Nokia 5500 Sport

  • Released 2006, May
    103g, 18mm thickness
    Symbian 9.1, Series 60 rel. 3.0
    8MB 64MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 1.7"
    208x208 pixels
  • 2MP
    144p
  • 64MB RAM
  • 860mAh
    Li-Ion

Nokia 5500 Sport - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE Class 10
Launch Announced 2006, May
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 107 x 45 x 18 mm, 77 cc (4.21 x 1.77 x 0.71 in)
Weight 103 g (3.63 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
 Dust and splash resistant
Flashlight
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 1.7 inches, 31 x 31 mm, 9.3 cm2 (~19.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 208 x 208 pixels, 1:1 ratio (~173 ppi density)
 Downloadable themes
Platform OS Symbian 9.1, Series 60 rel. 3.0
CPU 235 MHz ARM 9
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 2 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 8MB 64MB RAM
Main Camera Single 2 MP
Video QCIF
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio Stereo FM radio
USB Pop-Port 2.0
Features Sensors
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
 Sports tracking (stopwatch, steps calculator, calories burned)
Text-to-speech capabilities to read SMS messages out loud
Accelerometer sensor for tapping commands (music or voice feedback)
Push to talk
WMV/RV/MP4/3GP player
MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A player
Predictive text input
Voice command/memo
Organizer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 860 mAh battery (BL-5B)
Stand-by Up to 270 h
Talk time Up to 4 h
Misc Colors Black and gray
SAR 0.53 W/kg (head)     0.92 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.50 W/kg (head)    
Price About 200 EUR

Nokia 5500 Sport - User Reviews

  • My favorite mobile

  • My first phone... It was an incredible phone for that time

  • Your battery is dead or the charger

  • Anybody who knows what the problem could be when my Nokia 5500 don´t start, it´s just flashes red in the upper part of the keypad when I try to start it or plug in the charger. I remember it started when I used it last time for approx 5 years ago in addition to the battery which was completely worn out, but I´ve got a new battery now. It always started on the worn out battery with the charger plugged in. Same symptom old/new battery. Thanks //Henrik

  • I've bought it in 2006!!! & still it's running!!! good. My favorite mobile of all time.

  • really good mobile

  • Best mobile. But Please inform me about spare parts.

  • good phone. Not sure why they discontinued it

  • The phone is very good but i cant download any apps

  • it is great and smart phone. I have from past 2 year. All type applications working in this. But need software upgread.

  • ma best smart phone ever,work n function jst like a pc.2yearz nw stil uzn t.God bless u.m charlez p v frm zm.

  • I'm Using this phone since 2008. only had to change the housing once. this is the BEST "Dust and splash resistant" Phone Ever!

  • hi,it's also one of the best smartphone phone of nokia. and i am also using this................... ...... animationnote

  • i have this phone for almost 4years now all i can say is this phone is great the earpiece sounds quality is good and the battery, mine still works fine. when it comes to software i had no serious problem with it no lags no hang ups even if i accidentally drop this phone a couple of times. it still runs like brand new and still fast enough, it can still go head to head to a latest smartphone today when it comes to performance and power. this one is much better than my N97 and htc when it comes to reliability when making call and text more user friendly got enough useful apps pre installed, this phone has never let me down, tough and reliable :) only the casing is the real problem here just got to bare it for life, poor baby :( i wish i could restore its former glory

  • pratically unlimited. but you have just to drain messages to memory card

  • it's work with 4gb.in best.try it.

  • my javascript doesn't play.why?

  • how big is the msg storage pls ?

  • has anyone ever tried this on a 4gb memory card? if yes, does it change the preformance a little bit?

  • why do i cant browse internet thru this cp?

  • Dear Nokia, v lov this fone ! We love solid fone with long battery life (Like X1-01) especially dust & splash resistant, torch light and larger screen size (its good for army,technician, traveller ,sportman, guide ect..) . So could u release it again ? V hope that the new Nokia sport fone is popular in the world .

  • I really want to buy this phone because its a sport mobile phone but unfortunately its out of stock. Now many people go for smart and low-tech phone and also tablet PC. They want to use the phone with lots of functions, special design (up to date) and reasonable price.

  • This phone is great. IT is the most powerful, and portable phone which i have ever used. I wise 2 see another wit a much bigger screen. Tank u

  • What can i do if i want to change some software?

  • today i find a new one for 50 eur , tomorow i am gona buy it because i see yout opinions. can i upgrade the softwear ?

  • this is the best phone which i know

  • Best mobile in this mobile world. But Please inform me about spare parts.

  • Best phone I've had until now. Been using it since 2007, battery still working great everything else still working perfect as well!

  • nokia 5500 top cell phone on the world

  • I have one

  • what is the price you have it now

  • Hala can anyone sell me the nokia 5500 mine was stolen. Price negotiatable

  • Keypad broke off. Battery plate broke off. Battery life is very short.

  • This is the Best Phone I am using Till Date... I am using it from 2007 no problem for me in any field but now the body of the phone is totally gone... I just want to know where I can buy the Original 5500 Body... Please tell me I just don't want to loose this Ultimate Phone...

  • nokia 5500 doesn't have autolock but you download smartsetting to begin autolock your fone.

  • d phone is just like a diamond, that must not b misplace anyhow

  • can anyone tell me how automatically locks the keypad of Nokia 5500

  • all i want to say is that this phone is migthy and if there is anybody that can tell me where 4 can buy the caseing of my phone...

  • this is my best phone so far, fast internet usage and it switches fast between music, sport and phone and what i like the most is its durability.

  • one of best cell phone just second only ti iphone ..... simply the best

  • i have used this phone since 2007, its a great phone. i'm also looking for its face.

  • Good 4n. But no Video call. :( :(

  • best phone . I used nylon to protect keypad

  • this phone is too good and portably for my liking, imagine holding a symbian as small as that, cool. nokia are the best, but we need a firmware upgrade to fix problem like; hang in phone s60 type browser instead of s60 v3 browser 3g that all i need for now. again thanks to nokia

  • i've had this phone since 2006 its a very good phone, i've had other nokia phones bought and re-sold but still got this kept safe, the features are nice though its a 2g phone will like to see nokia release newer version with a broad keypad and screen. The only fault ever had with mine is falling off rubber buttons, and network failure due to the weak grip of the sim slot.

  • this phone is the best phone i have ever used. I like the experience.

  • I bought this nokia 5500 sport from my friend last night,old style but nice feature,pitty that I can only bought the phone,without the box and acessories inside,I plan to sale it if I can't find the acessories.

  • this phone is awesome. i used it for nearly 1 and 1/2 years. now dont find it nywhere.picture quality is superb in daylight as it has no flash. sound capability is tremendous. and u dont have to press a button to see the screen in daylight as it quite visible under the sun unlike most of the phone these days. simply a great phone. my best till date!

  • The only problems i really am concern about this phoneare the: 1. Smallish screen size, really eye straining. 2. Keypad comes off but with superglue this is a minor problem. 3. Slow CPU - this is a smartphone w/ s60v3 I love this phone, is very practical and handy.

  • Using this cell since last 2 years, wonderfull experice, never had a troubble.. Great

  • yes it is waterproof.

  • This phone is really a big trouble first its keypad is not atall good for typing very poor battery backup Phone Skin degrades very quicky after u buy it Hangs too often very small screen Its a big problem never ever think to buy it....

  • Not a chance, just resistant. Moisture sweat etc

  • good but the model is very old

  • is nokia5500 really waterproof

  • it's hard to find a face for this phone

  • I have one.. How much is your budget?

  • Sound clarity of this phone is superb,no one can deny this

  • I hate this phone!!! its heavy, and big

  • It is awful ! Plz dont buy this!

  • hi!!! hope you can help me...i want to buy this 5500 sport phone. even if it's just 2nd hand. pls!!!!! where can i buy this....

  • Guys, my 5500's battery doesnt charge at all !! Even though when i connect the charger the battery level indicates its charging, even after 5 hours battery level stays same. And sometimes when i connect the charger there's no response in the phone at all :( I think there's some problem with that charging port. any idea how much it will cost to replace it ?

  • pls why is it dat one cant use nokia5500d 4 free browsing.

  • i now use n97.before that i had n95.and even vefore that i had 5500.its just great.it was my very first phone.i just love it

  • Feel free to use a 4GB card. The phone supports it fully.

  • The phone fully supports 2 GB memory card. I have this phone for almost a year and I'm using it with a 2 GB card. Of course, it's damn slow with a card almost full like mine, it loads the gallery or the mp3 player 10-15 seconds. But it supports 2 GB card, for those who say it doesn't

  • Best phone ever from Nokia. Anyone know when they are going to release the new one? Shock protection, water proof etc, etc...??

  • Best phone to use Nokia 5500 Sports

  • Just buy 5500 second hand. only $45.. lol..

  • my 5500 ask's in set memory card

  • never ever take this phone

  • the memory cannot put 2GB...maximum only 1GB please do the correction

  • i had this nokia 5500 sport but the case is starting to fall apart can somebody tell me where i can buy casing for this type. thank you..^_^

  • @waltermart ,makati they sell casing f0r 5500 which c0st 650 , also at greenhills

  • can you give me your contact details. i am looking for my nokia 5500 casing

  • do they also sell the casing for the body?

  • can neone tell me how is the music quality of this phn? and also is dis phn reliable on battery life?

  • If you guys need a casing with keypad in the philippines we have alot of it, but its not that durable. It only cost yo 250 pesos about 3 dollars.

  • Do u have problem with the keypad? I hate their keypad

  • Really ... one of the best small mobile till now mine is 3 yrs phone still 2days battery back up the with fast working condition

  • worst phone as far as key pad is concerned. can i get a new key pad for my phone.

  • worst? nooooo way.... mine is 3 years old and still going strong....

  • worst phone it was ever bild

  • worst phone yes I agree!!!!! Keypads is like a door mat it rolls!!! very long sending take 15 minutes!!

  • i had this phone for 3 years and i think it is a very nice phone but very small screen and bed camera

  • worst phone i have ever owned

  • i had one! - no please no!!!!! - i have nitemares! the - as they call edges witch are made of glossy steel is so weak it can easaly get bumps even after lite touchdown - and then rubber keypads starting to fall of!!!! ......two times in service they change panel (50 eur - original) - and again the same problem at last - my incredible sport(haha) phone was flying in the river!!!

  • You can get the Nokia Suite for the phone from Nokia.com

  • Can anyone tell me please what is the upgrade to this phone? Big thank you!!

  • Make the trade. 5500 rocks,new keypads dont fall off either so there is no downside to this phone anymore.

  • no i think no........the 6680 is way too better than the 5500

  • YES! dude, make the trade! this phone is a hundred times better than the 6680! i strongly advise u to do it.

  • wts t cost of the phone and wt about its common problems faced ?

  • I was offered a trade... this nokia 5500 for my nokia 6680. is that a good trade for me?

  • any1 knws d price of ds unit hr in philippines? let me know pls..tnx in advnce. :)

  • you should have it in the cd which comes with the phone... otherwise you could download it from nokia website...

  • Honestly speaking, this is the best Nokia phone i have ever come across.despite the loose keypad, can somebody help me to get the software for the usb cable connection to the PC?

  • i want to know about others remaning functin of this phone so i could reqest you to give some special featurs of this phone in my opinion this phone very good iwas using this phone from last 13 month's but now i found soime proble to use this phone

  • This is a very good phone. I have been using it from past 2 and a half years. Absolutely no issues with the software or functionality. The only issue was with the keypad, which was replaced for free by Nokia. Features like motion sensor, steps calculations (which in turn can measure the speed at which you are walking!) are rarely found in other phones. Nokia should have marketed this phone better. Too bad they had to stop marketing to promote N-series.

