Samsung i550 - user opinions and reviews

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Design
8.2
Features
8.2
Performance
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Ty,

How can I find out what kind of GPS chip it uses?

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  • 2008-01-27 20:53
  • nqF1
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What kind of GPS Chip is it? Sirf 3 ??? How fast is the Gps Navigation?

Ty

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  • 2008-01-27 18:42
  • ns6a
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I've got the phone!!!

I just happened to go to a local superstore with the idea of "hassling" them again about the phone with the usual questions of "it was supposed to be released 1 month ago, where is it?" but I was in SHOCK when they said: "they arrived this morning but let me check that for you".

No more than 20min later and €389 poorer, I was walking out of the shop with one!

Before I give you all my initial impressions, let me state that the phone DOES NOT have 802.11b/g WiFi. Yes its got HSDPA but no WiFi.

* I love the huge 2.6in screen, really makes a difference from my old Nokia E50's 2.0in screen.
* The navigation wheel is a bit weird at first (because I'm used to d-pads) but you get used to it in the end. I've lowered the vertical sensitivity and turn up the horizontal one which makes it nicer to use.
* Transferring contacts from the E50 to the I550 was a bit of a pain because Nokia's "Transfer" (Symbian based) application won't install on the I550. I ended up using a free application called "Contacts Transfer".
* There is NO PC Sync software provided which is a shame. I hope Samsung will provide this on their website soon.
* Overall its Symbian S60 3rd FP1 but the layout of some of the menus differ slightly from the Nokia flavour.

I'll post more once I've used the phone for a while longer!

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  • 2008-01-27 16:40
  • nqF1
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yahh.. why all samsung phone is taking time to hit(too long time) the world market??? some kind of martket disturbance i think, yeahh... distrbance from Nokia, why all nokia phones release way much erlier compare to samsung?? and in korea actualy this phone is way TOOO old about a year and a half already..
and bout this fone its the thinnest samrt phone in the market now 13mm but in korea its the fattest!
-all info's from my korean clasm8

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  • 2008-01-26 12:48
  • vxgZ
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Ok boyos!

The swedish samsung homepage had to news for me this week about this phone:

The good news:
This phone will come to sweden! Finaly!

The bad news:
In april! :(

So the waiting game begins....

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  • 2008-01-25 18:01
  • MAt0
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I would like to download drivers for this phone. Can someone help me with that?
thkx

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  • 2008-01-24 13:37
  • MJQX
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It's now available in Bahrain for $440, there is wifi, only beta phones are without wifi

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  • 2008-01-24 11:30
  • MsNF
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WHERE is this phone?!

In Portugal it was due to be on sale in early December (just like Italy) and the latest info I've got is January 2008 but we're about a week and a half from February and STILL no Samsung I550.....why is it taking so long to hit stores?

At this rate we'll see the Nokia N78 and E66 before the I550 ever reaches stores...

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  • 2008-01-20 14:43
  • nqF1
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its but its look like sony ericson k850. also cmbn software like nokia. i hope it will take some market...

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  • 2008-01-19 12:37
  • SkE9
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+
1.well done phone
2.easy to use
3.fast soft s60
4.big display
5.navigation gps very fast
6.good batery
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1.no wifi
for romanian people, i can help you to buy this phone

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  • 2008-01-15 07:56
  • pqBB
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The news regarding i550W was released by CNET Asia. We'll see if Samsung will released this version in some Asian countries as expected.

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  • 2008-01-12 03:44
  • U2CG
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it does have 35 mm audio jack. read the spec on samsung website for you not to be mislead...

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  • 2008-01-11 18:08
  • wYIY
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in some asian countries??? where did you get that info??? from samsung ???

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  • 2008-01-11 17:54
  • wYIY
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Samsung i550W will have wifi. It will be launched in some Asian countries. The expected launch date for this version is around the end of February.

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  • 2008-01-11 16:49
  • U2CG
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there is no 3.5m jack according to mobile-review..it uses the new proprietary connector..

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  • 2008-01-10 02:44
  • UD}w
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samsung's website here in the philippines clearly says that it doesn't have wlan/ wi-fi and same goes with gsm arena. now, those guys who keep saying that it has wi-fi are just mading those up. simply put, they're lying...

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  • 2008-01-09 08:10
  • 2Ani
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You print the page you receive from sotel and go to the bank, they'll know what to do.

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  • 2008-01-08 22:39
  • pqBB
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Please update your date this I550 has WIFI connection and WLAN. maybe the beta samples did not have it but now I am testing a new one and the connection speed is great !!

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  • 2008-01-08 17:16
  • mtbf
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sorry! garmin xt v4.10.60

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  • 2008-01-06 12:35
  • pqBB
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you're welcome!
except that it doesn't have wifi, its a good phone. for gps navigation its recomend it garmin xt v1.10.60. works perfect!

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  • 2008-01-05 23:18
  • pqBB
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