The chocolate® is sweeter than ever. It’s slimmer and lighter with an improved navigation wheel using trace motion light. This minor update to the 8500 is slightly slimmer and lighter, sporting an improved keypad with vibration feedback on the touch keys, plus support for larger memory cards. Other features of this slide-style CDMA music phone remain similar, including stereo Bluetooth, EVDO data, megapixel camera, and QVGA display.
Phone Specifications| Camera | Connectivity | Data | Display | General | Messaging | Multimedia |
| 2.0 MP | Bluetooth | EVDO | Color | Alarm | Email | Music Player |
| Video Camera | Internet | Flight Mode | External Display | Calculator | EMS | Video |
| PC Sync | WAP | | Calendar | Instant Messenging | |
| | | | Polyphonic Ringtones | MMS | |
| | | | Vibrate | Text Messaging | |
| | | | Voice Memo | | |
| Operating System | Sound | Storage Card | Technology | Type |
| BREW | 2.5 mm Headphone Slot | MicroSD | CDMA | Flip Phone |
| Video Camera | Hands Free Slot | Flight Mode | External Display | Calculator |
| Speakerphone | WAP | | Calendar |