  • You must have format the phone for this error which you facing!

  • from 2 weeks i cant send any msg but recieveing is ok. and the error says *Memory full delete some data first and then try again* but phone memory is 75% empty.and memory card 60% empty..now what should i do.

  • great fone. very durable. sounds great. so loud and clear. i used this since 2006. i used to sell this but im still thinking. even if i trade this to nseries, i rather to choose this,coz its nver hangup on me. great fone.

  • take it to nokia service centre...

  • 1st of all this phone is GREAT. can somone HELP me.actually during software update my phone cable was unpluged by my brother. after that its not turning on even i connected charger with it but no positive response its just dead. can any one tell me what i can do now. thanks in advance

  • This mobile is the best i have come across to be honest. However, I think they need to change the keypad as its to weak. Will have gr8 competition. Hope Nokia does do something about it.

  • please could you tell me where to gets my hands on one of these phones?

  • there's a fix on nokia's site for text sending problem...

  • This phone is nice in terms of the camera, video and music. Major disadvantages: 1. No casing replacement 2. It keeps hanging (sending messages would take a minute or two) I love this phone but it sucks!!!

  • Certainly available in RSA, as I have one and I know of quite a few who do too.

  • where could one get a replacement keypad/case?

  • how bout contacting nokia headquarter...

  • Nokia SA doesnt bring this phone in. Does anyone know of contacts that I can use to bring this phone in myself from abroad please? Im lloking at purchasing bulk sub $100

  • nice phone---the only downfall for this unit is the keypad...it will eventually wear out...

  • you should contact nokia...

  • Hi all, I am based in South Africa and would lke to purchase a few hundred/thousand of these phones for use in PTT(push to talk) as it offers rugged capability and is hopefully some what of a low cost phones. Can any one point me int he right direction on how to bring these hones into the country? What other low cost rugged/tough phones are there available with GPRS connectivity and simbian operating? Really need help please Thanks

  • no it's not ridiculous... yes mine got hanged a few times but because of bad software, conflicting apps or opening way too many apps... not hang for no apparent reason... and it's way infrequent to bother during the two years period... you have problem with yours then too bad for you...

  • this is ridiculous i have this phone for the last 30 years it has never hanged in fact i put a 12 megapixel camera into it

  • no hang problems with mine... over two years now... if you have problems perhaps you should hard reset your phone, get new/latest firmware, format your memory card... if you install programs do it one by one... see if there's any that causes the problem...

  • heyee......messagin from this phone take 4 mins n in between it .......it also gets hanged....plz ny body help me wid this issue......what shud i do so dat it doesn't hang

  • The aplications and games of this model, are good. But unfortunately it hangs much.

  • certainly untrue that 5500 freezes a lot... perhaps if one were to overload it with opening many apps at once, or got apps that don't work well with the unit. my experience is like joe, have this phone or two years. despite scratches, dents, and keyboard paint problem, so far the phone works great...

  • i hear nokia 5500 freezes a lot is that true?

  • Fantastic phone, completely indestructible, I've had mine 2 years and apart from quite a few dents and scratches, it still works as well as on the day I got it.

  • nokia service center

  • to hard find this 5500 at Malaysia...why aaa..i want it.,.,.

  • pls,help me where i can find housing/casing of my 5500? thanks,,,

  • shortcomings... yes! worst... not even close!

  • Don't buy this phone!! worst Nokia phone ever

  • I dont agree with u Jason! It is actually a great phone once u keep out of ur mind about the fact that the key pad keeps falling off! Besides, it has 3D motion sensor. I used it for 6 months, and now it serves me well...... Collection dust in my drawer!!! Just 3D motion sensor, nothing cool except that. So in a way, ur right!!! TC dude!

  • Go into the Messaging. Then select Settings then select Other. The third list will be the "Memory in use" option where you can specify to use Phone Memory or Memory Card. If this is the first time switching it will ask whether you want to copy your messages from the Phone Memory to the Memory Card. But it will ask you only this once. Later when you switch back and forth it will not ask you again.

  • Hello people. I have a Nokia 5500 Sport. I want to know 'how to set the memory card as the primary storage device'. I have a memory card of 1 GB micro. All the data that is being transferred from the Blue tooth or IR is being redirected to the phone memory.But i want to set it to the Memory Card. Do any one know about it??? Hope to see ur reply soon guys.. Regards, Abdul Moheed.

  • apart from the fact I have had it back to Nokia 3 times to replace the keypad that keeps falling off, great phone... nahh, who am I kidding - It's an absolute piece of garbage, poor quality finish. Nokias worst phone ever

  • thankx

  • if you want to use the speech feature you will have to first install the language pack(s)... then you will have the option to enable which language (english, chinese, etc.) for the speech... you can download the language packs on nokia's website... check here:

  • if a athlete can fall down while doing sport and break a leg and a phone fall down and have dents do both not a sport (man/women or item)? if you google russian test for 5500 than you would see the abuse this phone can take...

  • plz let me know how to do language setting for speech in this phone. when ever i go to tools > speech > language its says no available language, why ? its a good phone regardless its hardness of key pad but i m using it for 2 years keypad never gave me any problems. thanks.

  • Was disappointed by it!too slow,the key pad wore out within 6 months,it falled once and it had a dent,so much for a sport phone. I dont recommend it!!

  • i m using this phone from june-2007 its simply a GREAT phone Just go for it.

  • i m just roking with this phone.............

  • i am appreciating to u that give ur true experice share with us via this site .. you are too much familiar with ur phone but the problem is in speed its too low as like his screen too small and also battery life is too small almost 2 days in standby mode is am right?

  • just update ur nokia software version from nokia site via data cable or format the phone

  • Disagree totally! I've had the 5500 for some time & its the best Nokia ever! Can't fault it!!

  • 32 RAM

  • this site says 5500 has 64mb RAM. but lcg xplore software shows total memory as 32mb(not 64). and around 12-15mb free ram. so how much RAM does this phone actually have ?

  • worst nokia phone ever if you ask me!bad ketpad,small display,bad casing.sometimes nokia seems to be retarded.bad battery even...

  • Hello everyone, This has to be one of the greatest phones ever. I have used it for over 2 years and absolutely love it. I even bought one for my wife! The keypad problem is fixed by ordering a new OEM cover/casing from ccn . cn who have only supplied high quality stuff to me. I have changed the casing twice in these 2 years and every time - the phone is as good as new. It takes about 8 months to a year for the cover to wear down and/or the keypad to peel. Internally the phone software is great - a symbian 60 v 3 hiding inside! I just updated the firmware to the latest version (4.60). My only grouse is that i'm running out of internal RAM. I'd buy a carton if i could get my hands on one for a lifetime supply. C'mon Nokia-this is one phone you should develop into the next generation - a 5500i or a 5550! :)

  • I hope they release a durable phone again soon

  • the phone is very equiped.it has everything you can ask from a smartphone.the main drawback is the smalish display.

  • end of 07/early 08 i think... i then was going to replace the keypad again after the 6 months but i was late a few days (warranty expires).. so i just glued it carefully as to not affect the keys... i used superglue...

  • @anonymous(below) when did u replace ur keypad(which lasted for 6 months) ? which glue did u use...

  • perhaps you got a dud one... my keypad peeled of after months of use. replaced it once and peeled off again after 6 months... i then glued it with super glue... no problem. no problem with keypad/numbers/typing.... no punch for the TAPPING feature. just normal tapping will do for mine... i have e61i and am still using the 5500 along with it...

  • This phone is the worst phone I've EVER HAD! The keypad ripped after having the phone about a month, people say you can glue the keypad but if you attempt to glue it - the glue will get in the keys and make them difficult to use. _____________________________ Good Points about this phone - The built in torch, this is really useful and the battery lasts suprisingly long with it on - Battery life is really good - Speakers are really loud and great for listening to music ____________________________ Bad Points about this phone - The screen is far too small, images viewed on the screen look a mess and not to scale. Text is extremely hard to read - The camera is AWFUL, there is no built in flash either - The keypad is sooo hard to type on, I guarantee you the keypad will rip within a few months of use - Metal around outside can get ery easily dinted, I dropped mine once, and it ended up with a massive dint in it. - The tap command, this is complete RUBBISH, you have to literally punch the phone on the side for it to work. Overall the phone isn't too bad, but DEFINATELY a big mistake if you are looking for a good camera, multimedia phone.

  • beautyful mobile

  • I bought this phone June 2007, the keyboard was destroyed 2 months after. My problem is that no mobile service could find me a new one....So this phone now lies in my drower. Too bad, it was an interesting phone. Also, it somtimes worked too slowly. I think Nokia tried to put too many things in one phone so this is the result. Like i said it's an interesting phone with lots of options and possibilities, but it brings A LOTS OF TROUBLE, so dont buy this phone, there are smarter stuff to buy with that money!

  • I bought this phone two weeks ago and have had nothing but problems with it.

  • its a cute fone

  • Bad phone givin it to my son n ill buy n97 4myself,

  • does this phone can have gps? if not, what other sport nokia have?

  • There are a lot of durable phones coming out now. The Nokia 6250 was the best. I wish they would make an updated version of it but it looks like they are not going to bother. that a real shame.

  • 1. install the sms acceleration program on nokia site. 2. hard reset 3. reinstall the firmware by using the NSU (Nokia Software Updater)

  • gets hanged while messaging and gets restarted sometimes while checking balance......what can i do?

  • Yes it has a loud speaker.

  • tnx 4 anwsrng me!

  • yes.

  • does nokia 5500 have a loudspeaker?

  • firstly to all the ppl who say keypad sucks, the new ones dont come off.. for me first one came off in june and after i replaced it(for free under warranty) its fine till now..(i send around 1500 messages a month)... and videos in 3gp format is good if converted to right resolution.. So overall this phone is quite awesome and one of a kind...

  • i have this phone for more than 2 years... i'm very pleased. indeed the camera isn't very performant, but if u catch a good light, the img will be fine. The music software is great, also the sport software has many app and its made intresting. The batery is normal: 4-5 days (not playing) 3-4 days using ap. 4-5 hours per day. Anyway is the best outdoor (smart)phone on the market :D

  • nokia center. it's about usd $15 to replace the keypad here in indonesia

  • I am using nokia5500 for past 1.5 years. the keypad is fully damaged. Can anyone tell me how to replace my keypad..

  • very good design!

  • thank you

  • 1.camera poor quality like vga even having 2mg. 2.keypad use less fully low quality rubber is used its become useless after a month or between 2-4 its a real fact. 3.battery backup is too small its hardly 1 day if u are not playing music more than 15 minutes. 4. too much small screen u cant' enjoys videos 3gpp videos are too bad in this phone but .avi format is too good while watching a video 5. but fully loaded functions in compare of its price 6. sound is good is good while playing in loud speaker means medium... in sound. so never buy this and don't waste ur money....

  • can i make fring calls with this phone(but not mini fring).please if some one knows..!

  • Maybe the card is not alright but the phone is good.

  • Hwo whan change whit me for 7500prism?please respawn

  • on e-bay

  • Where i can buy this phone Anymoaus?

  • I m sorry this phone i give him for 7500prism and i make a fool of mz self.

  • you can get theme from ownskin. also in the game section... you can email me,.. and i will send you one.. sample games are the gameboy games. you can emulator in 5500. because it is symbian...

