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Samsung SGH-i550W

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Very good

6.9

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Good Attempt by Samsung

May 8, 2008

Rating: 5 out of 10 (Average)
Pros: Wifi, Trackball, Decent screen size, easy to use interface(Symbian)
Cons: Terrible Battery life, Wifi, 3.2MP Camera with poor flash for taking pic in the dark, conventional design, Cannot sync with MACBOOK.
Opinion:
To begin, i550W comes in an conventionally designed box. Not appealing to me as compared to the presentation used by Nokia, SE and best of all, Iphone. Please make your package more attractive!!!

i550w comes with many standard accessories like headphone, 1GB MicroSD, Charger, 1 Batt only (those who r using will know why i add in the word only), instruction booklet, CD for GPS and PC Suites. So nothing special on these stuff.

I had a hard time getting the GPS to work. I tried activating it but it didn't work. Really do not know what i did and the GPS finally work. It's a Miracle. Searching for a location is quick for me. 1st time using a GPS to help me find my way in Singapore so there's no way for me to compare with other phone models or GPS unit.

On paper, this phone has everything. I like the fact it has WIFI. ... Read more

 

Great phone BUT.....

Apr 2, 2008

Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)
Pros: not compatible with Vista
Cons: good solid symbian OS
Opinion:
I just bought this phone from M1 and was eager to use the phone and all its features. After all the set up discovered that the software for PC only operates in XP or Win2000. Called Samsung and all they have is an apology.

I was thinking this phone has been in the market for a while (in other regions) and i am very surprised and disappointed that there is no PC suite softare for Vista.

What is the use of a smart phone when i can't even sync my calendar on my outlook.

Now have to use back my good old N95.. on hindset I should have upgraded to N95 8GB rather than trying out samsung.

Nokia 1 : Samsung 0.


 

Value for Money - Loving it

Apr 1, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: A Power-pack device, full connectivity, GPS, expandable memory (with my 8GB microSD), trackball (getting use to it, nice feature), slide cover for charging point
Cons: can be even slimmer, color of the phone is too conservative
Opinion:
Great phone after been using it for a week. Full suite of connectivity solutions to meet my needs, now able to connect to WiFi when at home. Pictures taken are pretty sharp, not sure if I can get a Biz card reader apps for it. Save a lot of money with the Navigation kits provided (navigation s/w with 2 country maps, car holder to mount to my windscreen and car charger); a note in the package stated GPS+ (anyway tried with it) and it really helps to get quick GPS fix. Not been using the Malaysia maps, no complaint since this is a bonus! Last 2 models which I have been are Samsung phones, anyway is slowly getting use to the new interface. Got a comment from my friend that the features & functions are like a Nok device??



 

Good try towards Symbian but price and value just not as good as Nokia

Mar 31, 2008

Rating: 4 out of 10 (Mediocre)
Pros: Nice layout of Keypads, big LCD, Loud Speaker/ringtones, trackball
Cons: Camera mediocre, Poor value in Software/Downloads, Poor GPS implementation, Pricing not right;
Opinion:
Good try for coming towards Symbian but Samsung has a long way to learn from Nokia (Series 60) and SE (UIQ). Lack of free downloads and quality software is going to ruin the sale of this phone. Pricing it at just over $738 with no bundled software is useless to the power user. It does not even come with Mail for Exchange but keeps promoting itself as a push mail device. That s/w alone from Dataviz is about $50. That alone will be enough to push this phone out of its value for money. With $788, I could go for so much more options out there with rich multimedia functions too.

GPS implementation is poor. Does not provide good navigation and takes too long to lock down on signal. Battery standy is average. Camera is practically very basic and not even close to what SE K810 has for their 3.2megapix. Its sad that Samsung does not even use ... Read more

 

One of the Best Symbian Device

Mar 31, 2008

Rating: 10 out of 10 (Perfect)
Pros: WiFi, 3.5G, GPS, good LCD screen, responsive navigation trackball, 3.5mm earphone supported
Cons: no desktop charger, lack of edit function in QuickOffice (need too buy the license)
Opinion:
Did not expect such a sophisticated and functions-pack device from Samsung. Best of all, it is running on S60 since I have been using the N-series phone over the last 3 years :-)

Thought I will give-away this phone after 2 days, but think I will keep this phone for long now. It is very intuitive (no problem for me to adjust to it.

What I like most is it GPS function; without even need to pay for the Full-License navigation software and maps (check in Agis and it costs more than US$150)! Being a 1st time user of GPS, I am really happy that I am able to setup everything in minutes by following the reference guide provided. Has been using the navigator since and find that it is pretty good solutions. esp like the voice navigation since I cannot been looking at the screen when driving! Will be wonderful if there is Hokkien language supported; for ... Read more

 

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Ivan74: I turn off the auto scanning function and 3G but still didn't get more than 2 full days of ...
minas77: you are right regarding WLAN scanning and battery life, i always have WLAN scanning set to OFF, when i ...
vernonlcm: Heard from many that the bad life is quite bad and you need to charge every night with moderate ...
minas77: thanks! hope it works well for me!
damiankoh: hey there, i installed the HandyWi program without any problems on the i550W, so i guess it should work ...

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