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Motorola V550

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Motorola V550 Based on the Motorola V525 - The V550 sizzles with even more fun. Now capture, download and watch video clips in colour to enjoy news footage, sports highlights and more. Get snapping with the integrated camera, then show everyone what's new with a photo message. When your mates call - see who it is with the picture phonebook. Keep in touch on your travels with Quad Band and make group calls with the built-in speakerphone.

Features of the Motorola V550 include:

  • Camera: Integrated Digital Camera with 4x digital zoom
  • Video Camera: Video capture, playback and download
  • Display: Internal: 65k TFT Colour (176 x 220), External: 2 Line (96 x 32, with blue backlight)
  • Java Games: Downloadable
  • Ringtones: Polyphonic, MP3, MotoMixer
  • Connectivity: Bluetooth
  • Memory: 5MB
  • Messaging: MMS, EMS 5.0, SMS Chat one-to-one, Instant Messaging Support, E-mail
  • Talk Time: 450 minutes
  • Standby: 240 hours
  • Operating Frequency: Quad Band (900/1800/1900/850 MHz)
  • Weight: 123g

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Motorola V550 Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 January 2005)

Motorola V550 Consumer Reviews (59 reviews)

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Reviewed by Nita on 25/06/2010
I have a motorola V550 but it wont ring otherwise no problems
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Reviewed by Don on 29/07/2009
I find the Motorola V550 to be a very reliable phone indeed. I prefer the bulky type of phone as it helps to alert you if you are about to sit on it, the bulk promps you to remind you it's there. When I brought a slim-line phone I could sit down and not notice it but when it rang and I removed it from my back pocket I would find the phone with a broken screen. I also like the design of this type of phone. Another advantage of the bulky type of phone is: witch ever pocket it is in you will know it's there, you could pad yourself and you'll find it, with a slim-line phone it's very easy to miss it. That's my little review of the Motorola V550. Bring it back, I love this phone, I have one for use and I brought 2 off E**y mint con on stand-by that how much I love this phone. Thanks.
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Reviewed by Noir on 14/05/2009
Iv had this phone for over five years now and its still working strong! It could be thinner with much more memory, but for a basic phone it is a great value ofr money. Iv never had to have it repaired, however now in its old age, people somtimes find it difficult to connect with my phone - think its time for an update!
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Reviewed by Karl on 12/03/2009
Wow, this phone just keeps on going! My V550 has lasted 3-4 years at least, and yet it still works! There is the odd scratch on the casing, but it still does all the things it did when it was new. But it's apparently worth 94p according to Envirofone. Mazuma thinks it's worth £2! I won't trade it in though. What a purchase!
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Reviewed by Tom Mc on 03/04/2008
I have had this phone for four years now and have found it to be very reliable and very robust. I am very careless with phones chucking them around onto concrete etc. and this phone has stood up to a lot of beating. One problem is the tiny memory.
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Reviewed by Mateja on 26/03/2008
i've had this phone for 3 yrs now, and I just luv it, but it's time to buy a new one....xD
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Reviewed by ya mum on 24/03/2008
ive got it and it pretty B O R ING
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Reviewed by edin on 18/02/2008
its a bad phone...
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Reviewed by Karl on 04/01/2008
I absolutely hate this phone XD can't wait for tomorrow so i can get my sony w200
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Reviewed by Niall McKeon on 26/12/2007
The phone is very good! I've had mine for 3years now and it is a great phone! I had changed the phone yesterday (I got an iPhone), but it was still a great phone! iPhone is better though, as I am using it right now to type this review! The V550 is very outdated by now,but the battery life is very good, with 2 days without a charge still going! Great job, Motorola!
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Reviewed by Emily on 21/12/2007
This phone is rubbish. The keys break the whole time and it randomly freezes!! DONT BUY IT!!!!
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Reviewed by mike smith on 28/11/2007
the phone is ok? but the camera is tereble and the vids when ever i play then back always wind forward so they really fast. RUBISH
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Reviewed by karlos on 21/10/2007
The best phone I had since my first, which was back in 1995. If you want a phone that is, well, just a phone, then get this. It does what it says on the tin. If you are one of these sad cases who thinks that 'life is your phone', well, go scr*w yourself, not over this phone, but just because you need to get a life, you two dimensional sad vaccous bozo.
