Sony Ericsson K550i

Sony Ericsson K550i is one of the best feature rich multimedia phone from Sony Ericsson in the mid range. It is one of the entry level phones from Sony Ericsson in the cybershot category. It has got a stylish design which catches everyone's eyes. The looks of Sony Ericsson K550i is amazing but it has got very small keys in the keypad. So it's difficult to type faster initially, but its easy when we get used to it. Another feature is that unlike other Sony Ericsson phones it doesn't have a joystick for navigation but a 5 way navigation key is used. So you need not get worried of loosing joystick by playing games on your mobile. The keypad also has shortcut keys for connecting internet and accessing minimized applications.

Sony Ericsson K550i is the entry level model in the cybershot series with a 2 mega pixel camera. It has also got an LED flash and a covering slide to protect the camera. Also some useful photo editing tools are also pre-installed in Sony Ericsson K550i. Options to upload photo to your blog and send directly through MMS are also available with Sony Ericsson K550i. We can record video and take snapshots from the video using tools in this mobile phone.

It supports audio formats like mp3, aac and video formats like 3gp for playing your audio and video files. Sony Ericsson K 550i also has separate players for audio and video playing. The sound through speakers is little bit low, but the quality of sound through head sets are amazing. It has got an internal memory of 64 MB and you can expand the memory using a micro memory card upto 2 GB which is enough for storing lot of music and photos.

Sony Ericsson K550i has connectivity options like GPRS, EDGE and it doesn't have 3G support which is a major drawback. It has good battery backup but not the best for a phone in cybershot series. The Sony Ericsson K550i gets heated when we use it continuously for a long time which is also a drawback. Overall its a good phone in the mid range budget with a price of around Rs.7000 (approximately). If you need 3GP facility you can look for Sony Ericsson K530i which having almost same functions and price.

Technical Specification:

Screen:

262.144 color TFD, 176x220 pixels

Memory

- Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support (up to 2 GB)
- Phone memory 64MB

Networks

- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

Available colours: Jet Black - Plum Ruby - Pearl White - Sophisticated Silver

Sizes

- 102.0 x 46.0 x 14.0 mm
- 4.0 x 1.8 x 0.6 inches