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Orange SPV C500
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  • Value for Money3.8 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings3.6 stars
  • Overall Rating3.6 stars

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11 Reviews For Orange SPV C500

  • tactileman Rank: Sergeant 5th Jan 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good Points: Packed with useful features.
    Windows mobile software a bonus.


    Bad Points: It uses Windows software - so guess what happens? It crashes! All the time.


    General comments: If you can put up with the Orange SPV C500 mobile phone freezing on you (to turn it off you have to take the back cover off and remove the battery) it's a good value phone. I particularly like to use Windows Messenger on the move, which you can't do on much more expensive Nokia's etc.

  • adrianwalsh 1st Dec 2005

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    All in all the Orange SPV C500 is not a bad little mobile phone. Good things about the phone are the Calendar (which I have to say is fantastic and the main item I use), the screen is clear and a decent size, with some customization available. The most useful thing is you can customize this phone to your hearts content - there are literally 1000's of downloads available to customize and enhence this phone. The most annoying thing about this phone is it's alarm or lack of it, although it does hav ...

  • mn1504 22nd Nov 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Orange SPV C500 phone is fantastic. I got rid of an XDAII for this and have no regrets. The phone is compact, has every feature you will ever need and can sync with Outlook with no problems. I got this phone for business use and use it for everything (Emails, Texting, photo's, video, etc.).

    The phone has Bluetooth, IR, Camera (stills & Video), sound recording, File Explorer, Internet Explorer, Calendar, ActiveSync, Tasks, MSN Messenger, Media Player and so on.

    The best feature is th ...

  • djdomdomdom Rank: Corporal 17th Aug 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    When i got the Orange SPV C500 nearly a year ago on upgrade from orange, I was simply baffled at why it was free when Nokias with smaller screens, poor cameras, no memory cards were going on upgrade for £50 ?? But having seen a friend of mines C500, I just had to have it. A year ago the screen quality, the camera, the new windows mobile and media player were things that were so far out of any other phones league it was untrue.It was and still is one of the best phones avaiable.The only adv ...

  • jothebulb 21st Jul 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Orange SPV C500 - This looked like good phone on contract from Orange. The screen is large and bright, viewable in all but brightest sunshine. The 16MB storage card is useful, and the camera takes clear shots. However, Orange lose maximum points for still selling it despite the software bug that they admit the manufacturer (Samsung) has not eradicated. I have replaced the handset three times now, including once when the screen broke after being dropped only a few centimetres onto a table.

  • rudegoode 23rd Jun 2005

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    Orange SPV C500 - This phone is so poorly made it simply baffles. If you touch the screen it starts messing up and if you drop it on a carpet from 1cm - forget it. NEVER again, stick to proper mobiles is my advice, and by a blackberry if you want mobile email!!!

  • silverfoxXXX 23rd Mar 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I've had this phone for about 1 month now, my friend bought one about 1 month and 1 week ago and I had to have one, the O.S, is easy to use and it synchs well with my PC, calls always seem to be clear and reception is very good.

    The real bonus of this phone is the amount of programs available for it including one that turns it into a DVD Player!! With an upgraded mini sd card (512mb), you can easily fit 4 full length DVD's and a few MP3's, the sound qaulity is good, better through the headpho ...

  • bobcarolgees 7th Dec 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I've not been this impressed by a new toy for a long time. The Orange SPV C500 looks great, it's easy to use especially if you had the old SPV of course, it's easy to connect to your PC. The list is endless.
    Go and buy one NOW!

  • coldwave87 30th Nov 2004

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    I can not deny that the Orange SPV C500 is very nice phone, with may features. However, it ashame that you can not access the internet via O2 GPRS/GSM, even the phone has been unlocked to all network. I think there are still some restiction from Orange that left in the phone. I bought one, however and ended up having to sell it because of this reason.

  • interace Rank: Sergeant 28th Oct 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    It's a long story how I ended up with an upgrade to the Orange SPV C500 "smartphone" rather than other models, but it boiled down to two things: this model was free to upgrade and the chap in the Orange shop claimed his brother can sync this model with an Apple Mac (why is it no manufacturer advertises compatibility with the Mac world?)

    Still working on the synchronisation, though immediate impressions of the phone are that it performs very well. The design basics have been well refined, so ...

  • djdomdomdom Rank: Corporal 23rd Aug 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I first saw the SPV C500 phone on the Orange website and I thought nothing of it, until I saw my mates and I was so amazed I bought one the next day, and even though it only came out on wednesday, I have had mine since thursday, and the battery is still going strong!