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Reviewed by Laltu Purokayet on 22/09/2007
That's very very nice Fone Hello moto, Motorola-V550
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Reviewed by Nathan on 16/09/2007
This is the worst pkone I have ever had the displeasure and misfortune of owning! Memory: 5mb which is absolute pants Camera: worse than useless Camera Lens: Inadequate Vider Recording: Don't bother Bluetooth: Try pi*sing in the wind, you'll get more pleasure! Anyone who rates this phone as being of any use needs urgent psyciateric assistance!!!
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Reviewed by wendy on 03/09/2007
bought as a gift for hubby and he loves it. its straight forward to use and once he found out how to make the video capture last longer it appealed even more.
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Reviewed by L.E on 14/08/2007
I've had this phone for a year and a half. I was hesitant to get it as I live a very outdoor lifestyle, working on farms and owning horses. It has certainly lived up to my expectations as i have lost count as to how many times I have dropped it on concrete or in puddles and it still comes out good as new. The video recording could be a bit longer and the quality slightly better but the fact that it has kept me (a 16 year old) amused for a year and a half without wanting a new one makes me think it is a an outstandingly robust and quality phone.
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Reviewed by bobbean52 on 27/07/2007
Paid £100 for it, and was VERY dissapointed. Within a few days it started breaking, the main problem being it wouldn't charge. Also, this seems to be spread across Motorola's entire range, but had extremely little internal memory (5.5mb), with no memory card slot.
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Reviewed by nancy on 24/06/2007
its a great phone. ive dropped it on the ground whacked it against the walls dropped it from my staircase and it hasn't damaged it 1 bit!! i was a bit annoyed when i found out you had to buy the bluetooth dongle but apart for that its great. ive had it for 3 years and is working fab. its a bit chunky and i wish it could hold more than the theme tune of pingu on its mp3. ive tried working it in japan but no can do. it said it was quad band?????wish camera was better. maybe it doesnt work in japan :S sometimes it has lines across the screen and it hangs but not often and its sar level is quite high. i can feel it frying my brain sometimes! the games are good... overall its a pretty good phone.
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Reviewed by mazweni on 22/06/2007
pliz,your next version should have a memory card.
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Reviewed by Shy Girl on 21/06/2007
Hey guyz and galz, I also have my own V550...But I must say...It's battery does not last long...And its camera is NOT easy to clean...It has too LITTLE memory and it's camera effects doesn't satisfy me...But on the other hand...it's not a pretty bad phone 4 it's looks :p I just don't know 1 thing....where do I get my themes on this phone???...phew...at least im upgrading to a samsung D500...And that's a pretty cool phone...but plz if any ! can tell me where to get the V550's features I would be VERY gratfull Thanx. Shy Girl
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Reviewed by purokayet on 12/06/2007
is it very very sexy mobile phone I am love it
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Reviewed by mahamud ahammed purokayet on 23/05/2007
THIS FONE IS BRILLIANT ITS DA BEST FONE I HAV HAD YET GOOD QUALITY CAMERA AND GOOD QUALITY VIDEO RECORD LASTS UP 2 ABOUT 7 SECCONS AT FIRST BUT U CAN CHANGE IT BY GOING ON 2 UR VIDEOS PRESSING DA BUTTON WITH THE LINES ON GO 2 VIDEO SET UP THEN 2 VIDEO LENGHTH AND CHANGE IT 2 MAXIMUM THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT A MUINUET VIDEORECORDING INSTEAD OF 7 SECCONS THE BLUETOOTH IS GREAT THE SOUND IS REALLY GOOD NOT TINNY JUST THE WAY YOU WOULD WANT IT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD PICS AND MUSIC ON DA NET WICH R ABOUT 3 POUND AND PICS ARE ABT 1 POUND BUT PEEPS U STILL AY TOLD ME HOW 2 RECCORD RINGTONES COULD SUMMONE PLZ TELL ME I AM GOING MAD 2 FIND OUT ???????????PLZ PEEPLE?????