  • thanks

  • hi you will get themes,games,tone in www.zedge.net it's free

  • first of all its a good phone. as i m a new user of nokia 5500 some questions i have to ask u ppl. can v change its casing without complications specially seal should not b affected. plz write me a link from where i can get pcsuite,gmes,themes etc. thank you

  • for me its 9,5/10 its not 10/10 coz im having a weird mms problem... sometimes he sends, sometimes he doesnt... but im not having the keypad problem.. it past 1.5years since i have this problem. and never went out, i never glued it.. this mobile ROCKS!! a MUST BUY for symbian s60v3 and small mobile lovers ( like me :D ) i repeat.. MUST BUY :)

  • i have 3 phone of the nokia 5500. 2 have a problem after sometime it got no signal at all. you have to take off the battery for few day and plug in. I bring to nokia and they return me a few day saying no problem,after a few day something similar happen again. So beware of this product

  • wonder full phone 3 in 1 phone- music sport. and ever smolliest form nokia thanks .

  • this is the best phone I have ever had. it is splash resistant but don't put it in the washing machine, it won't work after that. Obviously a mistake and I am devastated about it. Definitely going to replace it with the same model.

  • its agreat phone

  • Yo guys! I think this is da best and worst phone ever made! I hate da keypads. They faded after 1 month. But the sports option is very groovy!!! It has a good battery life and da camera is awesome. Overall rating out of ten? 7. something!!!!

  • Hey great phone overall with the worst keypad ever built. Using it for nearly 1.5 years now, had to change the keypad twice. Its got everything except WiFi.

  • i have one very goodphone smoall and samart phone thanks nokia .

  • I bought this phone in April08 and after 1 month keypad came out.I took this phone to nokia care center on 5th july but tll today 25th july they are not able to give phone back still they are asking time line till 8th Aug.This is really pathatic service from Nokia.

  • this is the worst nokia i have ever owned.functions to complicated,i wish i didnot drop my old 5140 out the window.

  • 3D motion sensor is accelerometer sensor tilt and stuff like that go to symbian-freak.com U`ll find games and app using the accelerometer it can be used as gamepad for PC but I think only N95 is able to do this. and search youtube for n95 accelerometer it can be used for scrolling thru the menu too changing songs etc,etc,etc

  • 3D motion sensor chip embedded in the phone mainly (only?) seem to be used for the excercise applications, like keeping track of how many steps you have taken so far during a day. This sensor should also be very useful in certain games, assuming of course that there are appropriate APIs available for 3rd party developers.

  • can anyone tell me what the 3D motion sensor is for?

  • I hope they release the next durable phone soon. I�m thinking about getting the SE C702

  • People have written below that nokia found a solution to the keypad problem and the new keypads dont peel off or anything... Is it true. Where did nokia announce that they have a solution ?(paste link please)

  • This is so saddening. Is there any permanent solution to the keypad problem ? Its really irritating to give your phone for servicing every month. But i really dont want a plastic cover for a phone thats water resistant also!

  • well, like i said, they replaced mine for free... but it peeled off again and just happened a few days after the warranty is over. i just superglued it back on...

  • When i gave it they just glued it back and gave it. It was free but still sad. i wanted the peeling off paint on direction pad to be fixed too... :(

  • nokia website

  • where can i fined the suduku game that comes with the phone ?

  • i had to pay for my keypad to be fixd and it was under warrenty

  • they replaced mine with a new one

  • Hey people who got your keypad fixed free under warranty. did they put a new keypad or just glued the same one again ?

  • nokia website

  • wher can i downlode the text to speak soft wear

  • A very good! Music can hear very intense!

  • The best phone ever released by nokia- sports + symbian + music

  • very good

  • Asalamu Alaikum Wa rahmatullahe wa barakatuh Nokia 5500 Sport a brilliant smart phone with great sound,display,size and all of functions it has but with a small resolution is only thing which is bad Finally a great smart phone by Nokia with S60 rel V3 So i must recommend this for all persons ALLAH Hafiz

  • very good handset phone to use .small and smart phone toooooooooo. thanks nokia.

  • can anyone please tell me how is the camera quality of this phone ?

  • come on nokia where is the next generation durable phone?

  • hi. this is a very fine handset.I Like it vey much. thanks

  • very good fhone but ragged key bad.in 3 month damege.

  • good fhone but key bad is very weak and damage . only in 3 month.

  • i think you downloaded the wrong size resolution themes/screensavers...

  • i wants to know that whether i download themes and screen saver download notcomplete. it shows in short form, i want to see in full form. if i add a image as a contact it shows in short form on screen. i want this image in full screen. if there is any option plz send me any opinion. i m very happy with this handset, i want a option in this handset if this is available.plz send me on this id..... thanks n bye..................

  • Wow! Good for you & so nice of them! They wouldn't fix mine even when I came one day after the 1 year warranty had expired.... =( I superglued mine and it has been working fine ever since.

  • My keypad had come off again so I took it to Nokia Care Today. They replaced the entire front for free which is good considering it is over 2 years old. It�s like a brand new phone again.

  • Nokia 5500 Sport Is A Very Nice And Cool Phone Using It From A Week.... Really Cool Mobile.. Stylish... Unique.. Durable... Very Very Good Reception... I Really That Tapping Thing... It Also Has Good Battery Time ( About 2 Days ) And A Very Very Nice Reception.... Salute To Nokia For Making Such Nice Phone

  • poor preformace phone slow not very water resistant dificult to use unless if u have tiny fingers poor layout have always had nokias very disapointed do not buy

  • very good fhone toooocarry nice and samoll and everrrrr smart fhone form nokia thanks nokia.

  • A very durable phone - until it sheds its keypad. Then it's totally unusable. I had mine fixed under warranty. The rubber flap covering the connectors at the bottom also broke. Now the phone is 16 months old, more issues have emerged. The text messaging application is so buggy that it crashes-to-standby at least twice a day. Sometimes it doesn't crash, it just hangs, and I have no choice but to reboot the phone. And turning it on takes about two minutes - no good if you need to call an ambulance (yes, it once delayed me calling an ambulance). The key placement also means I frequently hit cancel by accident when texting, so I have to find my half-written message in Drafts. This usually involves the Messaging app hanging again, me swearing, and rebooting the phone again. The Sports application can not be exited. It runs in the background draining power as long as the phone's on. Some nice features - like a pedometer, and the very useful torch - but it's missing some basic things. There is NO STOPWATCH and NO COUNTDOWN TIMER. I don't want a bloody World Clock if I can't time my pie in the oven. Don't buy it. For your own sanity. You'll thank me.

  • owwwwww very good fhone sporte music .by tuch. you can change to anay mode .byyyyyyyyyyyyy tuch. thank uuuuuuuu nokia.

  • Good phone, been using it for years now. Using the (5140i before this phone) Need to upgrade my phone now, but still waiting Nokia to release a new version of the sport phone, and hoping it will be 3G and better camera. But if it no new version coming out soon, then I guess I have to move to Sony Ericsson C702.

  • fhone like very good samoll samrt one make thing easiy to do . thanks u u u nokia.

  • very good fhone -soprt and music thank uuuu nokia.

  • i have this mobile since july.. no problems since.. this mobile rocks.. its the best.. i love the tapping thingy.. the keypad its nice when u get the hang on it ( like i do).. and the text messages, at least with me, have no problems, they go right away when i send them... this is the best mobile i ever had... i even refused to change this mobile for a Nokia n95.. u can call me crazy ( but almst all my friends call me that lol coz i choose this one) i like this one, coz almost all the symbian phones are big.. and this one is small and fast. i love it :D if u like symbian phones.. this one is a very good choice.. the battery lasts for 3 days.. ( im almst always listening to music.. the song is a little crappy but im cool with that ) :'D im not going to change for a loooooooong time

  • When are Nokia going to release the next durable phone?

  • vrey good phone 103 garm and so esay toooooo cary form anay poiut thanks u nokia.

  • phone make me helthy and good working . thanks nokia .

  • new soft wear for nokia 5500 v 04. 60.thanks nokia.

  • My wife gave it to me on the 19/03/2007, it went to garantee 4 times and it never came 100% ok... I got problens with lot of dust allways apeering on the screen; the mp3 reader never worked well, not being able to read play list only playing the musics from the gallery and the fones never gave me good sound impression even being trade(in garantee)3 time for new one. I tryed to by a wireless headfones to solve the problens of the wires but found out that it doesn�t have stereo bluetooth... It was with big sorow mine that i gave it back on garantee! I liked it a lot for is multifuncionalitie but disliked it for is several problens that it had... I�m searching for a replacer, but haven�t found yet...

  • have had the phone for a while now and i think it is great wouldnt swop it for anything else nokia RULES!

  • very good phone 3in one and very good shape like peans.and only ever samoll smartphone form nokia. thankssss nokia.

  • very good phone 3in 1 only ever small smrat phone form nokia ilove peans thanks nokia!

  • A great phone, durable (except the keypad plastic cover!), and a combination of many great features in a small size and acceptable price, the 3D motion sensor is so accurate in practice, I use it regularly, music player is comparable to some models of W series in SonyEricsson (I have tested it) if you are looking for a camera with high quality and sharpness, then do not choose this phone because it lacks auto focus and flash�

  • so the yellow is the best and have not keypad problen in web it is more expensive and also hardly to buy less amount i think my version july 2006

  • I'm thinking of buying this phone, but I'm really not sure after reading all the keypad reviews. I guess I don't message much, but I need reviews. Does the music edition keypad peel much? I don't want the black&grey one, but the yellow is nice. But I've got my heart set on the black&orange, but if the keypad peels... HELP?

  • i bought this mobile in first week of jan and i liked it very much.specially i liked the music of this mobile.but i want the memory more than presnt. becz now there are very few songs canadjust in this memory. but i m happy with it. my all friends liked it.it is in silver colour. i want this in all colours. plz arrange this in minimum 5 colours.thanks.................... i vote for it 7 out of 10. ......... seema sapra

  • I guess they're the same thing. About the keypad, so far the ones I heard peeling off are the black version, so you don't have to worry. You don't need to glue yours (hopefully).

  • does anyone know diference between 5500D -5500 i just buy one and it is the yellow and from out my countery the box have that 5500D how could i super glue keypad i am sorry we have not support this modul in country

  • I upgraded mine using the Nokia Software Updater...

  • Can someone give me a link of nokia 5500 4.6 firmware please?

  • Go ahead and super glue it! I did after the keypad peeled off the second time last September. So far so good.... =)

  • Basically, the keypad comes off easily if you're a fast and frequest texter. Then, everytime I send a message, it freezes for 5 minutes. I swear I just dump my phone on my bed or on my desk after I send a message. The music is amazing, and the camera is OK. It's been tossed in water and falled from 1 -2 meters and survived. IF there wasn't the freezing after the SMS and IF I had the confidence to superglue the keypad onto the phone, I'd definetely keep it. I also love the flashlight and 'sporty' look of the phone. I've had this phone for nearly 9 months, the keypad has peeled off 3 times so I'm keeping it an ugly cover that takes up a lot of space =/ But if you don't text a lot, then this phone is absolutely immortal. But if you like texting, don't buy this phone. That is all.

  • very good phone 5500 sport one.

  • any word on the 5500 successor?

  • wow very good phone +muisc+sport. thanks nokia.

  • wow very good fhone+sport+and music. 3 on 1. thanks nokia.

  • i think its processor os too slow

  • Great phone on paper, display is a little on the small side, but if you do your homework before purchase then you should know if this is acceptable to you. the BIG problem though is the keypad which has now become unstuck twice with me in the past 15 months. It is rendering the phone almost useless. The lowwer half of the keypad has snapped off, and I hold it in place with an elastic band. I upgrade my elastic band every fortnight as I find it becomes slack and the pad falls off! I recomend DO NOT BUY unless Nokia have issued a fix for this.

  • I finally updated my 5500 to the new 4.6 firmware. Still couldn't find a list of what's fixed/improved with the new firmware. BUT, Contacts & Messaging are considerably faster after the update. Anyone else updated theirs?

  • very best phone foruse maltipe sport and music thanks nokia.

