N500 is a successor of business phone (N100), but it is positioned in stylish utilitarian segment (an intermidaite model between fashion and business phone). The handset has the same design as successful entry-evel phones R200/R210. It is the first phone with an internal antenna.

• General features
  • Announced in December 2001
  • GSM 900/1800
  • Graphical display with the resolution of 128õ64 pixels. It can show up to 3 text lines (16 characters each), one line with icons and tips to the soft-keys use; blue backlighting
  • Battery type: Li-Ion 770 mAh
  • Autonomy
    • Standby time: up to 90 hours
    • Talk time:up to 3.5 hours
  • Dimensions: 110 x 46 x 23 mm
  • Weight: 95 g.

• Memory
  • Phonebook: 200 phone numbers + SIM-card memory. A possibility to associate special ringing tones and a colour of the service indicator (green, yellow, orange, purple, dark-blue and blue) to the phone numbers in the phonebook.
  • Lists of the last 10 received/missed/dialed calls with date and time indication
  • Voice memo (3 records, 35 seconds each)
  • Voice dialing (up to 20 voice tags)
  • Voice commands (up to 20 voice tags)
• Ringing tones, call management

• Vibrating alert
• 30 ringing tones (including a possibility to compose your own melodies (up to 2), a possibility to download up to 3 new melodies from PC).
• 10 tones for SMS
• HR, FR and EFR

• SMS
  • SMS (no EMS)
  • Sending pictures to other phones from Samsung; memory is for 3 pictures
  • 10 pre-installed graphical pictures
  • Predictive text input T9 (only for English)
• Connectivity
• WAP 1.2.1
• Synchronization with PC- EasyGSM
• Softmodem
• Organizer and extras

• 5 Animated screensavers (+ a screensaver as a clock)
• Built-in musical editor
• Voice memo (3 records, 35 seconds each)
• Autoanswer
• Organizer, to-do list, synchronization with PC
• Calculator, world time
• Time, alarm-clock
• 11 games (Casino,Roulette, Snake, Hexa, Racing, etc.)