Fascinating as they are, ultra high-end handsets are not everybody's cup of tea. In fact, the good old mid-range is the bread and butter for every successful mobile phone company, for that's what gets those sales numbers right. As we see it, Samsung i550 might just be the phone to perfectly fit this description. It doesn't yell expensive out loud, but has great all-round functionality and might just become tomorrow's classic.
Key features:
- 2.6" 262K-color TFT display of QVGA resolution
- 3G with HSDPA
- Trackball navigation
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Symbian OS with S60 user interface
Wi-Fi (Samsung i550w only) - 3 megapixel camera with auto focus
- MicroSD card slot
- 3.5mm stereo audio jack
- FM radio
- Decent battery life
- Bluetooth with A2DP support
Main disadvantages:
- Tri-band GSM support only
- Trackball is somewhat slow
- No two-step shutter key
- No Wi-Fi (Samsung i550)
- A bit too conservative looks
- Video recoding limited to QVGA resolution
- Awkward soft key layout
- No RDS
So for now, Samsung i550 is the only handset in this market niche and that seems a good enough stepping stone to success.
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