  • I've bought the Nokia 5500 because I thought it was cute,has music,and sports.What else should I want from a phone? ...I want a key pad which would not get unglued after three month!especially if I live in a country where I can't find replacement- The phone does not fit its name-sport- which means it's resistant to a bit of dumping in the bag-dissapointing!

  • anyone tried the newest firmware 4.6? what are the new things/fixes?

  • After my keypad peeled twice (replaced once for free, the second one peeled right after the warranty expired), i finally glue it with super glue. Been working ever since! =)

  • I'm not sure if I should wait for Nokia's next tough phone which is well over due. But after the problems I had with the 5500 should I even bother. On the other hand I can�t imagine they will make the same mistakes as before if they ever do make another tough phone after the 5500. I was looking at the Sonim XP1 and the Airo A25 they seem to be what a tough phone should be. Does anybody have or used one of these phones. I would really be grateful if someone could write a review.

  • Very very bed phone... I've already changed my keypad 2 times, and now the keypad getting peel-off by itself. anybody have this experience? and how you solve this?

  • To Tom, Read what I have put below there are also links which will give you the specs. the phone is made by Sonim and called XP1

  • Hey guys, This isnt really related to the 5500 which I share your sentiments about, a truly awkard phone with questionable usability, but does anybody have more detail on the JCB phone, such as features ,I know it has Bluetooth. Does anybody know the RRP? Thanx

  • Hey guys, This isnt really related to the 5500 which I share your sentiments about, a truly awkard phone with questionable usability, but does anybody have more detail on the phone, such as features ,I know it has Bluetooth. Does anybody know the RRP? Thanx

  • the jcb phone is a sonim xp1 but is yellow and black rather than just black

  • Works well except that it doesn't have 850 capability which makes reception poor in the US even it large citys.

  • Anybody know who made the phone I put below it looks just like this one I found the Sonim XP1.

  • Check this out JCB have made a tough phone

  • This is the worst phone I have ever owned. I had 5140 which was really good. the battery is only one day, and it hangs, tried update software , but it fails, called nokia canada, but they dont help, they say send it to singapor. cheers Piraj

  • This phone is hopeless... my mum got it and it was good at the start and about 4 months later the whole keypad just came off and now its unusable because the agents still having got a new housing....

  • this phone is a waste for me...the messgaing center takes reallyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long to send like about 7 mins.....the only things i love about this phone is thu music and the camera..its quite clear and u can take over 1000 pics with the memory card

  • Hi just to let you know if you want to bulk delete enter folder you want to delete from and open options menu select mark/unmark and select all then open options menu again and pick delete this will delete all messages hope this has been of some use to you

  • Best phone i ever used. Very fast, smart easy to use . Great phone ! if you intend to buy don't hesitate. Only the batery creates disconfort becasue it lasts 2 days. If you want to see what this phone is capable see this

  • I think 5500 is one of the good nokia phones. Eveything is ok. But a month after buying it the key pad came off and I had to fix it! I've had it for over a year. I really like it and it's fun when it reads your SMSes!!! :-D

  • does anyone know how to delete text messages in bulk from inbox and sent messages? Rather than deleting one by one?

  • I had used this cell 4 abt 7months and its great but the keypad pelled off on the 5th month i have spent Rs1000 (Apprx 25$) Cons~The screen is small,bad battery, soundQ lacks,keypad makes loud taping noise when u press(compared to 3250,E51,N73me,6300) Pros~Pedrom,flashli,lots of app, did not break even it has fallen 10 times But I recommend not to buy this phone.

  • i am using this set.this set is absolutly good for all those who likes softwares and games.softwares of this set is avail at funmaza.com i love it

  • hey guys... ppl who complained 'bout the peeling of the keypad... how many sms's are u sending a month? cuz i intend to use it in a non sms mode :) that's why i'm askin'! 10x

  • I have this phone. its quite good. keypad hasn't peeled off till now. its 1 month old.

  • does anybody know how to put the automatically keyboard closer into my phone? And is there any new software for the phone on the net? greez

  • All the cool funtions in my 5500 is not working,... the text to speech thing & most importantly THE GROOVE LAB game... anybody know y?? pls let me know.. & also it takes so long to send txts...???

  • Pretty cool features but the key pad peels out... Very dificult to find accessories too..

  • mine lasted only for a month i had the old water splash nokia 5140 and i still use it and i have changed it with the new one 5500. some problems were found from the very first days. it was asking for the sim card . the company iliotis i bought it after a month said that it was the screen and it broke and then after i insisted that the screen was not broken they said that moisture has destroyed the screen. How a water splash mobile get moisture inside? now i use my old phone and i will not buy again from that company since they do not have any quarantee as they said in the beginning of two years quarantee .

  • is this phone any good? pls tell me plps

  • My keypad peels too, but will try find Nokia store to fix that. Interface seems slow at times, and a few times it has frozen and I've had to remove battery and restart phone. Had for jus under a year and it hasn't broken yet, which is good.

  • i have my 5500 about four months now and Ive had to send it back to nokia because the battery only lasts around ONE hour after a full charge when it's used to call or receive a call plus i don't use my phone for anything else no blue tooth or infra red, i rarely pick it up unless making or answering a call this is totally unacceptable and you should consider this if you want to buy one of these phones

  • The screen is too small and keypad peel off after 2 month of use and they say its not covered on warranty.

  • nokia did do a job for free! the keypad came off after only a couple of weeks! whoa! what a fon! nokia, pls improve.

  • the nokia people did the job for free because its a problem this phone has. The key pad comes off after considerble use. Other than that nice little phone with water scratch and shock damp resistance...

  • .. and i had the peeling keypad/face too .. just took it to the nokia shop and they glued it properly for free .. they did not argue! :-) been great since then

  • is there anyway to sort out the usless dictionary??? It is full of nonsense words ( try writing in salisbury .. gives me 'pakis?' .. and only allows maybe 20 new words before it deletes ones you have already saved .. unbelievable .. do all nokias have the same problem .. is there a solution?

  • this phone is annoying . i bought it about 3 months ago and after 2 weeks the rubber keypad started to peel off ! i changed its keypad for about 30$ but the new keypad also started to peel off after 1 month !!!! . now i am searching for new phone . DONT BUY THIS ANNOYING PHONE

  • this is a great phone. warranty covered the problem of the rubber cover delaminating. In fact, when they replaced the cover, it came with a new metal body, so it looked brand new!! All the dents on the metal body from the spills it took were GONE!!! What can I say, Nokia were very prepared for warranteeing this phone! I have had it since Oct 2006 and won't replace until it dies. GREAT phone!!!

  • Hey "nokia 5500 owner", you might wanna try to sign the .sis/sisx file first in order for it to be installed in your phone. The same is true also with the themes. Also, the Symbian 9.1 os is not back-compatible. It means that the programs written for the previous versions (such as n70, n90, 6630, 6600 and 3230) can't be installed in your phone. If you've checked this cases, you would have no problems in installing your favorite applications in it. That's all.

  • Yes,I have a Nokia 5500.It's good looking and the Sport Mode is interesting.But...it has some bad things:The sound.in the headphones..is low..and the batery only lasts 2days.But still it has Symbian OS.that-s a good thing.but I haven't got a clue why the programs for Symbian are not Installing.

  • i used to own this phone!it rawks but the only setback is the messaging!it takes about 1-3mins to sent a message i think..i now own a nokia 5200 the camera's really bad im now thinking of buying SE W880

  • I really like this phone. Not only it does look like a real phone, but it also hides something of a great monster that will make everyone owning it to be a very capable person. Starting with its three modes (the Phone, Music and Sport), well, admit it that this is the only phone that can do all the three modes simultaneously. It sports the not-really-the-latest-but-fast hardware specs incorporated with the new generation Symbian OS, a 220 mHz processor utilized by the Symbian OS 9.1 S60 3rd Edition respectively. I like the idea that smartphones would have to change their reputations of big and bulky and I am very grateful that I'm one of the lucky pioneers who have to own such petite magnificence in brilliance. On the other side of the story, even Achilles had his heels as a weakness, this down-to-earth phone also does have some shortcomings that will have to put a very big impact on its productivity to some users. The very negative issue on this phone is its KEYPAD FALLING OFF. I do admit that I'm one of the victims of such phenomenon and it is quite a big disappointment for such a sportphone to think that it must be very invulnerable to dust and splash. Another thing that hinders it for reaching the peak of satisfaction is its battery life. Imagine, for the very first time that I had used this phone to extent, I make the juice out of it in just 5 hours! Indeed, it shocked me but considering the fact that it is a very powerful capable phone having to be energized by a mere 760 mAH battery, it do deserve to be pardoned and respected. I have read some users reporting on the speed issue. I guess its on the user's managing of running applications at the same time. It is not the latest core duo computers that you have the freedom to multitask all your apps. Should you have a 220mHz-consideration? In my seven months of experience with this phone, I only experience this when I use the phone while Music Player on the background and when I have 500 messages in my Inbox and a hundred more in the Outbox. Its normal speed it faster than other Symbian phones (N70, 6600, 6630, and 3230). Remember, it has the same specs as Nokia 3250. Hints for faster usage: 1. Don't do stuffs while having the music mode on the background. 2. Do not store so many messages in the Inbox and Outbox. Move it to a folder or delete it and please do put the memory card to default as the memory to use. 3. Delete unnecessary files in the phone memory. In summary, this is not a phone for those who don't know how to consider some minor problems. A price to be paid for what it can do. This phone is targeted for those who are active in life that requires a smarter phone for a companion. It lacks the future-proof 3G frequencies and multimedia handling (including the very small 208*208 pixel-screen) but is do complemented by having a 3-D sensor, Text-to-Speech functionality and a very durable solid built. For them it is the Nokia 5500 Sport, but for me, it is the Nokia 5500 Sport- a Smartphone on Steroids.

  • I noticed that there is 64mb total memory, but 9mb, only for user. Where are other 55mb, for which things are used?

  • Veird luking phone. Vat ver they thinking? Isa luke like a rubber tv remote. I dont like it. I think Motorola and Sony Erickson are more in my favorite than Nokea, but I did not say vun is better than the others. The only phone fram Nokea I like isa N95. That isa it, no more.

  • Are you kidding me?!?!this is the best phone ever!!!it is splash resistant, best game!!!hehehe...

  • ive owned the 5500 for about 3 months anyone noticed how gosh dang slow it is loading anything? positive's though is i dropped it off a 15m balcony onto cement... few dints but very durable cherio

  • Worst phone i ever owned, sluggish to use, rubber keypad fell off after no time at all. Constantly tells me I have voicemails waiting even though I don't. Spoke to the monkies in the orange shop and they couldnt help.

  • GOod job Nokia! I love this Phone. I am sure I will use it for at least one year more. -Symbian great phone. -Very Durable -Flashlight Bye.

  • Yes, the grey and dark grey keypads are OK !

  • Its true that the keypad is only at black one? I have dark-grey and its fine

  • I have it for 1 year now and keyboard is great!!! Camera 2 megapizel enoush for every day pictures. Cool games and Symbian Rules

  • Excelent phone! I love the Sports Menu. I am an athlete and use it allot. Bye

  • Instant Swap key for quick one key switching between phone, music, and sports modes Stainless steel body designed to withstand bumps, dust, and water splashes 3D sensor for tapping command to play music or voice feedback in sports tracking Text to speech * reads out SMS messages and provides voice feedback for sports tracking information Sports tracking user interface monitors your exercise and displays training data, speed and distance, steps taken, and calories burned Excellent sound quality with Nokia Sports Headset

  • Super great phone. Fast software. Super Stereo Mp3 Sound Thanks Nokia

  • Very good Smart Phone. - very good sound on MP3 - rezistant - lots of accessory - small and light

  • Its a great phone. I have 2. Good job Nokia.

