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alaTest has collected and analyzed 624 reviews from magazines and websites. People really like the design. The sound is also appreciated, but many are critical about the missing features.

Experts rate this product 75/100 and users 87/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Sony Ericsson W550 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

A chubby handset with a paradoxical mix of great features right alongside irritating ones

Lots of built-in memory ; good desktop software with connection cables ; great camera and gaming ergonomics

No memory expansion slot ; keypad buttons don't feel right ; weeny self portrait mirror

With little in the way of direct competition, save from the other members of the Sony Ericsson Walkman range and the Motorola Rokr (suffering poor sales), the W500i fills a small niche market of music-based handsets distancing themselves from the core ...

It doesn't quite match up to the W800i, but a lower price tag and some excellent features make the W550i another quality Walkman mobile.

Classy, ergonomic design ; excellent build quality ; user-friendly operation ; strong music and gaming feature set ; powerful speakers

Manual swivel ; small recessed keys ; unspectacular photo quality

Does Sony's latest Walkman phone strut or stumble?

Walkman interface; Decent sound; Good battery life

Cumbersome swivel mechanism; Lack of memory card slot; Fat, ugly design

Its awkward design and lack of card slot makes this an impotent music mobile

It has been a while since I wrote my previous review. I have used the Sony Ericsson K750 daily since I got it earlier this year except for two or three weeks when I used the Sony Ericsson K600i. I did not like the K600 very much because the unit I ...

I don't think that the Sony Ericsson W550 or W600 will the next phone for a K750 or W800 owner. It has a couple of new features but the lack of expandable memory and the lower quality camera will be a setback. Not all like the swivel form factor ...

The Sony Ericsson W550i Walkman phone is a tri-band GSM/GPRS phone. For the average user, it's got everything you can ask for in a "frilly" phone.

As a result, a user gets a more interesting product for the same money - now it features 256 MB of memory which allows using the device as an MP3 player (about 2-3 hours of good qualitative music fit this size). The player itself was reworked and ...

We should mention, normal disjoinable earphones are included, and you can attach own headphones into a standard connector for them. But the "drops" are enough qualitative, which allows good sound. Also we should point out the presence of a Disc2Phone ...

A 1.8 inch colour screen and excellent swivel open feature combines with dedicated gaming buttons to give action packed 3D gaming on the Sony Ericsson W550i. A quality Walkman MP3 player with stereo headset and 1.3 Mega pixel digital video camera are ...

The Sony Ericsson W550i is a smooth swivel action opening Walkman® featured mobile phone. The swivel action phone can be operated in open, closed & angled positions depending on the feature being operated by the user. The handset comes in choice of ...