Siemens SL55 Review

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Siemens SL55
2.8 stars
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analogs's Review of Siemens SL55

27th Sep 2004

Overall Rating

2.5 stars
  • Value for money
    1.5 stars
  • Time Phone Owned
    6 - 12 Months
  • Battery Life
    0.5 stars
  • Reception
    4 stars
  • Reviewers Network
    T-Mobile (USA)
  • Screen Quality
    1 stars
  • Features
    2.5 stars
  • Style
    5 stars
Good Points

Size
'Wow' factor
Slide mechanism


Bad Points

Everything else, with the possible exception of reception


General Comments

I'll admit, it was an impulse buy. I live in the US and had to use Ebay to buy my Siemens SL55 from the UK. I had not actually seen one in person until this piece of rubbish arrived at my home. You've read the other reviews and have heard about how cool it is but by now, it's yesterday's news. Everybody and their brother has seen this phone by now, leaving absolutely no reason whatsoever to buy it.

Ironically, for as good as it looks from a distance, the screen is abysmal. One of my coworkers bought a Motorola T610 around the same time I got my SL55 and I was honestly embarassed to show him the screen on my phone after I saw the dazzling display on his. It's so bad that it makes things like backgrounds essentially pointless. The biggest downfall of the software is its instability; prepare yourself for frequent crashes. A battery removal will typically solve the problem. And speaking of the battery, it's awful, although it's hard to imagine it lasting for very long when you see the size of it. A month or two into owning this phone and I was getting less than 24 hours of use out of it. If you know you're going to be out late on a Friday night, plan on charging it again before you leave work or you'll never make it to any of the late night clubs.

Surprisingly, the reception is fair. Note that I said "fair", not great. It's as good as any other single-band phone I've owned, I just expected it to be bad given the size of the unit.

The true worth of the SL55 is the possible attention you might get from someone who's never seen one before. My friends call mine "the Barbie phone" so obviously it didn't do much for me.

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