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Samsung i550/i550w review: Low-key all-in-one

Samsung i550/i550w review: Low-key all-in-one - read the full textFascinating as they are, ultra high-end handsets are not everybody's cup of tea. In fact, the good old mid-range is the bread and butter for every successful mobile phone company, for that's what gets those sales numbers right. As we see it, Samsung i550...

 

For some stupid reason. Built in gps is not working for me.
i am returning the phone. Looks like built in gps is just for name sake. Sad i really liked the phone. but i need gps.

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  • 2008-05-05 13:13  MGIT

Do anyone know how many sms it can store?

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  • 2008-04-23 16:08  ubaK

Hi everyone,
I bought this phone 2 weeks ago. It is an excellent combination of a Nokia performance and Samsung elegance. I agree to Mr. Muhammed Oli about high-end / mid-end matter. The only "mid-end thing" about this phone is its PRICE :)).
The difference from the N95/N82 is the camera pixel, but Samsung i550w is much elegant and easier to handle & use. Another big plus with this phone is that it charges off the USB, which does not seem to happen in Nokia N8x or N9x series.
In conclusion, I can say that if you want a Wi-fi phone, then this is the only and the definite purchase..

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  • Guclu
  • 2008-04-15 14:01  SYgh

I agree with a lot of the comments made - It is basically a carbon-copy of a SE Design with a carbon copy of a Nokia GUI.
Whats going on Samsung? Have you Mobile phone design team just given up?

I have a nokia N73 [still] and it does me fine - I would even think about upgrading to this [Well,...Only for WiFi ;-)]

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  • Phaze
  • 2008-04-15 13:51  SuJB

It looks more like a Sony Ericsson

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  • 2008-04-12 02:09  PEaT

I find it surprising that GSMArena's first paragraph of the review suggests this is mid-end. Do you judge a phone by what kind of camera it has? Thats just stupid. This is without a doubt pretty high-end. I mean, it has WiFi, GPS, HSDPA, a 3 mega pixel auto focus cam, A2DP bluetooth and a pretty decent sized screen... Its bordering on the specs of the N95 apart from the camera! And thats high-end to me.

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  • Muhammad-Oli
  • 2008-04-10 13:11  TSBu

E51 with a bigger screen and samsung design?

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  • 2008-04-10 11:29  mqqH

haha SE exterior and nokia interfaces. lol

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  • koolkid
  • 2008-04-10 07:03  jQY7

menu features are looking like nokia phones.....

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  • 2008-04-10 05:12  w4p5

dudes and dudets looks at the first page of GSMarena, theres like 8 samsung reviews and a samsung in the news? you guys seeing it

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  • 2008-04-10 00:31  0BS9

looks like a phone sony would make

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  • spoon fed
  • 2008-04-09 23:33  QuDE

GSMARENA; You can leave out the no wifi part. The 550 and 550i are identical, you should read at symbianfreak, there's a wifi chip in the phone, but you must activate it with drivers.

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  • 2008-04-09 23:13  mnfs

Hey its hard to be 100% original when making new phones these days.. but this phone is way too much SE looks... the buttons are practically 1:1 copy.

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  • Beastage
  • 2008-04-09 22:03  0@kq

Hi there Gsmarena crew! Thanks for finally upping this review.

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  • Junior in Jamaica
  • 2008-04-09 21:50  ka8c

4th nice blackberry ball :D

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  • CSingh
  • 2008-04-09 21:25  4FU6

thats nice

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  • BLANO
  • 2008-04-09 19:07  jst2

the trackerball sensitivity can be ajusted !

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  • I550W user
  • 2008-04-09 18:38  iFsh

1st, bug

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  • toin
  • 2008-04-09 17:20  S35r

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