Sony Ericsson W550
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- Saurabh
- j2Q
- 24 Mar 2006
Almost a month since i have been a proud owner of this phone. I think, it's a mix of style and good sound quality. I bought this phone for around $350. Talking bout Pros and cons. I love the design. i think it's pretty different and compact. The battery back up is amazing, even with the Walkman Switched On. You don't have to open the phone again and again to access various functions. All functions can be accessed through the buttons on the main face itself. Voice clarity on a call is superb and so is the display (clear and sharp). The flash/torch light is powerful enough to help you replace your car's tire on a highway, still compact enough to fit in our pocket. Amazing sound clarity even at full volume and full BASS (it gonna blow your ears). It has the following EQ Presets:
1. Normal,
2. Bass,
3. Mega Bass,
4. Voice,
5. Treble boost
6. Manual (5 Bands).
It has Stereo Widening (effective if u using high quality Mp3). Backlight is Orange. It has detachable faces so that you can change it as per your mood (Orange,White -> in box; Blue -> optional) Locking and unlocking the keypad is very easy. It has a dedicated switch like key on its left for the same. Profiles can be changed as per the environment pressing the shutdown button (located at top left) or you can put the phone directly on Silent Mode using the # key (which enables the vibration automatically - also available in the shutdown menu). All the profiles are appropiate to the environment. Default Proifiles: Normal, meeting, In Car, outdoor hansfree home and office. A dedicated volume control on the right, using which you change tracks as well. You might take a week's time to get use to the interface. A dedicated button to switch-on the Walkman (on the main interface itself - bottom right) also a dedicated button for internt access - bottom left.
The Camera
It has a dedicated button for camera (on the right side), but the swivel must be closed . It has following Image Sizes available:
160 x 120 -> 4X Digital Zoom;
640 x 480 -> 2X Digital Zoom;
1280 x 1024 -> No Zoom.
It also has an option to increase or decrease the gama levels. You can shoot pictures on the following modes: Normal; Panaroma; Frames; Burst. (Please dont expect me to explain all this... Please). You can choose from 4 click sounds when a picture is clicked.
Video has 2 sizes ->
128 x 96 with a variable digital zoom of 4X,
176 x 144 with a variable digital zoom of 4X.
It has night mode with flash light. THE CAMERA S**Ks BIGTIME. THE PICTURES CLICKED USING THE PHONE ARE FULL OF NOISE, SPECAILLY THE ONES CLICKED AT NIGHT, (even with flash and night mode on). I compared the pics I clicked using my phone with the pics clicked using Nokia 6600. I THINK 6600 ROCKS. (If you wanna see the results do lemme know I'll email 'em to you)
You can have animated or static wallpapers. The in-built themes are pretty cool. It has 3 in-built games:
1. Extreme Air Snowboarding 3D;
2. Gauntlet;
3. Worms Fort 3D.
(Oh BTW if you buying it on Cingular, the games you get would be trail version with a time limit)
While gaming, the screen can be switched to landscape/potrait mode. It has 2 dedicated buttons for gaming (top). I got 46 JAVA based games, in case if you want it lemme know, i'll email 'em to you. It has a few softwares like Video DJ (Video Editer.. add text, shapes etc to a video), Music DJ (Create your own music), Photo DJ (Edit photos, add frames etc). It has 2 in-built applications:
1. World Clock and
2. News reader.
It has a memory capacity of around 225MB (usable) = around 64 songs @ 96 kbps or 48 songs @ 128 -> assuming the average length of a song to be minimum of 5 minutes (the memory is not extendable hence i think they shud have provided with atleast 512MB as the default memory). The download/upload speed using Bluetooth = 40/20 KiloBytes Per Second respectively. That's all i have time for right now, if you have any extra queries bout the phone you can email me (check profile for email address). i'll ensure that i reply. Hope the article helps you make a choice if this is your 1st Sony Ericsson phone (like me). BTW one last thing, the phone comes in with a DATA cable around 1.5 m long (USB) to transfer data from PC to phone and vice versa. Hence you can use the phone as a pen drive as well. For eg. you can transfer zipped files over the bluetooth unlike most other brand phone. I find the sound quality to be better than an ipod.
