sony ericsson k550i phone review (Sony Ericsson K550i)

Member Name: emmaisreallycool

Product:	Sony Ericsson K550i
Date:	03/08/08 (188 review reads)
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Advantages: excellent organiser options, great sound, simple

Disadvantages: internet is evil, only one game, practically no memory.

I love my sony erricson, its adorable. i got it in Plum drawn to it because i liked its plum colour haha.
After having a nokia 3310 I was just looking for something i could take out and not feel ashamed about having, and wasnt too big.
This phone is small its quite slim its really cute and its easy to use!

Camera-Isnt awful but could always be better, would be good if it took pictures quicker, it has like a five second delay before it takes which always ends with me having a slightly blurred picture from trying to work out if its taken or not.

Games-i was really annoyed that this phone only had one game to offer 'puzzle slider' which was fun until i completed it but even then it refused to tell me that i'd finished when i had, and once i got into the game it took about ten minutes to try and exit it, the only way to exit the game seemed to be by turning off the phone and turning it back on again. The only way i could get more for my phone would be buy going onto the internet via my phone and downloading more which brings me onto the next bit.

Internet-very small and quite fiddly to use. Also ridiculously expensive. when i wanted to download from sony erricson to have something other than the horrible puzzle slider it firstly took forever and also all my credit but then it didnt even work. It told me the download wasnt successful which left me feeling sad, cheated and conned.

texting-so easy. thats all i need to say, the buttons arent too small but they arent too big either and i can just tap away and its awesome. I love the little animations you can put into your texts.

Memory-Awful. I can only hold about ten songs and ten pictures, also it wont let me delete some of the default ringtones which is a bit of a bummer. But i'm going to see if i can buy a new memory card which should solve this problem,although i wish the memory card they gave me was better.

Ringtones-the default ones arent awful but i was immediatly adding my own tunes which i really like. I love that i can use one of my ringtones as my wake up alarm, ive had some funny mornings due to waking up to jump by van halen.

Radio-LOVE IT! and it doesnt take up the battery like at all! its immense and you can set it so you dont have to keep searching for the station it'll do it for you which i love because im always on holiday so its nice just to sit back listening to radio one without having to play with it when i get to weird parts of the motorway.

Organiser-the alarm, the notes, the calender, the reminders. Wow! its amazing. Its so good i can no longer live without my phone because it just reminds me of everything i need to do, i can quickly get down new peoples msn addresses onto my notes and the calender stops me from forgetting peoples birthdays and i always forget birthdays. Wonderful, this is the phones strong point.

themes-i love i can have different themes but ive had to get my friends to bluetooth me them because i hate using my internet on the phone. It angers me.

Bluetooth/infrared-Excellent, i can send to pretty much all my friends because its not just bluetooth its infra red too which is just amazing. So its yay!


and thats all i can think of :)

Summary: despite its flaws its practical and its all i need.

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