Well, let's compare... Both phones have basically the same features except that the 8600 has a built-in speaker phone. Thats all well and good, but what are you looking for in a phone? The 8600 is alot more narrow and feminine-looking. When I hold one, I'm always afraid I'm gonna break it. Dainty! I tend to stay away from audiovox because of their customer service. They arent willing to cover anything under their warantees and my customers seem to get better reception from an LG phone.