Samsung i550 (SGH-i550)

It doesn't look anything like a typical Samsung phone, and the SGH-i550 certainly isn't a typical Samsung phone underneath.

The Samsung i550 is a Symbian S60 OS v9.2 smartphone with HSDPA high-speed data and GPS capabilities. There's a large 2.6" 240 x 320 pixel display on the front, a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera on the back and microSD expandable memory to complement the 150MB installed internally.
Samsung say that the SGH-i550 has an advanced web browser and one-click access to multimedia functions. There's an email client, web browser and RSS news reader and you can expect a pretty good multimedia player too. There's also an FM radio, and the i550 supports a standard 3.5mm headphone plug.

We understand that the Samsung i550's GPS comes with a mapping and navigation tool, although we don't know if the navigation is included in the price or requires a subscription.

Samsung have released two different pictures of the SGH-i550 with slight cosmetic differences. Both of them do look remarkably like Sony Ericsson designs (such as the K550), but it is at least refreshing to see something other than the usual black slider from Samsung. As far as we can tell, the darker variant is definitely a production version, we're not sure about the lighter one with the brushed metal effect.

Physically, the i550 measures 115 x 53 x 13mm and it comes with a large 1200 mAh battery. Samsung say that the i550 should be available from November 2007, but did not give any more details on pricing or carriers.

Samsung i550 cellphone is the new GPS smartphone coming your way

Samsung have always given us all good phones and to top it off they want to give us another, the new handset is the Samsung i550 cellphone which is the new GPS smartphone and of which is coming your way soon.

We are not entirely sure when this phone is coming but we will keep you informed, so what has the Samsung i550 got? Will according to the source below it is a GPS smartphone that runs on Symbian OS S60 UI plus it features a 3.2 MP camera and dedicated keys for GPS, so far so good. How about HSDPA (3.6 Mbps) and 3G; sounds all good.

It will have a 2.6” screen and 128 MB RAM and much more. To learn more about the Samsung i550 GPS smartphone go over to Phones Review for more details. We will keep you posted on pricing and release dates as soon as we know more.