| Dimensions: | 88 x 45 x 20 mm |
| Weight: | 92 g |
| Display: | 176×220 pixel and 262,144-colour TFT |
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A modern classic – compact yet comprehensive
The elegant clamshell design will fit comfortably into you hand. Open it, and there’s everything you need for communications, imaging and entertainment.
The Sony Ericsson Z550i is also a clamshell like its competitor the 6131. It is a GSM Tri-band phone while Nokia’s 6131 is a GSM Quad-band phone. The Z550i is smaller and thus lighter weighing just 93 grams with dimensions 87.5 x 45.4 x 20 mm. The Z550i has a 256K TFT color screen on the inside and a mono-display on the outside. The external mono-display does well displaying the time, name of the contact or number of the incoming call, FM Radio Station, and alerts (message, missed call, reminders, etc.) The contrast of the inner screen is good and looks very pleasant to the eyes. The screen is smaller compared to the 6131, that’s because of the comparatively small dimensions of the clamshell.
The phone has dual screens & the external screen provides the user with a useful external monochrome display. The external screen displays the time & date along with calendar reminders. The internal display provides 262k colours on a TFT screen which measures 1.9 Inches. The phone comes with wallpaper animations, screensavers & themed colourful displays which allow the user to create a personal feel to their phones displays. The Z550i camera phone comes with a 1.3 megapixel digital camera feature complete with 4 x digital zoom. The user will find the camera feature fun & extremely user friendly with some very useable editing features. The user can use the video record feature if they need to capture the moment in motion. The user can stream video onto their Sony Ericsson Z550i & the phone comes with a Video DJ™ feature which allows the user to create a video sequence by simply combining different video clips together & incorporating sound for a perfect finish.
The front of the phone houses the 1.3 megapixel camera lens and an external display set in landscape mode, similar to the one used on the Z610i. A self-portrait mirror is located just above this display. Located on the right hand side of the phone are the volume keys, while on the left is the memory card slot situated behind the battery cover. The card is still hot-swappable, but you’ll have to remove the battery cover first. The proprietary Sony Ericsson Fast Port can be found on the bottom edge of the handset, which does double duty for plugging in the charger and USB data cable. Finally, on the back of the handset you’ll find the loudspeaker and battery cover with the same brushed metal finish as the rest of the phone.
Camera
* Camera - 1.3-megapixel
* Digital zoom - 4x
* Video record
Music
* Media Player
* Music tones
* PlayNow™
Messaging
* Email:
* MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
* Predictive text input
* SMS long (Text Messaging)
* Sound recorder
Connectivity
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Modem
* Synchronisation PC
* USB mass storage
* USB support