  • My keypad peeled off 2 months after the purchase. After I got it replaced for free under warranty, the new keypad peeled off after 5 months. I then glued it with some kind of super glue. So far so good. Other than that everything's okay. Well, except short battery life....

  • try the sms accelarator from the nokia website. If you have trouble finding it go to home page of Nokia 3250 and product and support and you can find it under software. Symbian phones are slow at sending messages than series 40 phones.

  • hi ppl...wel jus incase u guys are planning to buy this mobile,its really good exceptthat the keypad has a prob and the msgs take really really long to send..totally bad messaging..besides this its a gr8 phnoe and it is also vry unique..cheers

  • the warranty does cover the keypad problem... i got mine repaired twice .. lets see howlong this keypad lasts...

  • dude, thanks a lot 4 replying...

  • To disappointed, Nokia are aware of the problem with the keypad. take it to them before you touch it your self.

  • Is its production stoped?

  • I HATE THIS KEYPAD,it came off after a month of using the phone,i am really angry and am planning to take it to the warranty tomorrow but I heard they won't fix it so could any1 tell my what kind of glue can I use?

  • Dear User of 5500 i have this set last 3 month and i am search for every web site but not availble the antivirus software and also smartmovie software plz help me or this 2 software and send me on my ID

  • To James John, Wait till after 1st week in November there is talk of the next G-Shock phone from Nokia being announced.

  • hiii thr.. guys plz help me out with this.. im actually plannin to buy this fone.. im in love wid this 1.. wen it comes to da features and da cost its quite impressive.. i understand da reviews u guys posted... i also got to knw tht the problem had been resolved.. it is true?? and wat do u guys suggest?? shud i go 4 this 1??

  • The problem was the glue that was used on the first phone. Since then they have improved the glue used. I also had one of the phones from the first batch and took it to Nokia to have it fixed its been fine ever since. Keypad has never come close to coming off its been wet and muddy more times than it been dry. Now I have faith in it again. Hope this helps

  • how has the keypay problem been resolved?

  • Sorry people, but this phone is tragic. The lag i'm experiencing on it is more than annoying, no sms accelerators help (and why should such apps are available officialy by nokia? they should fix it in a software upgrade, not by installing some applications that consume memory).. Looks and feels good, nice set of features too, but it's reliability is so poor.. Don't know about others, but mine is rubbish..

  • Hi there! Well i belong to a lower class and i bought this mobile after a great saving of my 8 months of pocket money and salary and other savings but now i came to know that there is a very big problem of keypad can u plz plz plz tell me how could i fix it permanently without having any prolem or i have to sell this cell back having a deduction from market of about 2 to 3 thousand rupees... .as u know the resale value of this set.And how can i upgrade my sets firmware to latest version? Is it free? And Registerd ? ?? Plz do reply me back at ur earliest on my email address i.e. [email protected] and save me from this loss as i love this cell very much ... Waiting for ur reply ..!! Ur Friend Zeeshan Advani

  • you can check your phones firmware. Press *#0000# on your Nokia 5500

  • Enter your product code

  • where can i found the latest firmware for it?

  • The keypad problems have been resolved

  • ok people.. this is a nice phone.. BUT do NOT buy it coz its keypad will come out gradually while using it..and it become annoying

  • I have bought the N 5500 Sport Express, and it is a very reliable telephone. To answer one of the questions, yes it is GPS compatible, but you need to buy the GPS module wich is not very expensive. The camera makes magnificent pictures, and once you download them on your PC you can see the quality. The sound are of good quality. I bought the phone with the data cable included wich really is a very positive thing in my perspective. The 3D motion sensor is a very cool thing esspecially if you are an active person. I hope some of you agree with mystatement and for those who want to buy it, good luck, the phone is worth, in my oppinion.

  • V04.03

  • what is the latest firmware for it?

  • Hi,for use GPS must have a portable module gps like ld-3w,price is around 110 usd,and also must have navigation program,is free to download from Nokia,names Smart2go,or also a free.is Nav4all,for problem whit keypad ruber also i buy a silicon case for nokia 3220,i make some holes for led light,microfon,for joystik,for earssound,and i put the phone in that siliconcase

  • I just heard that Nokia plan to launch the 6550 in November as there latest durable phone.

  • GSMARENA - Is it true that the 5500 is GPS capable? Could you verify this and update its features?

  • i want to buy 5500 sport will i buy i have 3230 plz tell me abt. that which is better..? whether 3230 or 5500 ........? i want to buy for following reasons :- 1)small in size 2)2megapixle cam 3)support software 4)good sound quality 5)good internal memory 6)3g 7)battery life according to nokia..... plz. suggest that where i move to other or 5500 is best

  • the phone is quite nice but there is a great problem with the keypad being made my rubber. it came out very soon and i don't find the keypad available everywhere.........that's the greatest thing. others are fine i must say. i suggest the manufacturer to increase the screen size and the change in keypad.....

  • Battery life is a joke. The one I have lasts 22 hours on standby with no usage. What it would be like if I talk I really dont know. Should have stuck with the 5140

  • some positives for the phone after having it since day 1 (about oct) - keypad broke twice, last time was january. its been fine since - loudspeaker broke about may. but i use it practically every day, listen to podcasts and music. its damn loud, by far the loudest i have ever heard on a phone and its great - symbian apps - FLASHLIGHT - walking metre. just so you know how far you walk when your out with your g/f - durable. dropped it a couple of times (in splashes of water no drama) my favourite phone. i can't imagine going back to a fragile flip, slide or a normal candybar. im waiting for the next one, as much as i want wifi, 3.2 mpx with autofocus, hsdpa ect, well they are secondary

  • some positives for the phone after having it since day 1 (about oct) - keypad broke twice, last time was january. its been fine since - loudspeaker broke about may. but i use it practically every day, listen to podcasts and music. its damn loud, by far the loudest i have ever heard on a phone and its great - symbian apps - FLASHLIGHT - walking metre. just so you know how far you walk when your out with your g/f - durable. dropped it a couple of times (in splashes of water no drama) my favourite phone. i can't imagine going back to a fragile flip, slide or a normal candybar. im waiting for the next one, as much as i want wifi, 3.2 mpx with autofocus, hsdpa ect, well they are secondary

  • Still nothing on the next G-Shock phone from Nokia.

  • hey i have not received my second replacement yet and its a new mobile and eversince i have purchased i didnt use it for atleast 1 month and i it started showing its colors the first phone never switched on once turned off and the replacement phone had issues with the no network access and now i am waiting for my third mobile plz send my phone asap NOKIA

  • This phone is only OK, and nothing more because the batery is bad. If the batery would last a few days more, the phone would be perfect.

  • Hi,i buy the phone in march 2007,also after few months of use the ruber keypad was of,but i use a superglue and now is ok,i have 3 accident on road whit my bike and the phone resist very good to them,also i change his version soft whit the latest version find in Nokia site,and now work good,if i want to buy again a phone i think i buy that phone,in time i love it,is smal and practic,the sound when i talk is clear,the reception is good,the batery life also is good(but i buy a second batery because i use much the internet and music player and the GPS navigation).If i want or need to watch the Televisions programs online,it works wery good(have streaming),the sound whit music player is strong,very clear and wonderful,also i download themes and softwares and much music from internet and it works so good.In conclusion,after 8 months of using,i recomand that phone(especial for active people),and a prayer for Nokia to do something whit the problem about the ruber tastes.Thank you.

  • how to use gps with nokhia 5500 .pls mail me

  • When will they bring out the next G-Shock phone?

  • great phone.. but the buttons?? man.. i changed it once cuz it cracked... but now the pad is going to come out again.. any suggestions???? other than that i'm really really really satisfy with the phone.. esp the aluminium body.. cheers..

  • Great phone.. I recommend!

  • i dont know about you guys but my 5500 fits best for me. though i'm not into outdoor activities( which i could say it's pretty useless sans the flash light), i love this phone coz it has everything that i wished a phone could have. In the Philippines i bought just for Php 5000 ($100 US dollars . of course it's a second hand but i got it fresh just like new) and believe me guys, nothing sort of damage nor negative comments that i've read here have i experienced using the phone . 1.keypad - though i received it with its side flapping and about to peel, i just used super glued it then it feels looks like new again. 2. S60 3rd edition -though screen is tiny, you cant get any nokia or SE phone for its price (BTW $100 is an average price for a second hand phone of this model),i know it may sound ridiculous but at least i could keep my excel and word files for the office and view it here using quickoffice. the only downside though was the SMS part that freezes for 5 sec. but that's tolerable. 3. MP3 playback - speaker's were excellent. the preinstalled mp3 player was just as good as my ipod--.i used 2 gb micro sd and it's almost 80% full and i could still manage my music without too much lag. 4. Camera - for the price i've mentioned, this is the cheapest phone you could have with a 2 MP. Quality is good for daylight pics but turns crappy if you shoot on dim lighting. If only they could have made the flashlight to rotate on the camera side, it would have been useful for a steady flash. Video quality is just as good as an entry level N-series phone. 5. Housing - This is the most essential feature that has found a practical functionality here in Manila, especially when you walk in the rain. i dont care if i drop it accidentally nor soak it wet while typing SMS coz i did. waterproof and shockproof!.try that with you're shiny N-series !) Some things that i wish it had: 1. Flash 2. 30fps video 3. a little bit larger screen( i understand it needs to be small for it to fit a shockproof housing. 4. A better keypad. 5. More functional pedometer All in all i would recommend this phone and gives most phones a run for its money

  • this is best phone, but some time it wokers slowly,

  • This is by far the worst phone i have ever had. I have for 10 months now and the keypad came off twice + the phone is slow as hell, it constantly crashes.

  • Do Not, I repeat, DO NOT buy this phone. Either the sim card reader or the antenna(dun know which one, but the symptoms is no reception) broke dwn twice and Nokia will not tell me why, just saying "Spare parts replacement". This is crap. It's like buying an oven and ending up with a metal box with a glass window. Similiarly, I bought a the 5500 as a phone, but ended up with an oversized music player/phone book/2MP camera.

  • About the txts if you go to 5500 website which is a part of nokia website you can find a program called sms accelarator...i have had this phone for some time worked 5ne as long as i used it...and i have noticed that installing the sms accelarator noticebly increasd the sms sending speed...

  • Seriously, don't buy this phone. I wanted a phone that wouldn't break easily or get damaged, and I chose this one. But, the keypad was ruined after a month, and i had to change it imediately. Now after, another 5 months, it's damaged again. Plus, the phone takes FOREVER to send a message, freezes up and sometimes i have to open the back to take out the battery so i can retype it again. Also, lately, for about a month now, when people call me, it says my phone is off, but it's not, or when they call me, i don't see any missed calls whatsoever. And i look all over the LOG list. Received and Missed calls show no missed calls at all. This is the second time I'm taking it to get the keypad fixed, but if it breaks once more, I swear, I'm demanding for a new phone free of charge >.< god nokia, you really fucked up with this phone. Although, the sound is amazing.

  • Deal All, Nokia 5500 sports handsent seems very good and sounds good too. However themes are just ugly and text cannot be read clearly. Backgound colour and text colour choosed in default theme is just poor. Even on Nokia website, theme suport is missing. Nokia suggesting us to purchase these themes from Symbian at huge money. Battery back up is very poor. Rubber keypad and other rubber parts are not available in market. If anybody knows the urls or websiste providing free theme supposts please mail me. Finally no body should buy this phone becaue it will give you trouble surely.

