Siemens A55

This phone is similar to A50, but it has a new type of connector, which is standard in 55-series. It supports 16-tones polyphony and has an integrated handsfree mdoe. In response of features, it is a cut version of Siemens C55.

• Class: low-end
• Position in the phone line: above Siemens A50
• Rival models: Alcatel OT 320

• General features
  • Announced in: February 2003
  • eGSM900/GSM1800
  • Battery type: Li-Ion 650 mAh
  • Autonomy:
    • Standby time: up to 250 hours
    • Talk time: up to 6 hours
  • Re-charging: about 2 hours
  • Graphical dispaly with the resolution of 101 x 64 pixels, it contains up to 4 text lines (16 characters each), one line with icons; it has either orange or blue backlighting, it depends on colour of the phone
  • Interchangeable covers - CLIPit
  • Weight: 84 g.
  • Dimensiosns: -

• Memory
  • Phonebook: up to 50 phone nubmers + SIM-card memory. Small pictures could be assigned to contacts.
  • Lists of the last calls:
  • 10 dialed numbers
  • 10 received numbers
  • 10 missed numbers with date and time indication
  • Up to 4 caller groups
  • Reminders of anniversaries and birthdays

• Call management, ringing tones

• Vibrating alert
• 16-tones polyphony
• Integrated handsfree mode
• Speed dialing: for up to 8 phone numbers
• Autodialing (up to 10 attempts)
• EFR, HR, FR

• SMS
  • EMS
  • A possibility to send and receive ringtones and animated pictures
  • A possibility to send a group SMS message
  • Predictive text input T9
  • Templates (up to 14)
  • Concatenateted messages: up to 760 characters
  • Russian text input

   

• Connectivity
• WAP 1.2.1
• Over the Air interface

• Organaiser and extras
  • Time, date
  • Alarm-clock, it can alert in special days of week
  • Calculator, currency converter
  • User's profiles
  • Organiser, which supports different types of events
  • Games: StackAttack, Balloon Shooter

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published - 24 February 2003

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