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Reviewed by shastri on 29/04/2007
i own one and i love it . i only have a problem with is small memory capacity
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Reviewed by Asha on 15/04/2007
I have this phone for a while now and i find very reliable and user friendly.The only thing is that i wish the camera side was a little better.
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Reviewed by x--sarah--x on 28/03/2007
hello everyone xx well i got this phone about a year and a half ago and at the time when i bought it i was amazed with it and it seemed the perfect one if you know what i mean. It is a really nice and sleek design with some great features. To me it does not have a very good camera the photos are 9 times out of 10 blurry although the video camera is much better but then again has low time on it. The thing that i really hate about this moblile now is the lack of memory it can basically only store 2 full ength songs and a few pictures whihc is quite poor. It really depends what you are looking for in a phone from music to calls it is best for calling and texting the buttons are very easy to get to grips with. It has good games and you can easliy acess he internet from it and download them although it costs. Very rarely there is free things but when there is they are quite good. Somwtimes you get messages giving you a free ringtone and although you can pick out of god o ptions it actually does costyou asbout 1 pound and i dont know why but that uis a very good price for a ringtone. The internet does not cost you to go on unless you are searching somthing inparticular like google or buying so,thing you can browse the homepage and all the offers free of charge. The phone is easy to use and easy to flip up it has quite a loud volume range and voice speaker not so loud and not very long. It has a caledar and calculator etc where you can store and get alarms for important dates. The ringtones that come with it are not to bad and polyphinic. It lights up and has a screensaver etc which you can pick. When you forst get it it has all of the memopry and the pics and sounds dont take up any memory although you cannot delete themof your phine which somtimes gets quite annoying. Overall it is a nice little phone and depending on what you are looking for in a phone v gd or bad its quite simple so if you want one of he high tech latest phones its not the best thing for you. Hope this helped you and enjoy love you lots xxx sarah xxx age 13 west sussex oo i almost forgot it has an outstanding battery life the best feature on it will envr fail xxx
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Reviewed by Heather on 05/02/2007
I got this phone for my b'day last year, and its just started going wrong. The voice record has been c**p since we bought it, and since then the video and camera have got progressively worse. Now the bluetooth has gone wrong, and its a system error that wasn't there 3 weeks ago. At first I thought it was great, but after seeing my dads new samsung, I realised its c**p.
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Reviewed by Rs on 19/12/2006
Good phone, reliable, no dropped calls so far, bad memory, camera quality is not great, supports mp3 ringtones and has quad band which works well. I had charging problems with this phone but apart from that it's pretty good. Overall, a good buy
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Reviewed by Ryan on 19/12/2006
I got the Motorola V550 In september of 2005. It's a good phone that can handle Mp3 and Records video even though the quality isn't great. The thing i really like about this phone is the Sound it produces witch is great. The annoying thing about this phone is that it doesn't like recharging, i had to bring it back and swap it for another of the same model as it just would'nt charge up. Also the memory is (Let's admit) pretty rubbish, but apart from the charging problem it's been reliable and never drops my calls, Overall it's a good buy
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Reviewed by Paul Donly on 10-05-2006
I have had this phone for over a year and it is terrible.It will not send Picture texts,video texts. The screen freezes.The sound quality is rubbish. It switches to silent when in your pocket.Had to have it replaced after 6 months as you had to keep removing and replacing the battery to get it to function. The new one did the same.You just cant depend on this phone.
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Reviewed by daniel on 16-04-2006
this is da best fone evr!!!! its got a great camera kose it has zoom n brightness.....n ppl who complain bout small memory r not countin how many photos n videos they hav....mine has the same amount of memory like anyone elses n i hav mor than 70 pictures and like 15 videos each 12 or 13 sekonds....its great!!! hav droped it quite a few times but it still fine..n so happy they put bluetooth on this fone...makes it even bettr!!! thanx motorola for makin a excellent fone 4 a good price....kan any1 tell me if this phone has one of those memory card thingyz for this phone...would apreciat it if some1 answered me....not complainin bout the memory...its just would be great if i did hav mor memory...if ther isnt...still happy wif this phone!!!thanx for everything guyz n i recomend it to every1 who wants a good lookin fone wif good features n a good price..cyas!!!
