Sony Ericsson Z550i

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Sony Ericsson Z550i

Frazier Barretto, Sep 15, 2006 1500 hrs IST

The Sony Ericsson Z550i is a GSM Tri-band clamshell. Let's have a look at it.

Feature-rich phone, Elegant and sturdy design, Good build and finish, 1.3 MP Camera, 20 MB internal memory, Expandable memory, Well-priced.

Average bundle, M2 memory is very expensive.

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Sony Ericsson Z550i

Standard Li-ion Battery

Travel Charger

User Manual

Handsfree

Features

The phone has an almost similar set of features to Nokia's 6131. The phone sports a 1.3 MP camera, which performs well; but, this too misses a flash for assistance in bad lighting or night-mode. The phone has just 20 MB (10 MB more than 6131) of internal memory. The internal memory provided should be adequate for your ringtones and pictures captured by the camera of the phone.

The phone supports Sony Memory Micro M2, which is pretty expensive at the moment since it's a new type of memory from Sony and 1 GB is the highest capacity available (max capacity will increase in time.) The memory card slot is placed under the battery cover but not under the battery that makes it hot-swappable, just like the Nokia 6131. The phone has a music player and an FM tuner as well; something most people in our country look for in a phone. The FM reception is pretty good but if you are not much of a radio type of a guy in terms of music then you can always opt for your own selection of music by slotting in a memory card or else you'll have to deal with just 20 MB. The music player of the phone is similar to the player in the Walkman series but misses all the special goodies like the MegaBass preset and the typical orange color skin of the player.
The player can be minimized and you can continue using the other features of the phone.