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Samsung SGH-D500

The Samsung SGH-D500 is a slider-style mobile phone developed and designed by Samsung. It was announced on October 8, 2004 and released at the end of the year as a replacement of the SGH-E800. Considered to be stylish, and incorporating multimedia features such as a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with integrated LED flash, Bluetooth and a MP3 music player, the D500 became very popular and is credited with popularising the 'active' sliding phone concept across all brands.

Flashing
Due to wireless networks supplying the D500 to customers with branded software, this phone is very often "flashed" by owners. This removes/changes onscreen branding, the unpopular shortcut sidebar and non-optional sounds (e.g. branding sound on power-on/off). The new software can add features such as voice-dial and voice-command, and increased memory availability. == Criticism ==
Criticism
The SGH-D500 was popular with consumers because of the large screen-size to front-surface ratio, the smooth button and sliding action, powerful flash, and good video/photograph/sound quality. However it received some criticism for not having expandable memory (via a memory slot). There are known issues with the screen of this phone. The screen connector can disconnect, resulting in various display issues. The screen is also vulnerable to being damaged through careless use or accidental impact. == Variants ==
Variants
SGH-D500C: Asian variant • SGH-D508: Chinese Anycall variant • SGH-D500E: Variant with EDGE support == Related phones ==
Related phones
Samsung SGH-E800: Predecessor • Samsung SGH-D600: Successor • Samsung SGH-E730: Clamshell equivalent ==References==
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