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Reviewed by jamie pope on 16-04-2006
i would like to say if your reviewing it and say the casmera dont work or it turns itself off when you make a call you must have a faulty phone my is brilliant it hass allways worked and this phone is a basic phone not a really high tech one it isnt ment to compeat with say a samsund d600 it is just a good basic cheap phone
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Reviewed by johnny on 10-04-2006
i think the phone is gd because the signal neaver gose and it is esey to use
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Reviewed by Deal or no deal? on 04/04/2006
This fone is amazin!! the camera is gr8 and da screen stays clean 4 ages!!
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Reviewed by gemma on 18-03-2006
this phone is rubbish i dont know how you can call it a phone!!!!!! the camra is rubbish the battery is worse and the back groung keeps on flicking!!!!!!! DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE EVER I AM WARNING YOU IT IS JUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Kevin on 23-02-2006
Without doubt this is the worst phone I have ever had. For starters, the charging cycle is just dreadful. It takes hours. Also, it simply switches off for no reason whatsoever. The response time of the keys is simply awful. The screen is fine for graphic displays (like the menu) but awful for photographs. The side controls are always being activated while in your pocket. But the worst thing of all has to be the fact that it cuts off your call, even with full signal strength, approximately every 7 minutes. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone. If you're looking for a great camera phone then go with Sharp (the GX30i is still one of the finest) or Sony Ericsson and avoid this one completely.
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Reviewed by Paul on 18-02-2006
Had this phone now for 12 months and it is still great! had no problems at all with it. ok so the camera is not brilliant, but i knew that when i got it. Its been dropped quite a few times, covered in cement dust, and is still working like new!! Bluetooth is excellent. Always had Nokias up till this one. Intend to stay with Motorola now!
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Reviewed by jamie pope again on 16-02-2006
you can change the video settings so you can record up to 60 seconds it all depends if you think this fone is rubbish have a fiddle with the settings first and it isnt rubbish it's a very simple and easy fone to use
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Reviewed by mark on 25-01-2006
i got this fone five months ago and i dont think it is good. you can only video record for 9 seconds and i think thats poor. the cameras ok but the battery life is not good. i got a lg u8130 a couple of days ago and it can video record for as long as you like. try lg do not trust motorola.
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Reviewed by jamie pope england on 18-01-2006
this is a good phone all those people saying it has no memory and a bad camera shouldnt say that it it isnt a high spec phone it wasnt intended to be the best it is a good beginer phone that is very easy to use it has enough memory it you use the camera little but it dose have some glitches the charging port dose get fragil after a while and if there is no servise the phones restarts it self but it is a good first phone this was my first camera phone and i love it. it has 5.5 megabytes of memory and a 0.3 megapixle camera so it is good for beginers aqnd it is so simple to use there arnt any hidden menus and this phone is exculusive to vodafone. the sound recording is ment to work as you talk into the phone likle you having a convasation this applys to all of the v series i only found this out a bout a week ago and i got my phone in april.
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Reviewed by Amy from Australia on 14-01-2006
I have had this phone for about a month & i dont understand why it has so many bad reviews. Mine has been excellent, bluetooth, GPRS, camera all work really well. With the GPRS, you actually have to set it up with your network first... its not your phone when GPRS isnt available, It's your sim. Personally Im an accessories girl & this phone has wonderful accessories. I love the MP3 tones & all the different available sttings. For the price the camera is brilliant... the video cam isnt too crash hot but you cant expect everything. At first i didnt like the size but I like it now. For what it cost, the phone is excellent.. I would reccomend this phone to anyone wanting a good looking, reliable phone at a pretty decent price. Well done Motorola, finally an accesorised phone that doesnt cost a million bucks!
