Sony Ericsson W550 Walkman phone review
Review time now. The Sony Ericsson W550 Walkman music phone has an advanced digital music player with excellent sound quality delivered through two external high quality stereo speakers or through quality stereo headphones provided with the phone. Equipped with a 1.3 MegaPixel camera, the W550 captures stills and video-clips – with 4x digital zoom for close-ups – that can then be stored or shared using MMS or Bluetooth, or even transferred to a PC via USB cable. The W550 Walkman phone is 99g in weight, and measures 93 x 47 x 23 mm , with a battery life of 30 hours.
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Reviews of the Sony Ericsson W550 Walkman phone
MobileReview provide an extremely comprehensive review of the Sony Ericsson W550 and W600, with many pictures, concluding (I think!) "The S600 uses the entire leader K750's ideas though brings own solutions in both design and functionality (game buttons, screen, sound). The model has no direct rivals and can't be trivially compared with any other. Such an absence of direct rivals usually means the device will be either niche or extremely popular. And here, I think, the S600 originality will reveal, it won't be a bestseller, though will have stable sales in its segment. Also such models as the Nokia 6101, Siemens CX75 may be selected as ersatz alternatives. But both functionality and positioning of these models are different, they don't cross directly."
Running this through BabelFish tells me MobileReview think the phone's good, but will have limited appeal. Given that it's the baby of the Walkman phone family, I agree - I'd hang out for a Sony Ericsson W800 or W900 if you can afford it.
