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Sony Ericsson Z550i

By Ella Morton on 21 November 2006

The Z550i is a chic but sensible lower-end phone that does the basics well and adds a sprinkling of extras. We'd rate it higher if not for a significant text-related performance problem.

Editor's rating:6.5 User rating:8.1

Comments (73)

  • rea20@yahoo.com gave 10/10 on 08/11/2007 03:42

    • Good: Has all the features I want and has a cool design

    What can I say about this mobile phone well the design of its body is pretty cute because the bodyis not just made out of plastic but it is made up with a combination of metal and plastic and what i like about this mobile phoneis that it is a Flip top mobile phone and it only weighs 93G which is so easy to me to bring it wherever I go and it almost has all the features I want for my mobile phone.

  • Dotaportal gave 10/10 on 03/11/2007 04:14

    • Good: really nice phone to use.
    • Bad: none

    The performance of this mobile phone for me is very Useful bec. it has all the features I want for a mobile phone and about the structure of the body well it is well design.


  • PrettyMia gave 10/10 on 03/11/2007 04:03

    well, this mobile phone is the best because it has all the features I want for my mobile phone.

  • anand gave 8/10 on 31/10/2007 22:25

    good phone

  • raul gave 4/10 on 23/10/2007 00:19

    • Good: bluetooth
      speakers
    • Bad: seems to be ghost struck.
      sometimes the phone hangs up,earpiece do not work.

    overall a good phone.

  • Eric Sson gave 9/10 on 23/09/2007 01:45

    • Good: A top notch phone for the price, with all the bells and whistles most people (except for the ultra-techy high end users) will ever need.
      Great looking, with a solid and sturdy design too.
    • Bad: As has been mentioned, the speaker volume is a bit low, which is easily the phone's biggest (and pretty much only) major fault. Even at max volume you're going to struggle to hear well in loud areas at times.
      A USB cable would have been nice!

    A quality phone at a great price.

  • Mystic Crusader gave 6/10 on 22/09/2007 15:52

    • Good: -Good Camera for the price.
      -music player
      -radio
      -responsive
    • Bad: -Second display screen is a little bland.
      -Speaker is bad
      -when i open the phone it takes some loading time to open background.
      -pre loaded sounds and background pictures are bad
      -battery life is crappy

    I got my one for $150AU and i find this phone to be an above average phone...

  • Sumathi gave 10/10 on 21/09/2007 00:09

    • Good: Nice make in cheaper rate.
    • Bad: Battery downs quickly.

    Very Cute design. I luv it a lot. It has good quality in video coverage.

  • naveen gave 10/10 on 25/08/2007 20:47

    • Bad: low speaker volume

    awesome phone

  • Boris gave 9/10 on 27/07/2007 13:59

    • Good: All round good phone
    • Bad: there are so few that it's not worth mentioning them

    I need help with downloading the software for z550i, on the Sony website they have software downloads only for Windows 2000 and XP, i have Windows ME, what do I do

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