Sony Ericsson W550i Swivel mobile phone handset reviews and tariffs

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Score: 7.5/10

16 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This mobile phone has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on ease of use. “For all the cellphones i have,my ericsson w550i is the best cellphone i have” Rowena, cambridge,cherryhinton View all 16 real customer reviews

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Real customer reviews

16 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
33% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (16)
Battery life7.4
Design7.6
Ease of use6.7
Features7.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)7.4
Overall rating7.5
 

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Rowena, cambridge,cherryhinton

Score 10.0/10

+ for all the cellphones i have,my ericsson w550i is the best cellphone i have

- none

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45 of 45 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jan 2006

Rachel, Hoey

Score 10.0/10

+ this phone is just the right size its small bt not too small so you dont end up losin it sumwhere in your bag!! the stereo on this phone is very good and a lot louder than i thought it may be

- The only bad points i would say this fone has is that ican sumtyms freeze on you if u make it work a lil too quickly, and the positon of the walkman and web on the front of the fone, as I sometimes knock the walkman when pressing a button and my walkman starts palyin full volume

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36 of 36 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jan 2006

andrew, telford

Score 6.0/10

+ small

- the buttons are too small

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31 of 31 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Jan 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ I love the design and the audio quality is excellent

- Picture quality isn't all that though!

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27 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Jan 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ graphic, menu, idea with handle, MP3, quite long batery life

- menu work very slow, camera 1.3 Mpixel is much much worst like another 1.3 cameras in anothers mobilephones, more colores of screen pad

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27 of 27 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Jan 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Great Design, nice to hold. Good sound and picture quality

- Perhaps have the swivel mechanism motorised. Not really any bad points

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26 of 26 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Jan 2006

Steve, Northallerton

Score 8.0/10

+ Excellent sound and quality for a reasonable price.

- Not compatible with Sonys Atrac3 software to download to phone.

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Jan 2006

Sharon, plymoth

Score 10.0/10

+ A good phone nice to talk into easy to use good games and music

- The lock keeps unlocking in my pocket or handbag

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jan 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ walkman is good

- blue tooth is not fully operational

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16 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Jan 2006

Adam, Winsford

Score 5.0/10

+ This is quite a good phone with alot of feautures, would recomend to most people who wnat fancy phone

- Its not very easy to use and the swival is bad desing.

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jan 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ Good sounding features - pictures of product looked very enticing

- very chunky once seen in reality, felt really heavy and cumbersome.
Generally far too big .
Also swivel design always felt upside down.
A real let down - not suitable if you are looking for a comact lightweight modern phone.

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jan 2006

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 2.0/10

+ none apart from being on orange

- the whole phone never again will i have this phone

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jan 2006

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Expert reviews for Sony Ericsson W550i

TechRadar expert review

The w550i borrows heavily from last year's S700i swivel-action design. Like the rest of the current Sony Ericsson range, its vaguely puckish look masks a cach√© of grown-up features.While it might appear stumpy and awkward, the front mounted thumb pad and media access buttons mean music, games and a quick-glance menu are all instantly accessible. As is to be expected from a handset carrying the Walkman badge, the digital media player and FM radio are first class and sound easily as good as any dedicated PMPs.Considering it's one of the cheaper phones in this test, the w550i seems to…

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reviewed 18 May 2006

Product Features

3G No
Touchscreen No
Type Swivel
Band Tri
EDGE No
WiFi No
Camera Resolution in MegaPixels 1.3
Screen Resolution (pixels) 176x220
Bluetooth Yes
XHTML Browser Yes
WAP Yes
FM Tuner Yes
Email Functionality Yes
SatNav No
MP3 ATRAC Playback Yes
Operating System Proprietary OS
Memory Card Slot No
Weight (g) 120
Talk Time (hours) 8.5
Standby Time (hours) 400
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) No
USB Port Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Instant Messaging Yes
Built-in Camera Yes
Dimensions (mm) 93x47x23
Java Yes
SAR (W per kg in 10g) .77
Games Yes
HTML Browser No
Phone book capacity (names) 1000
Colour Multi
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Manufacturer's Description

Relax and unwind with a phone designed for fun! Exciting 3D games, advanced digital music player, an impressive camera with video recording and more.


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