Sony Ericsson K550
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- the same guy
- P1L
- 19 Mar 2007
For those who are unshure about the battery life of this phone...
Battery life is exellent. it has a 970mah battery (the 970mah is the big one,cuz the small one is the battery used in w810.) i recently got this phone and it can stand 4 days standby, playing java games or accessing internet 1-2 hours, 1 hour calltime, taking many pics, using leds as flashlight and writing more than 5 sms per day.
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- Anonymous
- P1L
- 19 Mar 2007
the recent launched k550i has a very nice pricing of $230-250 USD, but the long time ago released w810i stills pricing at $250-270?
the k series is always cheaper cuz they have simpler and faster firmware.. thats why.
and why the w series are slower? cuz their firmware is designed to show animation, flash menus and other cuties.
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- MobilePhotographer
- P1L
- 19 Mar 2007
Who cares about digital zoom or not? Thats a dumb feature. a simple explanation->
digital zoom = croping a section of the pic then expand it to desired size.
i could easily do that on my pc using paint. pics will look much better than using digital zoom.
IF U ARE REALLY GOOD AT MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHING (like me =D) u will notice how useless is digital zoom. i'd rather take a normal picture then zoom it in my pc.
hope my opinion will clear your mind desiring about buy or not buy this phone cuz of digital zoom.
also the walkman feature is useless. compare it to media player on any same class K series:
W series: media player is cute (orange or black), shows plalist when u press down key and has Megabass.
K series: media player is OK(simple and white.), and u have to look for menu to find a song. it doesnt have megabass.
i dont need megabass feature since i have a pair of very bassy earphone (shure e2g)
if u guys ever had compared a K with a W series of the same class phone (same class is..eg.: k750 & w810, k550 & w610 and so) you will notice that K series phones are faster, and they have better cameras than W's. u can verify it at www.jbenchmark.com
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- Gagandeep
- iJd
- 18 Mar 2007
Hey guys
phone is good but trust me the Battery back up is useless.
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- Anonymous
- iba
- 18 Mar 2007
need this 2 importantn information.
about to purchase the phone as birthday gift for younger brother. urgent info needed folks.
1. does the taking pictures part in the k550i similar to k750i as in ability to zooms in all picture size modes ?
2. what is the video quality compared to the k750i ?
thanks mates.
cheers...
Rash
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- rash
- iba
- 18 Mar 2007
well guess not sukhie,
if i did know the answers to my questions or ''related'', i would'nt be asking, would i ?
:)
well in other words is it the same functions as the k750i then as in zooming and snapping ?
tq ones again mr sukhie.
cheers.
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- haris
- PSd
- 18 Mar 2007
@SUKHPREET
"it does'nt give zoom at 2m or 1m pixel mode you can only take photographs from distance at vga mode so this is just a normal vga phone"
do u even know wat a digital zoom is!!!?? and how the cameras give digital zoom in 2 MP mode or more.. if u know that u wont say this..
Regards
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- Rash
- iba
- 18 Mar 2007
hie there folks,
after reading reviews after reviews bout this phone, im satisfied. i think it will replace my k750i well enough.
got a question though, can i zoom under the 2MP mode ?
in the k750i i can, unsure about this k550i.
thank u in advance.
regards,
Rash
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- Lisah
- fu$
- 18 Mar 2007
waaaoh!i cannot this stuff is really amazing,at first i wasn't believe in sony Ericsson but after try it...men it's really killing me.
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- SUKHPREET
- PxW
- 18 Mar 2007
this is not a good phone to buy because main problem i have faced is its zoom it does'nt give zoom at 2m or 1m pixel mode you can only take photographs from distance at vga mode so this is just a normal vga phone and sound is very low.
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- foosoomin
- PFM
- 18 Mar 2007
To : Grong,
is the call volume as good as K610i/K610i ?
Will be waiting for your advice
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- Ambar
- aa4
- 18 Mar 2007
Hi
I cant decide which among the 3 to buy.SE K550,SE W810 and Nokia6300.The last one has poor battery life but screen in excellent with 16M colors.K550 seems good but I read different opinions about picture quality,battery life and sound quality.And W810 is very good with some 3000Rs more but it doesn't have any lens cover.I'm confused.
Plz help me in deciding which one will be best for me.
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- vasgor
- m{R
- 18 Mar 2007
please, can anybody send me photo from k550 ?
yesterday i buy this phone, but i can't make good photo's. i seem's like autofokus doesnt work.. (
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- AGC
- 4VV
- 18 Mar 2007
I have had the phone for about a week now and put it through its paces. I would say Grong's thoughts listed below are about mine exactly. The phone seems to do everything pretty well, but nothing perfectly. Overall, it is very nice to use, and somehow the 220x176 resolution screen doesn't look as bad as the k750's or w800's. I think smoother fonts account for that. Also, for those of you worried about texting: although they do take a little getting used to, the new keys SE is using are very very good for texting. I send about 20-30 texts a day and the phone keeps up very well. Overall, I would highly recommend this mobile for the price. If you really need 3G, wait for the w660...it looks pretty good.
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- SeF
- 2A3
- 18 Mar 2007
Dane:
here's the link:
http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/index.php?make=sony+ericsson&model=K550i
-see for your self the pictures are relatively at par with K750.
good luck!
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- Dane
- nQm
- 17 Mar 2007
How is the pictures on k550 compared to k750?
Better or worse?
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- Willy19
- PtV
- 17 Mar 2007
BIG QUESTION to owners of this phone. How comfortable(or uncomfortable)is to write messages with this phone ? Thanx..
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- Anonymous
- m{R
- 17 Mar 2007
sar level is high (1.25), but this is max emitted power. if mobile station located near each other signal should be less then 1.25. and in places with bad covering you can to get good signal quality, because mobile cn emitt so big power.
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- Grong
- jEh
- 17 Mar 2007
Camera has auto focus, comes with 64mb card not 512. That's an error by GSM.
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- Grong
- jEh
- 17 Mar 2007
I have had the K550 for a week now. This is probably the best mid range priced phone out there. First, battery is EXCELLENT, camera is above average for picture and par for video messages(that's all I use it for anyways), reception is very good, new keypad design, believe it or not, is easier to text on than conventional keys, very responsive (more space between keys), it is extremely compact (not bulky like my old k790), call volume is good, speaker is loud but clear, screen's resolution is a step down from the k790 but still very good, vibrate function is average (although you can download vibrate tones that make it stronger!) gripes... Battery cover creaks and makes the phone feel cheaper than it actually is! All in all, if you're not looking for the most expensive phone fully featured, this is in my opinion the perfect phone, has everything that you need on it.