Siemens S55

Where to start with the Siemens S55? Dividing reviewers on its launch with an attractive design, yet unusual feature set, this phone seems to provoke strong reactions from every corner. Winner of the 2003 Industrie Forum (iF) Design Award, the S55 is most certainly the best looking phone I have ever owned. A similar size to the Nokia 8310, I am sure that it will continue to turn heads for many years to come. However, this design appears to have come at a price. The phone has very little memory (under 1MB), and despite being equipped with a clip-on VGA camera, the screen is a paltry 256 colours, displaying at an unremarkable 101x80 pixels. Now, in 2005, it is easy to look ...  Read the complete review

sup reader? got the phone from ma paps yesterday as a b.day present. what a surprise... always wanted to have this phone. im really happy. so i've decided to write a short review about the S55. I believe i have enough xperience to write a review coz this is ma 4th siemens' phone and don't need more time than what i already have. i feel like i've been using this phone for like a year now coz i know everything. didnt even have to read the manual. contents: phone, camera with itz bag, charger, battery, data cable(serial),manual(not complete). mini cd- software design: wow... kickass design..solid.. really attractive. ...  Read the complete review

I don't know about you , but I am forever using my quality digital camera and thinking, why, o why, o why can't I attach a piece of cheap junk mobile phone to this. My life would just be so much easier. I could take pictures, ring someone.....and tell them! Only they wouldn't be able to hear me, because the quality would be so poor. But, what the heck.... it's the immediacy, and the cachet and the ....fooled into the believing through advertising type of thing. You can probably tell where I'm coming from by now. But read on anyway.... What I used to look for in a phone? The ability to ring and speak to other ...  Read the complete review

I'm a bit of a mobile phone buff, I've been known to change my mobile every 6 months to ensure I get the best of my current 'feature of the year' or what have you. So I think I have some merit in giving this opion, and hope its of use to you. I previously had a Panasonic GD87 - my first camera phone. I bought that one based on the verdict that it had the best camera/screen combo at the time (see my review on this site). The problem was, that Panasonic just didn't have user friendly software. It was impossible to easily manage your phonebook, and it was a real pain texting - you'd end up having to delete an entire word because the T9 ...  Read the complete review

Thinking about the reviews I’ve done so far, all have been along the lines of ‘It’s ok, but…’ and it would be nice to do a ‘it’s just a great product’ with the Siemens S55. Well, I’d like to do that but… I can’t. I work in the mobile department of a large software company. We don’t make software for phones so I don’t have a professional bias for the review. Any prejudices are purely personal. I’ve used most of the modern more expensive phones e.g. 3650, P800, 7250 and never keep them long and absolutely NEVER put up my own money to buy them so this review ignores value ...  Read the complete review