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Reviewed by Matty on 29-12-2005
i have 2 say this phone exceeds my expectations. i was given the motorola v535 for christmas but it was faulty .. and in a replacement i got this fone. . . i was bowled over by the sophistification of it compared 2 the other models below it. i would recommend this phone 2 sumbody who does not especially want the best phone . . but then again does wants something more then simple. its easy to use once you get the hang of it and has a reasonable camera . . although the image goes all jerky once i've saved it sometimes, even when i've kept the phone perfectly still. apart from that, the phone is flawless.
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Reviewed by christian on 28-12-2005
just one thing to say - with the video camera, go into it and press the menu button, then select videos setup and change video length to maximum. This will allow the video to record until there is no memory left, instead of the usual small amount of time. I love the rest of the phone, and hearing people complain about the video length was driving me crazy.
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Reviewed by claire on 26-12-2005
My friend got this phone as a replacement for her old one and she thought it was really cool I couldn't stand it! Far to bulky and makes the most annoying sound when signal comes or goes. She now HATES the phone and is desperate for a new one but her mum doesn't want her to because shes not had it for all that long.. DONT buy this awful phone!
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Reviewed by tyler solo on 21-11-2005
had the phone 1 week so far, still trying to get the settings right. finding the video to be a major problem, can anyone tell me how long on average it should record for, it keeps timing out at different times & is not consistant at all. it will vary from 38-1min 10 secs + or - without me pressing anything to cause it to stop.the manual does not give any times or advice to the problem. also finding pics & ferrari video impossible to remove from phone?
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Reviewed by Nadia on 09-09-2005
This phone should be taken off the market, i purchased it just under 3 months ago and have had 3 replacements since! I have had many a phone but this beats the lot for unreliable junk! BE WARNED, STAY WELL AWAY FROM THE V550!
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Reviewed by chpsauce on 03-09-2005
This is a good fone but the size is quite bulky.
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Reviewed by Ray on 25-06-2005
A very unreliable phone. After just 5 months of ownership I've needed 2 warranty repairs. And the warranty service is seriously lacking. I would not recommend this phone.
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Reviewed by Keith on 20-05-2005
Had this phone 1 day and backlight on key pad started flickering then went out, for a while it wouldnt come on. Phoned Vodaphone who sent me replacement phone the next day. Got the phone, charged it up and would you believe it !!.......... the keypad light came on once for 2 seconds then went out never to come on again. i thought it may be the settings, however they were fine, looks as tho i've been sent another faulty phone. apart from that i like the phone. Going to request another replacement.... watch this space !
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Reviewed by katie burchell on 01-04-2005
i think its a really good phone! i like the camera on it and i like the fact that it has video clips on it. the only thing that i would say is a let down for it is that the memory for the camera and the video isnt very good beacuase you can only save about 10-15 pictures and about 8 videos! but apart from that i think its exellent!!
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Reviewed by Ernesto Guevarra on 25-03-2005
i bought this phone last febuary and i still can't figure out how to use it well just the internet. it says GPRS NOT AVAILABLE i look through book and no help, can you plz tell me what to do i want to download some games and stuff but can't. i used to gave that three pay brick and that was better for internet and pictures.
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Reviewed by Jenny on 25-02-2005
i bought this phone start of january #170 and i still can't figure out how to use it well just the internet. it says gprs network not avaliable i look through book and no help and plus camera isn't too good takin pictures. plz tell me what to do i want to download games and stuff but can't. i used to gave that three pay brick and that was better for internet and pictures
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Reviewed by Matt Jenkins on 19-02-2005
Well i went to the Vodafone Shop today so my girlfriend could finally upgrade her Motorola V50!! yes one still exists and is working. Ok she opted for the V550 simply because its Motorola and had Bluetooth which was the main reason for her getting this phone. I just can't bear her to keep driving 100's of miles while driving illegally. Well got it home and after hours of inputting the numbers by hand from the V50 as it has no copy to sim function! it was up and running! Everyone keeps saying how difficult the Bluetooth is to work, well personally i found the settings and connected and installed a Motorola Bluetooth headset in less than a minute without reading the instructions?! Maybe i was just lucky. I'm no big Motorola fan myself, I'm a Sony Ericsson person but this phone isn't bad for the price considering the V3 Razr is completely at a completely stupid price for a phone! It has all the features and the menus are a bit fiddly but after spending a couple of hours with the phone i was getting the hang of it The fact is if you like millions of options and menus 15 layers deep with lots of functions you'll like this phone maybe even love it because it's pretty solid so will last. Or if you're like my g/friend who is a phone-technophobe and hate phones with gadgets, and menus and colour screens and wish mobiles had a big circular dialing ring then you will still like this phone because of as i said above its a good solid phone that will last and you can always ignore all the extra fang-dangled bits as my g/f would say and just use it as a phone!
