Samsung S500

  • Released 2003
    80g, 22mm thickness
    Feature phone
    No card slot
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    128x160 pixels, 8 lines
  • NO
    No video recorder
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  • 800mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung S500 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2003
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 83 x 43 x 22 mm (3.27 x 1.69 x 0.87 in)
Weight 80 g (2.82 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size
Resolution 128 x 160 pixels, 8 lines
 Second external monochrome display(96 x 64 pixels), blue
Four way navigation keys
Dynamic font size
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 500 x 6 fields, contact groups
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
 Message templates
200 short messages
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS
Browser WAP 1.2
Games Downloadable
Java No
 Predictive text input
Organizer
Speed dial
Menu shortcuts
World clock
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 800 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 550 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
Misc Colors Silver

Samsung S500 - User Reviews

  • Bought in July 2000 brand new in China. Took with me to Australia in 2005 and still working today. Incredible phone! Dropped in water once but survived. Dropped on ground many many many times but survived. Bettery time was awesome. Light-weighted. Nimbo size. Good key response. Good readability under sun. Very reliable. One of the most loved 3 phones of mine. The other twos are Samsung SGH-A300 and Siemens C35i

  • Yes super phone, my mother 85 age, still using this phone every day. the battery still working as normal.

  • Super phone, I have it since 2003 - second hand - if is still working, the bateria is number one - sometimes i charge it once a week.

  • GSM arena are saying that this phone was announced in 2003 - this is incorrect. I have had this phone since 2000 - 9 years old and still going strong! I love that they gave 2 batteries in the box.

  • This is a very nice phone! I had it 4 years ago and I was very happy with it - then a taxi driver stole it from me! I loved this phone!

  • By the way, call records are 20 of each...

  • If there is someone looking for a cheap phone with a nice design and performance - S500 is the one. No troubles for 3 years of usage, a great one!

  • I got this phone about 5 years ago and it only stopped working in the past few weeks. I have had no problems with it at all, although compared to phones these days its really simple (no camera/MP3/video). This phone really lasts forever. I've lost it and found it again at least 5 times and its even been in the wash once and still works. Another great thing is that it has two batteries so you can take it out while the other battery charges. Pretty cheap, and definitely worth buying!

  • I just bought my S500 today brand new for 82USD. I have a couple of questions, what can i do if i don't want no background picture at all? Just plain white? and wats the fastest way to access the names in the phonebook? thanks

  • this mob. phone by the looks of it is a great phone!!! it's small and compact and looks lik a very presentable phone! be happy if i had it but i dont.....i hav a nokia 6101 which personally sucks!!! i lik samsung!!my dad try to tell me dat samsung was a much better brand than nokia but i didn't listen, but now i no dat it is tru..go SAMSUNG!!! cyas all laters..bye!!

  • im try to get the honey ball game from samsung s500 but i dont have a samsung s500, my phone is a samsung, help how can i get this game

  • i am trying to download block breaker delux but am having problems can you help me thanks

  • i have just tried everything to download a game but when i do pick a game i get the one i did not request what am i doing wrong thanks

  • to mercedes: Hi there! i'm also from australia and i got my phone (used) at ebay internet auction store. I bought for $150 and i think they sell new ones around $200- $300 if you are in a good timing. The thing is that you have to wait until someone starts to sell their S500 (or the ebay store). But yeah, buying on ebay is much much cheaper than paying at any other stores, cause mostly they don't discount their phones. Chears!

  • what the hell! its an old model(2003)and its still expensive in austalia! AU$430+ does anybody know where i can buy this phone in a cheaper price? pleaaaseeee....

  • i have a samsung sgh-s500 but my infrared port doesn't work.if somebody can help how to activate it...

  • Great phone!!!!!! Transferring ringtones and wallpapers is too easy and enjoyable. I have a large collection of ringtones anyone needing can contact me. Only disadvantage with this phone is small memory andjava games are not downloadable. but i love my phone and feel very smart with it.

  • Great phone.....!!!

  • hello. i have an sgh-s300m samsung phone and my friend has an sgh-s500 samsung phone. he has great wallpapers (polar bear, eagle...) that i would love to have transferred to my phone. how can i go about doing this? thanks for your help in advance.

  • I have no regrets since i ahve stared using s500 i wish to how to down load ringtonesand images to it.

