fact it is 3g or UTMS but its not no video calling camera that the down fall from it all but the rest good size and good features to it

  • thanx SAMSUNG you get better and better! It's one of the best phones I've ever seen.... what do you want more in your phone guys???!!! it has everything, the most beautiful one is supporint the all video types, it's the best in design and features, I think it will be my next phone sure after I try SE P990..........

  • helllllllll yeaaaaaa!!! this phone da bomb if it was a exotic women id cares it damn hot as j lo

  • This phone looks cool, I want one.

  • Sureley they would mention that it picks up tv signals in the spec if it does. If not hwta the hell is the antenna for plus if it picks up tv then it would have a radio aswell surele. Strange Samsung

  • i just have 4 words OH MY F***ING GOD!

  • i was impressed by the large memory of the phone,.. amazing for such a thin device,..

  • it just looks well i hope see it soon .

  • thankz nox i get it now!! does anyone no the price of these in the uk?

  • Hope day will come when Nokia's Camera phone models will capture world's photographics store and samsung will remain only in Koria.

  • looks like yepp z5f (sec mp3 player) strike moto...;-)

  • Ok Just to clarify. The keys are on the back of the handset, as it is a dual face. @Tara please do not flame. Although Apple brought out the ipod I think you will find that the samsung is different. I would also like to point out that Apple are planning on jumping on the Mobile phone market bandwaggon with the "Italk" later on in the new year. So I would ask who is copying who?

  • i dont understand where the buttons are im kinda confused!!

  • I don't know why evri company DOES try 2 copy IPOD!! MAN!!!!!

  • DUAL FACE means when the bottom is twisted and the phone is sideways, the screen displays landscape rather than the standard portrait

  • Strange looking phone. Where is the key pad located?

  • As always with Samsung, great features. But looks like a calculator, and far too big

  • Damn almost perfect, just no radio

  • /./verry cool phone verry futurist bun why blt.1.2???? an what is video rezolution??? (VGA? OR CIF?)

  • wow it has an avi video recorder so the video quality will be smoother an crystal clear.first in the world of mobile

  • this's the best looking phone ever. hop the price comes down when it's in.

  • " Probably the same way Nokia did it last year ;)" Link? Source? Mobile Phone? ;P Besides, it's pretty impressive that they fitted all that onto such a small phone and be double-sided at the same time.

  • f is for freak?

  • @Kevin. The Aerial is most likely to pick up TV signals. I love the design, plus the 400mb cap. built in. Very impressive Samsung. My only gripe is that the dimensions (Length x width) make the handset seem over-sided. But I guess the equipment has to go somewhere considering its overall thickness.

  • I don't think this has 3G!

  • like the phone and the new design... but it needs a better camera, especially autofocus and flash. I never see autofocus and flash on a Samsung except the 3.2mp ones. Does anybody have any idea what the antenna's for?

  • "seem to be designed as double sided... How Samsung could do this I don't know" Probably the same way Nokia did it last year ;)

  • style & performance.all in one body. coool. well done

  • where the hell d keypad?

  • This phone is really long looks like a copy of 3250

  • ladies and gents, this one plays lots of video formats (Which means u can watch movies u down loaded from the web)

  • hello people, i have a really big cuestion, everibody is talking about a cell phone... where is the cell phone? man i prefer to buy a good "old" nokia 6630, or something but this???

  • Mmmm..wow...u can scroll up and down on the kaypad.....Awesome design..incredible...just my viewpoint to Samsung~~/./.i hope the speaker and features is useful..but this phone is actually easy to break (probably)~~ such a small device..Nice Hopefully this phone comes out around on march...i dont wanna wait too long..cuz i m getting this..for surE!

  • this design is just outstanding!!! wow samsung you guys are just amazing making these type of devices!!! and cheap plastic from korea? yeah sure~ whatever you know korea has the most advanced communication industry in the world? how about that!!! do some research before you say something stupid

  • Nice. Futuristic. Impressing.

  • A very interesting concept. The Samsung F300 and F500 seem to be designed as double sided, an iPod-esque look on the front, and normal mobile phone on the back. How Samsung could do this I don't know, but they've obviously found a way. I like the way the phone folds and sits on your table, but it might be a pain having two sides to your phone. How do I know there's a slot for the SIM on the side, but will the battery be removable? As for the Antenna, Samsung might be experimenting even more with Mobile TV, as they did with their P900. The Nokia N92 has an internal antenna for it's DVB-H signals so I don't know if Samsung could be using the same technology. DivX technology will certainly be a breakthrough, but it's pretty much an expansion of the MP4 format. I'll keep an eye on both of these phones, they do look promising.

  • it plays DivX...

  • Cool phone!! But why the buletooth is v1.2??

  • cheap plastic?... You do know that Korea is by far more advanced than all of europe and america combined, right?

  • tat aerial may be use to receive tv signal and make it able to show channels like television. but then i think the quality wont be tat good.

  • wHaT the HeCk is this???????????

  • 400mb internal memory in such a thin body? not bad. Then nokia should be able to produce phone with 20gb internal memory. Bluetooth should be upgraded to 2.0 and a secondary camera for video call would make this phone perfect.

  • Greatest video phone :))))))) The BEST :)

  • what is the antenna used for?

  • This phone is hideous, its not a complete mp3 nor a complete phone, just another cheap plastic from Korea, and the design is disgusting, who ever buys that phone will enjoy it for 3 months, and after that will want to change it.

  • Hey! where this aerial comes from?

  • Wow!A New Phone!Im SOoo excited!1st !!!