Nokia 6555
Discontinued 21st August 2007
Displaying a marked departure from their usual clamshell
design, the Nokia 6555 is a fashionable 3G clamshell
phone that opens up into a seamless and very glossy
device when opened up.
Yes, from the outside it looks a little like the
Motorola KRZR K1 or K3, even down to the "kick"
at the bottom of the keypad, but inside is a fairly
standard Nokia keypad (which may well appeal to people
who don't like the RAZR keypad), and the overall styling
of the Nokia 6555 is subtly different and we'd say quite
a bit smarter. The Nokia 6555 will be available in four
colours: black, red, sand gold and silver, and as you
can see from the photographs the external display is
an analogue clock by default which gives the 6555 a
rather distinctive appearance.
It looks like an expensive phone, but in fact it's
a fairly inexpensive midrange 3G device. Priced at around
€200 / £140 / $280 before tax and subsidy, the
Nokia 6555 comes with a basic 1.3 megapixel camera,
a pretty standard 240x320 pixel display in 16 million
colours, Bluetooth and microSD expandable memory. It's
pretty lightweight for a 3G phone at 97 grams, and the
Nokia 6555 is also quite narrow (just like the KRZR,
in fact). Of course, the 6555 also has a multimedia
player and the usual range of software you'd expect
from a Series 40 device.
There are a few shortcomings - we don't see many
1.3 megapixel cameras these days, it doesn't appear
to have stereo Bluetooth and the standard sales package
doesn't include a microSD card, so initially you're
limited to the 30MB of internal memory that the Nokia
6555 comes with. There's also no headset with the 6555,
but it does include a 2.5mm connector for a standard
accessory, and no USB cable either. If you want to get
the most out of your Nokia 6555, then you'll need to
spend some extra - but remember that this is a very
good value for money handset to start with and these
add-ons are not expensive.
Underneath, this is a quad-band 850/900/1800/1900
MHz GSM phone with dual-band WCDMA/UMTS 850/2100. The
Nokia 6555 measures 100 x 44 x 20mm and weighs 97 grams.
Maximum talktime is 6 hours (presumably on GSM, not
3G), and the standby time is up to 11 days.
Nokia say that the 6555 should be available during
Q3 2007.
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Nokia
6555 at a glance
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Available:
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Q3
2007
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Network:
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GSM
850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 UMTS
850 / 2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G)
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Screen:
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240
x 320 pixels, 16m colours
(main) 128x160 pixels
(sub)
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Camera:
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1.3
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
clamshell 100 x 44 x
20mm / 97 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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6 hours talk / 11 days standby
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