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Reviewed by Norman on 15-02-2005
excellent phone however having some bluetooth and usb connection problems sometimes, good memory for storing games, pictures, etc, easy 2 use and works well as a phone. generally i'm impressed.
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Reviewed by gilly on 06-02-2005
For 10 years I have always had nokias,and to convince me to stay with my network provider they offerd my the Motorola 550 or the Nokia 3220,and as i didnt like the look of the flashing lights of the Nokia, so took the plunge and had the flip. Its been quite an experince, in a few hours I have taken great photos and saved them understood most of the menues, and changed my ring tones many times. The main thing I dont like is, that you can text without having some sort of predictor text on which I am not used to and hate it with a vengence, when typing in 3 letters, it finshes the word for you, most annoying, when 9 out of 10 times its the wrong one. But most of us dont like change, and maybe in time I will get used to it, But saying all this, I do rather like, it feels good, has a lovly large clear screen and a good sounds, better than ive been used to. And I feel quiet pleased with my self, for having conqured most. There is an awful lot of features, most of which I will never use, overall yes good decision
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Reviewed by Ian Shere on 11-01-2005
Bought late December 2004. Main reason was to Bluetooth with my IPAQ 3870. Thus far I have managed to get them talking but, despite following instuctions on my Telco's site, have been unable to get the phone to dial the network on request from PDA. However, that's not the worst of it! Desite having downloaded and set up different rings, the phone randomly plays anything it likes for an incoming call. When setting a distinctive ring via ringerID, ALL actions from that number (eg. texts) ALSO play that tune, not the globally set tune for that action. When using the headset, no playback is heard when selecting tunes. Overall I am terribly disappointed with the phone. It's not top end, but it's in the higher bracket and I expected alot more. I had considered giving it a rating of poor. What I would rate as poor is mt Telco, Vodafone. They have been MOST unhelpful in this situation, particularly seeing as I bought the phone directly off one of their retail shops. Rating of 0-1 for Vodafone!
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Reviewed by scott on 09-01-2005
Had this phone for a day & i'm not impressed at all! Maybe it's the fact that im used to Ericsson's easy menu system and the fact that you can turn off predictive text input and the Bluetooth actually works and doesn't crash Windows XP like the Motorola V550 did! Maybe i'm being to picky about some of the features but it would be nice to have an SMS counter so you know how many have been sent. They might all be small problems but when you think that the phone is quite new and the T610 has been around for some time it would be expected for the features listed above to be available on the V550. If you want a phone that has features like a video camera and camera zoom then go for the V550. But if you want ease of use, a fantastic menu system, predictive text that can be turned off, bluetooth AND infrared then the Ericsson wins hands down! I suppose that if I was used to the menu system on Motorola I would have found this phone easier to use but I am going to hopefully swop it for the Ericsson K700i ASAP!
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Reviewed by maria on 28-12-2004
hey, i got this phone 4 xmas and think its a good phone over all all the graphics and camera are gd. However the phone is abit briky not too big thou i guess compared 2 the 3 phones u can by. But i think this phone is well worth bying.
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Reviewed by Nik on 07-12-2004
I have found this phone to one of the easiest phones to use. In the last month I have worked my way through a Nokia 6610 (loved it but had to move on) to a Samsung P510 that won't receive MMS through Vodafone and lacks word wrap in texting, and a Siemens SL65 that has a battery life of a day if you lucky, also very hard to open with one hand! Have now got the V550 and have found it so easy and reliable to use. Battery lasts 2-3 days under normal use. It might be on the chunky side, but I like the feel of it. Good screen and easy to follow menus! Would highly recommend this phone.
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