  • Hi i love my cool s500 phone and i also like the easy way to transfer wallpapers and ringtones by using data cable with the help of samsung software.its fantastic!my friends are jealous of me.But some required features are missing

  • my s-500 is so nice. but the irda port not work properly. it has a good Lcd and powerful battery. but i prefered you by a nokia phone

  • hi i am from Baghdad, i have one of Mobile Samsung s-500 it is very nice and i downloaded ringtones and figures but i need a free software to convert the melodies from amr. to mmf. .... thanks

  • is there a recorder in this phone??

  • HI Im here to say that for the S500 phone if you want to download ringtones and wallpapers without paying you need the samsung software to go with it unless your computer "anderstands" how works the phone and will send it normally by infrared.For ringtones it's a bit special decause it's like NOKIA the ringtones are in a special format (mmf)and I foud about 2500 different ringtones on a russian site (every thing is free).If you want the adress send me a mail to [email protected] ( I'm french)

  • Hello, I'm one of the users of your mobiles' range, espacially S500, I'd like to ask ya whether it's better to load my battery when the mobilephone is out of service (off) or when I'm usin it and still connected to the network (on)?? I'm lookin for the best performance of my mobile's battery. well I was readin all the carcteristics of my mobile which are stated above, and I'd like to know more about it. thank ya so much yours

  • `lo ppl... I just got myself a S500. Nice phone. One thing bothers me though, is there realy no way to setup the Phonebook so that after you copy no.s to the phone, the phone dosen't show both the no.s from the SIM and Phonebook !? Pls, an e-mail with a solution would be realy apreciated. ty!

  • does anybody know how to flash software on s500 and what do i get by flashing the software??? all instructions will be appriciated??!! thank you

  • Very good phone for the price. Does what it has to do. Battery life is good also.

  • S500 beautiful set with no extraordinary features. im facing problem to dowload ringtones. every other web site offers to send ringtones via sms or other but in S500 u have to download the ringtone to the computer and then via data cable u can send the ringtone to the mobile. can any body help me to find a website from where i can download the ringtones to my computer. my sim is BSNL in INDIA

  • I just purchased samsung E715 from overseas but I can't configure MMS setting. I've tried using *#vsmms# but it doesn't works. I'm with singtel in Singapore.

  • couldn't send wallpaper via IrDA port

  • How do i download ringtones, i tried but can't seem to get it right. Please can you help. If you can please send my setup

  • how to download ringtone,wallpaper or game? i always tried to do that but can't.can you direct me?

  • hai, plzzz help me that my s500 irda is not working at all ,i hava purchased 2 months back it.i used bafo 120 irda to connect but it is not connecting,with same bafo 120 i connected it samsung c100 it connected.

  • This phone is really cool, has great graphics, and other qualities. But its infrared port can not transfer pictures and melodies and it has awful melodies. It has no sound recorder and loudspeaker. That's all!

  • manual user s500 english language, please. Thx before :)

  • i like the s - 500 samsung gsm phone. and it is serving me very well.

  • It's a beautiful set.I like it very much.

  • My Samsung s500 is not working properly

  • I bought this phone but regret on the next day because no camera, no java, no mms, no etc... going back to Nokia phone again.

  • now I have motorola v300 great phone, not expensive

  • Adios my S500...

  • No can't recieve pics from MMS phone, only way you can add new pics (8 total), and ringtones (12 total) is to use data cable or ir, You would need software, if you didn't get one with the phone, download it from samsung internet site

  • i can't connect to GPRS so far and i need some guide how to configure it. How can I download ringtones and animated picture? Can i be able to recieve picture from MMS phone? Thank!

  • can i download ringtones from computer through IrDA? is the computer software provided? can this phone play MIDI files?

  • how many pictures and ringtones can i put in this phone? how much memory does it have?

  • Can't close the stupid and bugging tones!!! Deleting and sending message always got tones!!!! Also the bad outbox will always store your sent messages!!! BAdDDD! V200 better!!!

  • I have one (s500, very nice design, cool lcd, features crap. there is no excuse for samsung for not having (in new model) mms-java-shared memory. i downloaded some pics and ringtones via ir. Can have only 8 pics in phone and 12 ringtones (downloaded), and when you download new you have to erase the ones you have in the phone in order to transfer new pics or ringtones...ok that's bit of stupid but I can understand it requires some more hardware in the phone, but some things (features)which s500 doesn't have are simply software issues. What I want to say is when they (samsung) were making software for this phone it was easy for them to add few more features (no additional expance) but they didn't...WHY???