  • After spending some decent money on this phone I was hoping for a good quality phone. Initially this phone seemed to be pretty good. Then the keypad starting coming off. The problem is clearly a design and material issue. The problem resides with the choice of rubber used and clearly was not tested correctly. Nokia, if put to the test, would have a hard time to fight this. I bought it earlier this year and have put it in for warranty and I've stated I don't want the same problem in a few weeks after I get it back. It is obvious that Nokia did not test it with warm fingered usage, a robot pressing the keypad a million times will have no problems but a warm finger utilising the keypad causes the rubber compound to stretch. This in turn causes it to bubble and then strain the "glue" sticking it to the frame. The glue then starts to give way and your on your way to a useless keypad. It is absolutely clearly a fault with the phone and nothing to do with the user. Don't let them bluff you. For another example a pen manufacturer uses a similar rubber compound at the base of the pen. This rubber starts to react the same way as the rubber in the keypad did, it starts to stretch from "WARM" fingers moving on the rubber. Nokia needs to change the compound used in the rubber to remove this problem.

  • this is very bad phone it is hanging very frequently,It is hanging twice in a hours Psl dont purchase this phone

  • Where can I get a proper time/clock screensaver. I got one from m-bounce, but it is not clear enough.

  • this phone is very good....well music is also very gud i like my phone but the keypad is screwing my mind

  • this phone is terrible supposed to be strong and all that the keypad fell off after 4 months and is horrible to use

  • This phone is quite good and regarding the keypad, my phone was under warranty and nokia priority care helped me to change the keypad without any charge. also if ur mobile connection is prepaid after 10-15 calls the balance is not shown.. for that we have to switch off the mobile and turn on back. the sound clarity is really amazing and some of the softwares aint support on this phone.

  • this phone is really very good i like this phone very much

  • The truth and the fact is, the only problem with this phone is the keypad. I had mine since May 2007 and yes the keypad was coming out. I used Krazy Glue and now it's in there for good. This phone is a smart phone. There are tons of software for it. It's a great introduction for those who are now getting into smart phones or symbian OS. It is compatible with 2gb memory cards. I bought a 2gb today, now my phone is like a mini ipod. the music player is really good too. Plus it has motion sensor control by tapping to change tracks, pause, etc. There is also the text to speech feature which is very cool. RATE 8.5/10 P.S. 1.5 less because of the faulty keypad

  • this is a rubbish phone DO NOT BUY nothing works the sound on this thing is rubbish and it has no wifi

  • I hope when Nokia replace this cell they keep what�s inside, but put it in the shell of the 6250. That would be a one great phone.

  • Attention: Don't buy from e-buy-global.com ! It's strange that they got mobile phones 70% cheaper, e.g. 8600 Luna - $150. It's that odd, that it doesn't even cover production expenses... So, my advice: don't even write to them. They aren't really from Italy! Their host is somewhere in Israel! It might aswell be some kid playing around behind his PC, and getting his money off our backs. When I asked for their company's registration number, business rate, or something like that, the director replied to me they haven't got it for anybody. 'Cause that's something that has to be made public, so anyone may verify it. Thanks! Bye! P.S.: Please tell others, on other forums, too!

  • hello people.please could someone give me the info whether i could expand the memory of the 5500 with a 2gb

  • mobile gives gud song and yes its water resistant and shock proof but dont ever buy this mobile it has many problems, the keypad is awfull and get damaged in two months which is not covered by nokia warrenty. and many more.

  • i dont hav the sport version i hav the normal version if anyone is planning to buy this phone dont 2mb camara it is rubbish selling this phone to buy another.the music on this phone is amazing that is it rate out of 10 6/10

  • Can u get replacement battery covers for the back the stupid opening mechanism is totally knackered and orange wil not fix it. :( can u take the front fasia off too i need to get it off to try and stick the keypd back on, this phone is built terribly!

  • can any one tell me how to extend the voice recording time

  • does the body of this cellphone change ? im planning to buy it

  • Hi, Has anyone heard if Nokia are going to launch a replacement of the 5500 Sport. I think if they made a few improvements it would be a great phone.

  • itis very bad louck

  • yo its a amazing phoone with all facilities,its sound is say masterblaster i love it/.............

  • dis fon is g8 the sound quality is really g8 jus like n91 the camera 2mp can b compared 2 sony cybershot k550i great symbian fon. BUT DONT MAKE D MISTAKE OF BUING IT

  • dis fone is no good man only for one nd one reason its keypad which comes off within two months but de other features r fantastic but anyone plannin to buy pls dont

  • hey can anyone tell me haow to extend the voice recording time

  • ring tone - please help -- can anyone help me -- i cannot work out how to change the ring tone on my phone ?? please i need to know as the ring tone i have is terrible. thank you

  • is da fully sik, has subwoofer

  • i am using this mobile in Pakistan.honestly its amazing and it can compete N series because of its amazing features.

  • In australia it is the superb running phone in a very cheap price..I give it 9.5 out of 10

  • Itz the best phone in India..Even it beats Nokia N Series..Truly Awesome mobile!!

  • Itz da best phone i've ever had.Awesome cute phone with all da feature!!

  • hi. i purchased this phone few days ago and i'm stil enjoying it. this morning i've made a foolishness: i took the microSD card out of the phone and i put it into my hp camera. when i've put it back in the phone i've observed that all aplications on memory card weren't working because the camera has changed the name of some folders. a i have a big apeal at you. if anyone can archieve the structure of the card and send it to me at this mail i'll be very thankfull. thanks.

  • This phone rocks, its hard as a rock. It was accidentally run over by a car and its still in one piece. My phone is almost a year and the keypad is still ok.

  • WARNING: "NEVER BUY THIS MODEL" i have bought it 6 months ago and its keypad loosened just after 2months. After the hard struggle of 4 months i became successful to replace my keypad for Rs.2,000 (almost $35 brought from UK not available in whole country) which is a very big amount for just a replacement of keypad. Although it is a manufacturing fault but nokia isn't helping its customers at all in its so called warranty.... And also the battery timing is so poor that i have to charge it two times in a day. Just shame on NOKIA....

  • The 64Mb is NOT internal. It is a microSD flashcard that comes with the phone. I've personally bought a gigabyte one to mine. The 5500 is the SMALLEST s60 out there. It tells you something. Also, the screen is, although only 208x208 pixels, a square which I totally dig. It's very sharp and bright, I love it. Unlike many new Nokias, the keypad is plastic/rubbery which feels much better to type with. The connectors are also under a rubbery shield for protection. Quite handy, hopefully it won't come off after some time.. I wouldn't buy any other 3rd edition phone, it's so great! It's also much faster than most new E-series phones, too..

  • perfect phone only 2 problems 1 music volume 2 no wifi

  • this phone is no good because it freezes up when sending SMS messages making it unusable until the SMS is send (can be around 5 mins)and the face plate starts to falling off after a small amount of time.

  • Not recommended to buy. Problem with network. Have sent for repair under warranty but not last long. Still no network.

  • is there to extend the voice record limit

  • DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!!! iv had it now for 6 months and the keypad has practically fallen off! apparently it has happened to many other people with this phone! now looking for a new phone

  • plz someone tell me how to get the mini map browser bcoz i deleted it........

  • quality fone, expensive but build like a brick

  • Hai guyz I think while making this phone nokia has made a major mistake. The screen size is very small and font are very small. Loudspeaker quality is good but the phone seems slow than usual s60 series phone(Even thoug its latest firmware)

  • this phone is dumb.. the keypad came off after two months

  • everything else rocks.. buh keep a tube of superglue or sumthin handy.. da freaking keypad mite probably fall off when u'r in da middle of da convo.. da batteryz suck too nokia shud reaaly do sumthin bout da battz else a gr8 fone when it comes to speed and user friendlyness.. da sports feature is amazing..

  • Mine lasted on four months before the keypad came off. Buy a different phone!

  • Is nokia going to relaunch this mobile with less price?

  • Hi All I am getting another phone (on insurance) and have been given a few options. I need to make my choice today 11/07/07 and have narrowed the choices down to the 3110 Classic and the 5500. I read that the majority of people have had lots of problems with the keypad. Other than this fault is there anything else that should deter me from choosing this phone as I it'll be a phone my hubby uses (and he is a tradesman and doesn't have very much luck with phones). Thank you all for your help.

  • its quite stylish but actually it sucks....i bought one and loved the features but later on the keypad started becoming annoying and the keypad entirely came off. the numbers are so hard to press

  • Waterproof!!I put the phone through an industrial front loader washing machine and it still works. The memory card doesn't but the rest is still good. I think this is what made my number pad lift off..

  • This phone is AMAZING ( No keypad problems ever) I use Tom Tom GPS through bluetooth and no issues whatsoever. I am computer industry and trust me I tested this phone inside and out. LOVE the flashlight. Most amazing phone Way to go Nokia

  • Hi people, one advice from me regarding this sporty mobile: DON'T BUY THIS MOBILE!! I bought one, worked fine for 2 months then the rubber keypad torn off totally. Tried to glue it by some special glue but failed. Showed it to Nokia service, replied me reluctantly with no solution. Its the 1st rubbish mobile that Nokia EVER MADE! The keypad construction wasn't made carefully, neither solid nor made at least by other materials, plastic for an example. It features almost everything with its compact size and design but failed with its keypad construction. The mobile is totally worn out now, and i can't find a solution to fix it, but to buy another mobile, but this time hopefully a pocket pc!

  • are there any known issues with intalling 3rd party applications on the phone because of the square screen?pls reply...

  • i used to have this fone..luv it but lost =( but my problem is...i didnt get to choose it looks better in real den on pics..btw when i message someone it took like minute.. den when i changed to singtel cant messege at all..but the camera is really great ;)

  • This phone is the best waste of money. The keypad peals off after 6 weeks! Fact. I got the t-shirt with the phone. I guess i missed the fineprint somewhere.

  • well, rumors about keypad are true, it really does eventually rip off, but it's no big deal, because few drops of glue fixes it once and for all..:) the shape of this phone is a classic bar, so that means it's durable, no moving parts (like sliders or flippers), metallic casing and rubber parts makes it even tighter, so this phone could easily pretend to outdoor class.. it's rectangle shaped display isn't there with no reason, it's there because such screen is more resistant to splashes.. the flashlight is very handy attribute, camera works fine.. the only cons could be poor battery life, extreme lag while working with short messages when their number reaches ~ >1000 and quite poor default set of applications.. I personally miss few things found in non-symbian nokia phones, such as auto-keylock, speed and so on..

  • hi plz tell_me_about_its_sound_quality>?

  • We have this as a company mobile at work. What I find funny, is that the phone itself is a tank. Durable. Yet the rubberised keypad falls apart rather quickly.

  • Dudes, Man This phone is a big screw up man......The Functions are good... But Body shape and design sucks big time it looks like a Grand Pa....Man nokia People should come out with something better In Design Metalic....with combination with rubber...Better camera, Slide, Larger screen, Stylish keypad....and Color should be awesome.....Well i am using 5500 and very disappointed.

  • how to close the sports app?

  • Caution, don't update firmware to 3.55, it sucks. Plenty errors and service drops and update... please take this advice..

  • the peeling keypad is covered under warranty by nokia because they used a faulty glue, just take it into a service centre and they will fix it

  • ok..bought this phone in late april..keypad peeled in late may... ok here's the solution... Peel keypad till all the numbers are off. Get some all purpose glue and a match stick. Take up some glue with the match stick and place on the inner edges where the key pad rests. Place some on the ribs going across. Wait ah while about 5 minutes until dry to touch and then press and hold down the keypad with the palm of your hand for 5 minutes.. worked for me....

  • aye...the problem with the keypad is common and disturbing...and after warranty period expires...we will be scewed...

