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Philips 550 mobile phone review
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 Philips 550 is announced in 2004
Design
Philips's 550 has a standard design for this class handsets, measuring 46 x 106 x 18 mm and 89 grams. Despite the weight it has a good feel in the hand, and the good shaped plastic body and styled highlights give it an attractive and nice look.A perfectly adequate 65,000-color display is bright and crisp, and is a far step above the dim 4096-color versions on even the most recent Philips models.The display resolution 128 x 160 pixel ideal for small and smart phone.
The left side of the unit holds a spacious volume rocker.There is nice LEDs which notify users of new messages, active network and missed calls. This is not common for all Philips handsets and is not necessary to pick up and activate the device to see whether any alerts are waiting.
Ergonomics
The 550 is not comfortable for hold in ones hand because it is too wide.Sporting a simple and user friendly menu in style with other recent Philips handsets.The plastic keypad has good placed keys, with the comfortable center keys, make the phone easer to dial.
Features
In the WAN department, the 550 boasts healthy support for Tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz, as well as GPRS, SMS, and a range of applications such as Java MIDP 2.0, 32-channels polyphony, voice commands, a voice recorder, all of which laptop and handheld users will be pleased to learn is a breeze to utilize either by means of infrared old wireless device,GPRS support is the fastest way to download files with your mobile, and spacious phone book..
Performance
Audio quality on the 550 was crystal clear, and signal quality was good. The removable 720 mAh Li-ion battery is rated for 5 hours talk time or 250 hours standby, which is very good for battery's theoretical capacity.Charge time is about 108 minutes.
Availability
The Philips 550 is now available throughout Europe in some language version.
Conclusion
Philips's 550 is yet another model in a range of phones from experienced users from Philips. A new compact design and a reduced sized battery - which avoids rendering a negative impact on battery life - ensures a thin and light phone which is ergonomically comfortable. |
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