The M55 excels in all respects except for the resolution of the color screen which is low compared to today's standards.
The M55 has everything. It is a triband phone, great design & colors (not the one shown here, mine has grey & white color with bright orange keypad & speaker), weighs a mere 83g & has a set of features that blows up your mind: GPRS, HSCSD, MMS, robust email client (POP3, IMAP4 & SMTP all supported). Excellent memory size (although it's stated at 1.6Mb mine has 1.9Mb).
The 3 x 3 grid menu is easy to use. The M55 lacks bluetooth & IrDA but has SyncML for synchronization with PC & other devices via USB cable.
Reception is excellent, battery autonomy very good too.
The only down side of this great phone is the screen resolution of 101 x 80 pixels. You're able to see the individual pixels when bringing the phone closer than 25cm to your eyes but beyond this distance the resolution appears good. My friends have nokia 7250 & 6610 & the resolutions of these phones are far better than that of the M55.
However the 4096 color is very good although yellow tends to be dull. I've never seen any ghosting in the 5 weeks I have been using it.
I have to say the screen disappointed me, but what keeps me from changing it with a Nokia or other phones with better screens eg. Samsung is the robust set of features that this tiny phone manages to pack especially the email client & GPRS class 8 which other budget phones lack. Speaking of budget, this phone is great in terms of value for money (better than most Nokia & Samsung if you're willing to compromise on the screen to get large amounts of features).
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