  • Hi mona there's something you can install to speed up the texting. its a known issue for 5500 sport and any other symbian 9.1 (version 3). go to and download SMS Accelerator and install it in your 5500 sport. you should've told that to the nokia agent as well becoz they can upgrade your phone's firmware or install the SMS Accelerator themselves for free. im also from the philippines by the way =)

  • got the 5500 as a christmas gift 2006. keypad started peeling off by february 2007. spilled beer onto it last april with the peeling keypad but experienced no problems. finally got a nokia agent to replace the full face/cover at no charge because it is still under warranty (i'm in the philippines). now its like brand new. still happy with it except it takes forever to send text messages.

  • to arafat: well you can do 2 things, 1) install a new firware, or reinstall the actual(use nokia pc suite, there is the option) and if that dosen't repair your problem that means that is a hardware problem(you brake it) so 2) take it to a service estore ;) good look

  • to Tarek: you have to take it to a service store. or explain better your problem

  • i think tz a good phone 4 hard users..i stil cnt beleive that its stil workin after fallin down from the 3rd floor of our campus..but y cudnt nokia giv it a larg display?and also the volume for the music player is not enough!!!!any wa,tz agood phon.

  • not sure about the interna lmemory.. sum site said 64 mb internal... but mine has like 15 mb....

  • pls can anyone tell me how to fix the keypad.......because it is a very good phone.

  • HI.I had a nokia 5500.Its a good phone.Few days ago,I had an accident N ma set LCD is broken. But I repaired it. There is still problems I m having-1) When I start my phone thn the picture"NOKIA" comes and after 2-3 mins the set goes off.-2) When I connect my phone with PC thn the message show"USB not recognised". Can anyone plz help me with the problems. Plz me out.Plzzz!!! Thanks in Regards.......

  • water resist-maybe in another live,only in your dreams.recomend you to be minium 5m from any water.shok proof-kiss my...by the way now going to drink beer out/like a every knigt at this time/and will try how beer resizst is-will give 5500 to drink just a little bit.madpanas

  • i`ve heard that this phone resists to whater is it true????? you can give him a bath and it can still function?????

  • in india anybody will give knowledge about this phone................

  • red allert.first troyan for s60 and symbyian9.1 is internet.working something like that-every time when downloade video,codeck ore something else have risk to catch-sending sms from your phone to many adresses,so dont surprise at end of month if your beel is 10$ more.to evrebody-pleaase instal some antivirus.madpanas

  • unless keyboard,everything is perfect...!

  • a great phone....no software probs...a good battery back up too...the keypad is soooooooooooo annoyin tho...:(

  • to mosi.ok your wright-disopointment,but tell me one phone of all gsm rewiev to worth money.I thing all is expensieve toys,and wifi,3g and internet option is to expensieve at this moment/expesialy in my poor country "bulgaria".but boys must have toys,so doit like me-by toys second hand like me from someon who dont undurstend for half prise and look at the phones like short temporary toys ,which must replays after 4 months and enjoy the lve-I"m going to drink beer out-cheers.madpanas

  • to keys.doit like me-original headphones -in garbage.I buy nokia conecktor/pop up port to 3.5mm jack-cost 5euro/now i can plug any head phones.second you must instal some audio player-rcomend "lgg jukebox"-very useful if i play big 2aurs non stop mix-you can for no time chek any part of mix -first minutes,middle or end of them.good player to is "power mp3".simple forget for all originals players,believe me the quality of sound and video is much better.madpanas

  • I bought dis phone at least a month ago and still i have no problems with it. Its got tons of features from being a secretly s60 symbian 9.1 3rd ed phone, nice software for mp3 player, 3-d sensor, 2mp camera, small and handy!,and very durable! It does not even shout out for its price! I guess, d only thing i dont like about it is the 1-day battery lyf... and also, it's no 3g! Well, you couldn't get all you want from a phone...

  • Generally good phone - but the following basic features, which one normally takes for granted are missing.... 1. Message (Inbox/Outbox/Sent)counters 2. When a file is transferred via Bluetooth (from another phone), the file is sent as a SMS, which defaults to Phone memory. So if a big file is transferred and if the phone memory is insufficient, one cannot configure the default the 'Memory Card' 3. GOTO menu, which was quite a useful shortcut in earlier phones 4. Photos / Images cannot be attached at the GROUP level - only at the individual CONTACT level 5. Repeat Alarm 6. The headphones that come with the kit is very bad

  • Heh, Sports Application uses much battery power? I DON'T THINK SO........................... The fact is it is Running Symbian s60 3rd Edition right? Try using Taskman, and you'll laugh............

  • I work for vodafone in Ireland and have sold a high amount of these phones since its release here last week and so far no problems. However the general opinion is that it does not do justice to its "predecessor", the 5140i. Feedback from my consumers suggests that a slightly modified 5140i with bluetooth and an improved camera would have been ideal. On first impression the phone appears to be very well equipped similar to the n73 infact. But it remains to be seen how it will perform...

  • its too bad.. i like the features of this phone. Its like my Ngage QD the side rubber grip just peeled off by its self because of the extending of rubber, but id fixed it not by gluing it.. by buying a "Class A" side rubber grip imitation, its rubber is different from the original one and ohh btw i tried an original once and it peels off again.. the imitation lasts until now! 2yrs. Well i guess i'll be waiting for its "Class A" imitation casing..i live in the Philippines and its too many imitation casing around here for a totally cheap cost of 2$-10$ i wouldnt bother changing my casing every month hehe..

  • This phone is total disappointment, battery is bad, it is very very very slow, keypad falls of (90 % of people had this problem) water proof hahahahahah. It has many good features but all of them can not repair damage caused by keypad and battery, on the and this two are key features on any phone. do not take this phone not even for 1$

  • hay gays i have 2pnones whit simbian9.1os-n73 and 5500.if caypad was not from rubber will gryte phone ,becouse all programs for symbian9.1 work on the both phones.look at n73 opinions for programs.this like me when i use it like a mp3 player/i instal "lgg jukebox" player/,becouse is much smallest from n73 and is easu to put in smalest pockets/specialy in summer/.to wach video is better n73-big display,but if you instal "smartmovie" from lonely cats whit divx and xvid is better.you must have convertor from same company on pc to convert divx ,xvid video-make it in 208 x208reslution is better.and have posibility to remove biggest clips.for example 8min 2gb clip from my sony camcorder when i converted whit "smartvovie" convertor in xvid avi 208x208resolution is 90mb.you can remote clip and sound is perfeckt.about battery live-if you make 10pictures,2 3gp videos,watch 8min divx video and about 2 mix on jukebox,but 4ahr-for example last april mixes dj tiesto from club "nouveau" in holland and make 4calls -live is 1day.this is extreme use,normal battery live is 2days.saym story is in n73neverd mind that battery is 1100mah-display is bigger.i hope that this information will usefull for users.madpanas

  • this phones wicked!!!i chucked mine across the street the other day, it still workin perfectly aswell as leavin it in the sink.....on purpose!!!im tellin u this phone is awesome!!!

  • yepp..I bought the phone...Nope keypad isn't peeling off yet...Os is perfect with plenty software to back it up...yepp exactly what i wanted...yepp very good buy for price...nope I am not going back to phone without an OS...yepp I am happy until further notice...

  • yes my keypad has also peeled off--quite alarmed that this phone is advertised as being durable but has a aluminium case??? mine is now full of dents. besides that a great phone, cant answer it in the shower though like the previous shock proof phone from nokia. give me that one any day!!! it was bulletproof! much unlike the 5500 'sport' i have now. not a good effort nokia..

  • i have this phone since oct 2006. i had to change this phone once due to signal not picking up. now it has been a few monthes with this piece. now the keypad has started to fall off. otherwise this is the best phone i have used.

  • i have this phone .it"s really great .it"s a high sound system phone.but it"s key pad it"s not so good.but i have changed this key pad.so buy this phone with out any hisitation.

  • it don't have a flash

  • ok...I'm going to buy this phone in 2 days...I really need to explore the os...I heard about the falling off keypad issues, yepp, its not just a rumour...but also I heard how to fix is for yourself with epoxy, and once stuck correct,,no more problems with keypads,..I heard some people complaining on the start up time..."Its a smartphone for crying out loud"...Then there is a rumour that the battery dies too fast,,,research was done and its because the sport software runs in the background, but it can be shut off from PC Suite...for those who think the screen is too small, go get glasses... I AM BUYING THIS PHONE!!!!

  • TO JAY dont worry your are just like me, i have had my 5500 sport since october last year, now the key pad has fallen apart, just like everyone elses.

  • The best phone i've ever had : light, powerful, no pb with keyboard, and great when working in GPS mode with route77. I've had 3 samsung before (i320, D600, e350), 1 sony-ericsson (T610), 2 nokia (6111, N-gage) but none of them could compete with 5500. Symbian 60 is great too.

  • had the phone for 5 months and its been brilliant, people complain about the keypad loads but ive never had any issues! a lot better than my old Sony Ericsson! plus i found a site that sells front or back covers including keypad for �10 each ($20 ish) cheapest and best phone ive ever had!

  • This phone is so Sporty like myself. Im an avid Triathlon competitior. I once did a team triathlon where i was on the final cycle leg and I went from 20th to 109th. I even got a finishers medal my mum was so proud. With this phone im sure the music and pedometer will help me strive for more success and maybe a PB!

  • all your keys pads, will fall apart soon, dont buy this phone, and the symbia60 platform will crash, and block u from using your contacts, nice people those nokias

  • that is not too bad phone but really it's need to upgrade . sonyericsson made that mobile w710i that is the best in the view and battery and really it's sport with good features . but it's not from steel like nokia 5500 but sonyericsson w710i is the best . I am sure it's battery 350 hour and it's designed for the music so i can hear the music more than 20 hour daily and 10 hours talk NOKIA IN THE BOTTOM LIST

  • the 5500 is good-have fast amr4-cpu 235mhz,display is bright.you can use 1gbcard,recomend to have at any time 20mb free space in card.bad thing of the phone is rubber claviature-is imposible to fixed,ifyou replaced after 10 days will clue out again.so i use extraordinare solution-put it the phone in plastic case/no have original-use from 3220nokia-must make hole for camera and for usb pop port/no problem now-esturday was on beach 25c on sun and no clue out becouse is in case.and at the back side of the case have staple for belt-you can hangin the phone /on bicikle like me/and making the pictures whit selftimer mode.madpanas

  • Love it, Ive been on the phone to people in the shower and it still works fine, sometimes have to blow the water out of the speaker though. Lives up to all of Nokia's adverts about it been a "rough and tough" phone!!

  • upgraded version of 6230i but with different platoform S60 and 2mp camera.........

  • me to the hands free set is s__t it cums out only out the 1 side that is not to bad but the key pad is s__t it has pealed off i am so pised at nokia this is a sports phone how the hell can the sell it the shold take every 1 back fix the problem 4 good and give it back

  • hi from all nokia i had , this was the worst wether proof? with keypad going out ... allways with dust on the pop port , sometimes don�t have audio on left channel , change earfones , right channel , not working with adaptation plug , for 3,5mm jack stereo ,audio is present on both channel , with the original command , sometines gives error message , on nokia service , after 2� complain , they substitute hardware , stand by has improved , but popup port , continues on the same

  • When i first saw this phone -i loved it. It's really well styled and apart from a couple of long winded routes to get to certain areas within the applications, -it's pretty easy to use too. Sadly i think all that aside that this phone is now cack. Ever since i've had it there has been an echo when talking. When not in use -if you hold the phone to your ear it makes a buzzing/ humming/ charging type noise. Sometimes in mid conversation it decides to switch to loud speaker all by itself and you can't switch back. Half the time when i receive calls -the call stays open even after i have/ the caller has ended the call and i have to remove the battery to un-freeze it. The 'Titanium' casing is thin and is already dented from one tiny drop. =It's no where near as protective as the previous bomb proof rubber Nokia's. The rubber keypad is also crap as it has completely come away from the lower half of the phone and appears to be fixed in place by some kind of double sided sticky tape. If the keypad where replacable -i think i could just about bear with the other faults that this phone has -but sadly i've got to find another robust phone to replace it. Anyone know of any other decent bomb proof phones? If you're gonna buyone -make sure that the buzzing thing isn't happening, and be preparred to carry it around in a large roll of bubble wrap. Nokia Sport -my arse.

