Samsung i550 - user opinions and reviews
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8.2
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8.2
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8.2
- Anonymous
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finally sell it after using it for 5 months...
- sound quality thru headset is SUPERB.. (using custom earphone of course. the standard supplied earphone sucks). way better than my new Nokia 5130 XM
- feature is superb.. GPS, WiFi, you name it
- battery life is decent.. 2 days (48 hours) of standby can be achieved easily
but... all that doesn't count as the TRACKBALL SUCKS BIG TIME !!!
i got SOOOO IRRITATED the way the trackball behaves.. it's not the trackball faulty.. but i guess the implementation of such trackball for this phone is just not as comfortable as expected.
- scrolling thru phonebook - takes long time. you have to type several letter first.
- scrolling thru the menu - often gets wrong direction. it goes left when we want to go down. you have to control the trackball precisely.
- browsing the internet - sucks.. always have to use 'map' mode
- operating ovi maps or garmin - even more difficult to browse the map.. (i'd say.. almost inoperable)
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- 2009-04-21 07:22
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- wolverine
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i think this is a great phone but feel more like Nokia N73 only has plus point in GPS (i550 W)n Wifi
i hate most the track ball its suck when use to surf at internet, you cannot raised up ur speed to locate the bottom page.u can use minimize but its annoying cause u cannot see what's write on it, and the other thing is u cannot open multiple pages.
MP3 player has no equaliser n makes the phone just like another regular phone even the sound is so clear but the earphone fill not comfortable at my ear.but thaks for the 3,5 mm jack.
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- 2009-04-17 18:18
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- Wifi.....??????
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> In reply to i550w user @ 2009-04-15 20:23 from tDF2I dont know how to use wifi.........
I have a laptop and i am still wondering how to use wifi and please tell me how to use wifi.........!!!!!
Please tell me each and every step of procedure
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- 2009-04-16 17:37
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- i550w user
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I have used this mobile phone for almost 1 year.
Sceen clarity is very good. No problem with Symbian OS, you can install any software you usually used in Nokia phone. GPS is working well. No problem with Internet/WIFI/browser. Camera and video are amazing. Batery life is 2 days (with normal operation).
Firmware self-upgrade process is very easy and available in internet. Everything is almost perfect.
But, one thing i hate from this phone. The main problem is track ball. The response is getting worse and worse after 1 year. I don't know why Samsung put this suck thing on this mobile.
If you have more money, don't buy this phone. the track ball will bother you for sure.
Two thumbs for Samsung who created the feature as perfect as possible, but two middle finger for putting damn bad track ball on it.
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- 2009-04-15 20:23
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- adel
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i550jphh2...
for all you guys who tried to flash you set and failed just like i did .. after repeating the steps found in early posts ..
i managed to do it but with few changes first
do all the steps as written except the last one (nom 9) instead of pressing 4 and 7 ..
press 1 and for and thats it .. if you failed to do the steps from 1 to 8 try to do it again after changing the port connected
hope that helps any one!!?
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- 2009-04-15 14:38
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- Niel
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Does this phone has a loud speakers your not using the headset when playing music?
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- 2009-04-15 11:29
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- Anonymous
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@Andy
average users should easily get 2 days of standby time...
so.. it's not that bad..
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- 2009-04-14 06:57
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- Andy
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i wanna purchase i550w phone.
i read all opnion ...i m bit confused......
plz plz tell me how's it battery......
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- 2009-04-13 19:21
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- Martin
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Hello, have any firmware xx or xc region (any with spanish support) with wifi? I recently bought a i550w buth have a non-wifi firmware, i have another problem the gps constantly uncheck the internal gps, and i have to configure everytime i want to use garminxt.
I will appreciate any help you can give me.
Best regards.
P.S. Sorry for my bad english i am from Uruguay and dont speek very well in english
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- 2009-04-12 17:58
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- fahad
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i got this phone for almost a year now, i like the high quality video especially when u convert it nicely. but the only drawback is that when u open a website, most of the time it restart..it could be the too much download on it or there's really a problem on this phone., and the poor quality battery life as well.
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- 2009-04-11 21:42
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- suspas
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nice phone! good screen and the keyboard is ok.only has a poor battery life
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- 2009-04-07 23:15
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- Anonymous
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> In reply to Maicco @ 2009-04-01 03:11 from Pm$DMake Sure you close Java applications after using them, keeping them in the background drains your battery lot faster................
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- 2009-04-07 19:51
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- Anonymous
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> In reply to boymacau @ 2009-02-09 15:51 from PBrNhttp://www.vtap.com/xhtml_phones.html
Watch Web Videos on your phone with VTAP
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- 2009-04-06 12:16
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- Anonymous
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> In reply to Maicco @ 2009-04-01 03:11 from Pm$DThere might be a program running (autorun) all the time. Do you use garmin mobile software for GPS?
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- 2009-04-04 04:19
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- Maicco
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-04-01 00:26 from nqI6Dude, i've been using i550XXHH1 FW, but battery still draining EVERYDAY!
3g is off and screen has minimal bright!
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- 2009-04-01 03:11
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- Anonymous
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> In reply to andrew @ 2009-03-02 14:18 from ibcTUpgrade your phone´s firmware and deactivate 3G. You´ll see the diference..
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- 2009-04-01 00:26
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> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-03-25 12:20 from mDrUGreat phone!
Upgrade the firmware to XXHD1 or recent and it is an impecable phone!
GPS Navigation is great with Sygic Mcguider 2009, search it on google, easy to find, download and install.
It´s a top navigation software like TomTom but with even better interface!
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- 2009-04-01 00:23
- nqI6
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