Siemens S55 Review

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Siemens S55
3.5 stars
Average rating for this product is: 3.5 out of 5

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jetster's Review of Siemens S55

22nd Apr 2004

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Time Phone Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Battery Life
    2.5 stars
  • Reception
    3.5 stars
  • Reviewers Network
    Fresh
  • Screen Quality
    2.5 stars
  • Features
    4 stars
  • Style
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Bluetooth
Nice Shape
Small
Lights up in the dark
Clear sound quality


Bad Points

Not very easy to use keys
Light doesn't stay on long enough
The menu system is awful


General Comments

I wouldn't have this Siemens S55 mobile phone if I didn't want a bluetooth that would work with my PDA, it was free with Fresh so that was a good selling feature. On the face of it though I would say that I'm pretty glad that using it for games, sms, or speaking on is not it's main purpose and that I'm doing much of that through the PDA.

The keys are plasticky and small, and the menu system isn't intuitive or easy to use. I would rather have a non-icon driven menu that simply listed the options, instead of a wierd filesystem based thing that doesn't work very well.

Without paying to download any extras the colour screen and polyphonic sounds seem like gimmicks rather than used to their true potential. The colour screen may be good for a phone, but compared to the PDA it really is a poor relation. It seems clear the idea is to sell logos, pictures, ringtones etc rather than make an easy to use phone.

Thankfully bluetooth has been easy to set up. Though it could be this to blame for the battery drain? Why is it that a bluetooth phone without all the extra stuff is so difficult to get?

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