Microsoft Lumia 550 review: Low-Five
Low-Five
Telephony
People Hub hasn't changed much since Windows Phone 8.1 It is the phonebook that you'll find on any Windows device and supports multiple accounts, including social ones, and has multiple pages like the rest of the WP interface.
The people app • Quicksearch • Vieweing a contact • Editing a contact
The cell reception and call quality with the Lumia 550 are very good and we had no receptions issues or unpleasant sound problems.
The dialer app
The speaker on the Lumia 550 scored Very Good in terms of loudness. Its audio quality is OK, but not impressive, as the sound isn't very deep, but that's ok.
| Speakerphone test | Voice, dB | Ringing | Overall score | |
| 61.2 | 65.8 | 61.7 | Below Average | |
| 66.5 | 64.6 | 65.8 | Below Average | |
| 65.0 | 64.9 | 67.2 | Below Average | |
| 67.7 | 75.6 | 64.8 | Good | |
| 66.9 | 71.8 | 74.7 | Good | |
| 75.1 | 74.7 | 72.0 | Very Good | |
| 71.9 | 73.0 | 77.2 | Very Good |
Messaging with Skype integration
Windows 10 Mobile now fully integrates with Skype and once you sign in, you actually don't need the Skype app at all. The Messaging hub now supports Skype IM messaging and you can sent and receive Skype messages as they were texts/MMS. Attachments are available, too.
The messaging app with Skype integration
Microsoft has made the QuickType keyboard even faster and smarter, plus there is a new dot, which acts as a virtual D-pad and allows you to move quickly through the text.
Microsoft's QuickType keyboard
The native email client is the mobile version of Outlook Mail. It looks a lot like its desktop app and works like a charm. It supports multiple accounts, and syncs across all your Windows devices. It is available on Android and iOS as well and we often prefer it over other solutions.
Outlook Mail
Reader comments
- yaswanth
- 01 May 2017
- U@q
Microsoft 550 looking nice but it's not working properly.actually iam using Microsoft mobile 📱 since Microsoft started this mobile company. its very heating.why all mobiles heating plz check that problem
- AnonD-659711
- 06 Apr 2017
- S7x
I don't now why but lumia 550 work very good... I read other comments, everyone have some problems.
- andrew
- 22 Jan 2017
- 3a0
Windows 10 OS required an upgrade a whopping -3.33Gb - impossible to install without a hard reset - nice one Microsoft - put Windows 10 on a phone with insufficient memory to cope with upgrades, should have bought a phone with better memory - other t...