Motorola V551 / V555

Discontinued
27th July 2004

The Motorola V551 and V555 are respectively American and European/Asian variants of the same phone. Pictured here is the V551, but as far as we can tell there will be very little difference between the models.

The V551 looks instantly familiar to many people, following the design of the hugely successful V500 and V525 and the new V400p. The elegantly curved design has had a little makeover though, with the dimples replaced with an attractive two-tone shell, but other than that it's a distinctive Motorola design. Inside is the 176x220 pixel 65,000 colour display which is better than almost every other similar handset on the market. Underneath is a quad band phone with GPRS and EDGE for high-speed data. The V551/V555 supports Bluetooth too.

On the back is a fairly standard VGA-resolution camera, and also MMS, POP3/IMAP4 email, Java, PC synchronisation, hands-free speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones and the usual set of features you'd expect. The V551/V555 is probably closer in technical terms to the V600 than the V500 range, but it's famliar enough feature set for Motorola users and shows that this is a practical and attractive everyday phone with mass-market appeal.

Motorola say that this phone will be available in the third quarter of 2004. No prices as yet, but we estimate that the V551/V555 will have an unsubsidised launch price of about €500/£300/$550.

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