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User reviews7
Waleed Ahmad 22 October 2010
Good: Everything.....
Bad: Nothing.....
Comment: its my fav mob
Muhammedhx 20 December 2009
Good: Good camera, can be modded to w610 so it is Walkman-Cybershot
Bad: Screen size
Comment: Good phone,
as soon as i got mine i flashed it with w610's firmware to get walkman, with cyber-shot, this is the only good thing about the phone.
yg1976 6 February 2009
Good: Almost everything.
Bad: The keypad.
Comment: The battery life on this phone is absolutely amazing. This is easily the best phone I've ever had. Camera is very good for a phone camera. Pictures are detailed and clear. Full of all sort of applications to use.
The only niggle I have is the keypad. The buttons are quite small, so if you'e got fat fingers you might struggle a bit.
Other than that, its an excellent phone and well worth the money.
Had mine over 18 months now and its still going strong, battery lasts for between 3 and 7 days, depending on how much I use it.
RishiGuru 26 December 2008
Good: Does have every thing one needs
Bad: Snaps at night are next to useless
Comment: Truly excellent mobile phone! I have one since January 2008 & man it rocks and beat's the Nokia 6300 by miles in every area except the display, Nokia has 2 million versus 256K colors of Sony Ericsson K550i.
Positive Features :
- The best 2MP camera with Autofocus currently available in the market. It has an active lens cover which is helpful in protecting the lens from scratches, stains & smudges. There are also two powerful LED’s to help taking photos in dark which also act as torchlight when required. The software part that handles the camera is very intuitive and provides a number of options that suits in different environments in taking pictures.
- Great music player with 5 band graphic equalizer that allows custom settings providing a crystal clear sound with thumping bass when used with walkman series headsets like HPM-75. Of course there is no MegaBass in K series but you do not need one if you know how to set up the equalizer to provide a similar effect. Many people forget MegaBass is a default equalizer preset not a piece of hardware which will greatly enhance the lower audio frequencies (Bass).
- FM radio with RDS facility provides clear sound & good reception quality. No recording facility though.
- Lightning fast response time with a 220 Mhz ARM9 processor & 77 MB inbuilt shared memory. Its predecessor K750i which happens to be the highest selling mobile phone of SE and one to beat had a 110Mhz ARM9 processor & 38 MB inbuilt shared memory. So you get two times processing power & two times inbuilt memory. Need to say more!
- This mobile runs on Sony Ericsson A100 platform(software). This software is very stable, very fast to operate with no snags and is built in Java which is THE ULTIMATE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. Believe me because I am a computer engineer. It uses Ahead of Time (AOT) Java Virtual Machine(JVM) which very good but Jazelle JVM is even better .
- Powerful processor and good inbuilt memory lends to Java games running smoothly with no jitter or lag.
- The best battery in its category (Li Poly, 950mAh) with which I can listen 24 hrs of nonstop music at full volume with a full battery charge.
- Small, thin at just 14mm & light, I sometimes forget it's in my pocket.
- Connectivity wise offers not only Bluetooth but also Infra-red port which is helpful to communicate with older mobile phones for data transfer.
- No need to install driver CD's, just connect to the computer with the USB cable that comes with it & transfer music, videos, pictures etc to the phone & visa versa.
- Lastly, it does very well for what it is primarily built for, excellent call reception, loud & clear.
Deep technical details :
- Sony Ericsson K550i has (Thin Film Diode) TFD screen instead of TFT. TFD consumes less power than TFT so better battery life and are brighter. It also provides higher contrast and colors appear more vivid & brighter and do not appear washed out under direct sunlight.
- It uses Sony's patented M2 memory card rather than miniSD cards. Both are of nearly same size but M2 cards have much higher data transfer speed so the phone has faster response to user input.
- It uses Lithium Polymer ion battery rather than Lithium ion, Li Poly is a superior technology (better safety, thinner) & will ultimately replace Lithium ion in near future.
- K550i comes with Bluetooth supporting A2DP, a very important feature for music fans as it allows STEREO Bluetooth transmission to Bluetooth headsets.
- Sony Ericsson was able to use such a powerful processor (220 Mhz) for K550i which draws a lot of power because it uses a TFD screen which sucks less power than TFT and at the same time uses a much bigger battery (BST-33) which is found in its top range models like C702i managing to provide an exceptional standby time. For example, C702i uses the same battery but it has a much bigger TFT display drawing more power so to maintain a descent standby time Sony Ericsson had to
Handsome56 11 December 2008
Good: packed with pictures
Bad: nothing
Comment: Better than the iphone
todd peers 20 March 2008
Good: Pretty much everything
Bad: Not the best screen
Comment: I've had many phones in my life but this is the best of the lot.
It has everything i need plus much more and the camera is gr8 to use.
Only thing i think that lets it down is the screen should be crystal clear and sharp to compliment the gr8 pictures the phone takes.
tiger 2 20 November 2007
Good: stylish
Bad: keypad,backlight
Comment: had 2 ,of these phone same problem with both .2 phone in 2 months ,wont scroll down ,have wait for 2 weeks for repair ,not happy with this phone at all sorry i bought it , take heed !