Great job done! (Siemens S55)

Member Name: xthugking

Product:	Siemens S55
Date:	06/03/03 (4294 review reads)
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Advantages: functions ,organiser, , size and weight, design, camera

Disadvantages: display and memory, and if u are a hardcore mobile surfer- absence of HSCSD. Radio and mp3 player(if u need those two features, i dont coz i always have ma minidisc with me),, no MMC slot.

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. what more can i say...only weighs 85g..really light...cool design.

design of keys is unusual...some might need some time gettn used to itz form.

display:
oh gee...what were the engineers thinking about when do decided to go only 256color with this. too bad. damn bad...they've got it all bad. the norm is 4k. itz practically useless to use a background image with this phone coz display sucks. s55 supporting background images is a joke. i can barely recognise myself on the phone. pictures taken with the attached cam. aint worth viewing on the phone. Color indepth is however ok for playing games. i personally dont save any of taken pics on the phone. just transfer them on to the pc and delete them from the phone.

anywayz, the phone is meant to be a business phone and not some digi.cam or some game boy thinie.

dont have any problem whatsoever reading in daylight. only prob. is the indepth of color. im really disappointed.

screen is really good. size and everything.


features:
basically has everything u can expect of a modern, high class phone. just everything and i mean everything. java, bluethooth, supports mms--- would take me forever talking about the features of this phone: organiser (alarm clock, reminder, calender,etc), phonebook
with itz 14 entries per contact( etc.

one great thing...really great. as far as tones and pictures(icons) concerned. unlike some color display phones, S55 supports most computer image formats: jpeg, gif, tif, bmp etc. amazing. supports midi and mmf as ringing tones. great.

camera:

used to think, what the h... do i need a phone with a camera for?
in fact ma opinion on this matter hasnt changed...at least as far as viewing the pics on the phone is concerned.

S55 aint the best for this but tell you what? i've taken about twenty pics with this phone and results blew me away, still do.

i would take the camera with me everywhere i go if i could save 20 high quality pics on the phone at a time without sacrificing java appz and games.

the pics are xcellent if not perfect when transferred on to the pc. just magic. too bad i cant take money photos with this phone coz of lack of memory... drop me a mail if u wanna have a look at some of the pics. lordking05@hotmail.com

memory:

way too small for this "all doer" phone. just too small.
siemens seriously should have created a multimedia card slot for this phone. once again what were they thinking about?

Dont care much about the color indepth but for the memory...oh boy..i do. memory is already occupied. man oh man. siemens.

conclusion:
i woudnt have any reason to buy another phone if this handset had a better color display and multimedia card slot... a larger memory could do. this phone should however be able to to serve me until dem 3G(utms) phones come out. Dont have any reason to buy the SL55 or the SX1 either. dont need radio and mp3s on my phone. if anything it would be because of the memory.

i guess it aint all that bad...for me... coz i've deleted all ringing tones but 6 and pictures on the phone to make way for my java applications.



sorry i couldnt keep this review as shor
t as possible.

i can write more...say 3-4 more pages... if i address every single thing this phone's got and can do.


ratings:

features: xcellent-- 9.99
receiving quality. 9
menu setup:8.5
transportability:10
battery life:8
design:10
performance: 9.999
recommendation: yes... go get it.

overall: say: 95/100.

could be hundred with a bettah graphic display and larger memory.

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