  • Hi I have a Samsung A800 and am thinking of getting a Samsung S500. Do you think this is a step up or a step down? Would value your opinions. Please email...

  • hi everyone...can anyone tell me how and where can i download wallpaper into my phone...wanted to put my gf photo in it..please help...

  • Go & buy a MMS phone if you need one..don't complain here....S-500 is sold quite cheap as it's for ordinary use only. If you need a phone with more features, pay more and get a better one

  • question... can s500 use downloaded or composed ringtone for group ringtone?

  • wonderful graphics and memory.HUGE PROBLEMS: NO MMS. whats the point of colour screen if u cant send and receive mms.

  • Hei, I'm so happy that I bought S-500. It's the best phone I've ever used. Bravo! I'm proud of S-500!

  • well, s-500 is a nice phone. It has almost the same features as S-300 and S-200 but it is definitely cheaper. It looks cool, compared to S-300 which has an ugly antenna. For those who need camera, or MMS, go & buy one then. Stop complaining about S-500 as it is the best.

  • I recently bought 2 S500s for my business, and they do what they do very, very well. No problems at all with them - good sound quality, nice big, clear screen, good sounding polyphonic ringtones, good good great. Concerned about the lack of MMS, but hey. The lack of camera doesn't worry me - if you want a camera phone, go and buy (and pay for!) one. Great phone.

  • samsung s500 is one of the best set of samsung mobile. i like so much

  • how many color pictures can u put in this phone?

  • well, i knew it doesn't support mms, but java... silly phone, it only looks good

  • How come my votes to S500 does not change its total votes? Just wondering.... I voted several times but number didn't change. The S500 is a very good phone -- with lots of memory for SMS and phonebook, which is for me the vital feature of a cp. @Maical -- S500 does not support MMS and Java....

  • Can anyone tell how much memory does s500 have for pictures and java apps? (ems = enhanced messaging service: normal pictures and ringtones/ mms - multimedia messaging service: color pictures, polyphonic ringtones, 1000-3000 caracters in 1 message)

  • the coolerz handphone of all!for me

  • It's nice ;)

  • The phone is a good buy. Fantastic Color LCD, multiple SMS sending, nice polytones. My only complain- can't change SMS tone. Overall, it's a great phone for its price.

  • your all fucking obssesed with camera phones, theres more to a mobile than simply pissing about with low resolution pictures.

  • good

  • It is very very nice but the big problem itis not tri-band.

  • If this phone have a camera n mms,,,i think nokia phone nobody bought already! Suitable with favour color screen group!!

  • I will like to buy this poduct.

  • would rather get a E100?

  • It's a good phone but what is the point having such nice color display but no mms and camera. What is happening there???

  • It's a pity this beautiful phone doesn't comes with the integrated camera & mms but can read & forward chinese and can store 200 sms in phone memory. Otherwise it should one of the best phone around in term of its TFT 65K color and business class design. I bought the phone but I find it's still worthwhile-package comes with 2 original li-ion polymer batteries, original desktop charger, travel charger & neckstrap earpiece. No need to buy anymore and it saves money on this accessories. Regards.

  • u can get the software easy studio from www.samsung.com/support

  • Nice look, nice quality, superb screen... but NO MMS... i just can't understand WHY !!!!

  • use infared.. buy a infared red port if u dont have one.. u can still use the infared port next time when u change a new phone... but u cant use the same data cable if u buy a new non-samsung phone..

  • Is there anybody help me how to download games and wallpapers should i use data cable or IRDA i have Samsung S-500

  • I have the S500 and its a great phone. I brought the phone abroad and the instructions are in french can anyone please tell me how i can get an english manual.

  • Dear sir, Please send me the user guide of Samsung SGH-S500 ( English language )and send sofware of S500 . Thank you very much. Toan.

  • i would like to buy the samsung S500, would you recommend it to me? and can someone tell me the difference between MMS and EMS? thanks

  • I personally think that the feautures with this phone is crap compared to phones you can get nowa days.

  • Dear sir, Please send me the user guide of Samsung SGH-S500 ( English language ). Thank you very much. Toan.

  • Please, send sofware of S500