Later.. Signing off
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- Anish
- ije
- 23 Mar 2006
I liked the SE W550 and planning to buy.....
I'm from Cochin.... and I have a question that whether i can access Yahoo MSGR/ Mail etc using that Phone.... and what about the radio facility provided... Is it conn depedent.. .Plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
can anyone answer me.......
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- asdasdasd
- iX3
- 23 Mar 2006
honestly....the camera sucks for w550i......
bcus u can see all the damn dots.....when u transfer it to the PC.....so damn irritating
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- joe
- Fv0
- 23 Mar 2006
i work in a phone shop and i recently purchased the nokia n70. It was a toss-up between the w550i and the nokia. I love my new phone but am starting to think the 550 is better. Did i make the right choice? I love the features on the nokia but the swivel action is awesome.
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- Cool 'n' Casual
- m25
- 22 Mar 2006
And just to remind you, the best four camera phones in the market are the Sony Ericsson W900/800i, D750 and K750i.
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- anomano
- TC$
- 22 Mar 2006
but just the camera does not show how creative samsung are.that's just technology,with higher price u can get even better cameras.so to say samsung is better just becoz of a better camera is just stupid/dumb.
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- ~mia
- TSA
- 22 Mar 2006
can anyone tell me how i can setup a connection/internet account to connect to the internet? please teach me, cos i want to download stuff, but it doesn't work...
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- Anonymous
- TSV
- 22 Mar 2006
omg shin chan, i am so sorry that ur just so shallow..samsung's videos and pictures taken has always been way much better than sony ericssons or any other brand like NOKIA!!, kindly go to a mobile phone shop and test it out urslef =)i dont mean sony ericsson's phones are not good..i have one myself..S700, which is Good..but comparing their function each brand has got their own uniques..
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- Dr.Nafis
- PS2
- 21 Mar 2006
Does anyone know whether i can password lock certain folders to prevent unwanted viewing of personal or sensitive stuff like pics and videos.
Thanks in advance
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- shin chan
- TKb
- 21 Mar 2006
omg,sorry to all the samsung fans out there but samsung mobile just suks! they are only suitable for girls(mayb some 'guys' too) as they are just nice looking.come on just the starting screen or the menu screen totally puts samsung to shame.yes, samsung phones have a lot of functions but can they win sony ericsson and nokia phones in terms of quality of the function?
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- Cool 'n' Casual
- m25
- 21 Mar 2006
cosycat, you have to select 'High Quality Video' from the options to enable unlimited video recording.
ricky, it records videos at 15 FPS.
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- Anonymous
- TS{
- 21 Mar 2006
...PLEASE read other posts dude...the video record DEPENDS on how much space u have left in ur fon...it can record up to ours DEPENDS on ur space...
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- shaahidawan
- PT7
- 21 Mar 2006
Anand Prasad
i am shahid.my question how i can update my phone softwhere(w550)
Thanks Very Thanks
(shaahidawan@yahoo.com)
Anand Prasad
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- Anonymous
- F4p
- 21 Mar 2006
if that the case, i am confirming buying other phone. i heard that the d600 is much better.
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- Anonymous
- F4p
- 21 Mar 2006
my cousin had this phone and went for servicing TWICE and the second it was pronounce dead
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- cosycat
- n1v
- 21 Mar 2006
Hello out there, does anyone know how long you can video for, tried mine & its really only about 10secs, my k700i used to capture video for bout an hour, many thanks
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- Anonymous
- S49
- 20 Mar 2006
hello!today i was about to tested w550 in a shop but it did not opened!is it because of the white screen?the screen was always white and i could not open it!do you know about this problem?thanks!
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- DIA
- Px}
- 20 Mar 2006
is that true tat dis phone has technical problem??plz some1 reply n let me inform.
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- mia
- Px}
- 20 Mar 2006
thnks a lot for the information abt white screen,i fought it was more serious than that!im relieved a bit now coz i really like that mobile phone n am gonna buy it next month....thnks again!
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- Anonymous
- TS}
- 20 Mar 2006
it is currently proven tat the white screen of death happens when u install or play some corrupted files...so those files are unusable....so when tat happens...u jez click the on button 4 quite a while and wait until the screen appears again :P...and for the video length...it depends on ur memory space how much space it can support ^.^...