  • remember this phone display in sun light is more clear

  • does this phone have stopwatch or cornometr? if yes where is it ????? mainly it is good phone but the problem is its keypad. NOKIA must do something for this problem

  • i have problem with keypad too but warranty don't fix it for me and i have to pay about 50$ to change all cover include keypad

  • dis fone is very bad ...very bad means...i have bought dis fone for 9000qr &widin 1day its keypad came out nxt when i tried 2 pur mini sd ...no place 2 inser that mini sd card...i have sold it for 2000qr...very loss 4me

  • I could use this phone for only one month. Key pad peeled off very wieredly. No way to fix it. I used super glue & sold it with 6000 tk loss. This is a f*****g set.

  • I am from Iran and The keypad of my 5500 also came out and it's not covered by warranty. But I found a shop that change the all cover included keypad with 550000rls means 60-70$ (dollar). can someone help me ?

  • Haven't nokia recalled this phone yet? Is terrible my phone is functioning well but with no keypad just after 4 month of usage. Please nokia, do something about this!!!! Atleast u can send us a new keypad with a better glue.

  • how will i use the zip? everytime i download games, i receive it with zip. does this fone has an unzip? i had a hard tym downloading games. despite of its limited softwares, i cannot enjoy it thats why I'm just downloading games.

  • I've had this phone for over 3 months, and it's working just as well as when I bought it. It's already survived a couple of drops. Very happy with this phone.

  • where is stopwatch ?

  • my KEY pad is pealing i want to now if i send it back to nokia will they fix it 4 FREE or do i have to pay 4 it

  • is verry ugly this cell phone

  • front cover rubber slip not smooth touch up

  • hi. i purchased this phone few days ago and i'm stil enjoying it. this morning i've made a foolishness: i took the microSD card out of the phone and i put it into my hp camera. when i've put it back in the phone i've observed that all aplications on memory card weren't working because the camera has changed the name of some folders. a i have a big apeal at you. if anyone can archieve the structure of the card and send it to me at this mail i'll be very thankfull. thanks.

  • man is real has a problem with the keypad because y want 2 buy this phone pls tell me (the speaker is loud???)and has other problem????

  • The keypad of my 5500 also came out but its covered by warranty so, I got mine fixed free of charge.

  • aaa- shut up you all this is a phone that have many nice devices and normal price as for me i think its a nice choice for people the has a bit of money but wants to be cool so its 80% of all humans on its freek planet... be cool ... stay as human being... ----sgp----

  • Very nice phone, it serves its purpose as a sports phone ie reading text messages when you are running or when your hands are tired up. It also has a sports diary where you can keep count of calories burnt.However, my rubber keypad is comming off - I thought this phone was waterproof.

  • cool phone ....essential for sportsmen.... when i saw it first i thought it was a normal phone from nokia....but was amazed when i read it has 2 megapixel camera and and Mp3 Player with extendible memory...yet a cool phone to have fun with.....

  • hey guys, im just about to buy this phone..but after reading the comments about the problems some of u've been having with it, it got me kind of worried. So what do u think?! is it an easy going phone overall?! or should i change my mind?how obout n72 or 6233 plz some1 help me thanks

  • I was very quickly disappointed on its reliability. I had to change phones twice. first for some reason the microphone stoped working after 3 days. 2nd it would not recognise my chip card after 2 days. I decided to take another mobile phone wiht my provider.

  • got this phone goin in a month now.(Black)Great phone real nice features,i upgraded to a 1Gb memcard. Camera quality good,no problems with Keypad(Knock on wood). the only thing is, Dispite its said to be bump Proof,It fell once and got an ugly Dent on the Metal frame(so called Stainless steel) in front,got real dissapointed.and i got a freeze error, and restarted it and works like a charm.the Music player is loud. and the best part i like is its Size- really small and neat.i give it a 4/5

  • and my keys still have'nt fallen off.

  • I have it from 6months.to many problems-is not waterproof,shokproof and what else they say.front pannel and buttons is made ow rubber who after 1monts is clue out from body-I try several times to clue but result is same.at the back side of the phone cover for battery and sim crd too was broken-i stich it whit skoth tape.this model is extremly fragile.the camera is bad at low lite,video is bad too.simbian 9.1 is ok,but display is to small and is inposible to enjoi to use like a video player.I"ll buy new cover complette and will sell them/gues how much cost 30$/.MADPANAS

  • The 5500 is faster than the N70 or N72 because the 5500 uses Symbian S60 3rd Edition. N70 and N72 use the older 2nd Edition.

  • hey got this phone recently,its a great phone ya,keypad peeling off issue did not affect though,but the screen is small~wish the screen could have been alot bigger

  • All u guys r crazy...this is the best phone u can get in this price....this is the fastest symbian i have ever seen...just use it for 1 week u will never leave it......also display is so clear ....even n70 and 72 does not catch up with 5500....pls stop guys...if u dont like this phone...then u have to spend 25k+...bye

  • why cant i bluetooth videos from other phone even with a 2gb card?

  • i think the designer of this model sucks.. specially the keypad.... how come they just put glue to stick the keypad with the body.. even though you replace the new keypad, when the glue gets hot, the glue will melt and unstick the keypad again, then you have to replace the keypad over and over again. i just trade-in my nokia 5500 to other phone model this morning.. so disappointed

  • im thinking of buying this phone or the Sony Ericsson W710i.. The only thing keeping me with the W710i is the many users having problems with the keypad. Is it that bad? Is there anyway of preventing it? Or fixing it by yourself? Thanks

  • NOkia 5500 has been publically explored to be a poor quality mobile by China Central TV in 15th March, 2007. In it's show, Nokia's aftersales services is quite poor, at least we could discribe it as dissatisfactory. Why Nokia always releases a lots poor designed mobile, such as 3250,5500,etc.?

  • This Phone's keypad is too bad and gets peeled off.The battery backup is too low. Not Worth 2 buy it...But really good in it's features

  • THIS nokia 5500 sport is so real.... the only problem is that it does not have a cd player built in, nor does it have a minidisc player, come on nokia...... It night be better if it had a 10mega pix camera and night vision and infra red vision, also a dvd recorder just for the movies, lol. its only a phone, lol @ some peoples minds, blah blah blah. and as for low signal well thats your operators fault not the phone.

  • I have5500 from 6month.camera and video is good at day lite,at nigth-better dont make a pictures.the loudspeaker is good,audio player too.for video is better to instal some avi player.BAD side of the5500 is that his panel is broken day by day on my eyes-the rubber must be clue evry wheek .this is shame for nokia-waterproof,shokproof-helou nokia the phone for 6mths is damaged totaly.I never see at my life so weak cover,panel like this.this was my first and my last nokia in my live.the services here in europe is fool of reklamation of this phone.If somebody of smart ass from finland read this I"ll say hem "minnula rappuli nokia"-it means I have womit from nokia.

  • You can download the compass to this phone dont be such a loser.

  • >nice cam for outdoor shots... but no flash for indoor shots... grrrr.....!!!! >they shouldve integrated a better camera.. a 3.2MP cam could be better... >no compass.... >bad idea for keypad.... it strips off!!!and absorbs dust...making the white print grey waaaaaaaa.... >low battery performance... since they intergrated an MP3 player, nokia shouldve thought of a high-performance battery too.. tsk tsk!! >i installed a free game from the web... it worked...but whenever im done playing, the display of the phone is affected. kinda scratchy and slow response to my commands... >very weak in getting a signal... this should be an outdoor phone!!! nokia, why like this? i saved so get this phone and now... i wish i got somthin else instead... i wouldve saved more and got a k800i tip: think twice before getting one...

  • Just got this for the sports bit really. I wouldn't use this on full time, I shall stick with my S.E. K800i which is far better. Keys are a bit stiff, but I like the demos and the tutorial bits as well. Cute fone though.

  • i had this phone 4 a munth key pad still fine not peeling but the only problems are 1 batery life about a day (i sms alot about 250 a day)but a charg can fix that 2 the the hands free set is junk to listen music or make phone calls with it. ps i will get an mp3 player soon use my phones hand free set but the phone is still gr8 no big problems with it but i love it cos it is gr8 phone cos it small light good looks hard core featcher and strong as a brick use a nokia N70 soft were

  • I have had MY NOKIA 5500 SPORT since 04 october 2006, and my buttons are not falling OFF. sO YUO ARE WRONG dey, I WONT BE CRYING, rather laughing @ U.

  • Hi. I'm not sure by what you said receiving programs from other phones. But it can receive and install program (receive *.sis, or *.jar) from other phones. I've been using this phone since September last year. Other than the keypad peeled off two months after I got it, I have no problem at all. I got the keypad replaced for free recently (mid February) and so far so good. =)

  • is this phone good or bad can it operating system os recieve application software like bible and dictionary and game from other nokia fone 3250 has that problem of application software so i want to know 4 nokia5500.

  • is this phone good or bad someone pls tell me what is the cost in nigeria currency(naira) can one download bible or dictionary software succesfuly and other software without complication. pls i need answers.

  • Can anybody tell me where I can find the office document reader for this phone? Take care, and have fun.

  • I do not recommend this phone at all!!! the keypad peels off, its software performnce is weak and with latency.my phone locks during sending msgs for about 2 minutes! too small screen!... Im so sorry for nokia ! Their products are getting worse everyday!

  • all nokia 3rd edition phone games here :

  • i got my keypad fixed about a month ago now, and its holding up strong. i think the latest batch of keypads are doing good

  • keypad peel off after a month, really dissapointed for "sport phone"

  • This phone feature are good. But the keypad always peel of. After I use the glue for it, the keypad was broken. I just use this phone only a week. Then I sell it. I really2 disappointed.

  • this is class set specially for students and just like that guys fantastic futions with shockproof and beautiful combination

  • This is one of nokia's worst desinged phones since i bought i i have been in and out of the service centre, 7times. Keypad just keeps comming out. Also phone gets stuck very often Bad phone overall!

  • i like that modal.because it has aii the feture.

  • quite fragile for a sport phone, keys pealed of on mine too. a bit of superglue added and now it's fixed, also a bit o plasitc covering the part beneeth the screen fell off. Also i had to have it serviced coz it got stuck with the haeadset on. i own the previous model and it was much more rugged than this one, also it's laking an auto keylock function witch is eesential for my lifestile.

  • it's good .. but i like more Nokia 5500 Expressing Music than this one....but it's cool....the only thing that i really don't like it's the screen ..it's 2 small...

  • well, this set is good, water proof and shock resistance but the screen is way too small. and the camera is F+.

  • this phone rocks!!!!!!!!!! Id recomend this phone to anyone!!!!

  • i text & mke calls a lot because of my job. it hasn't even been a month since i bought the phone and the keypad peeled off. since my unit has a 1 year warranty, i brought it to a nokia center for repair. i've had my keypad replaced BUT less than a month AGAIN of constant use it peeled off again. i'm trading this phone in.

  • im planning to buy this handset can u plz help me with ur opinions.is 5500 is a good fone?when will keypad starts peeling off??

  • i stay in south africa so i paid for it R3500 (R=Rand) R7=$1 so paid for mine $500 for my 5500

  • i have the black one and i sms alot (about 200sms a day) i now the PELING KEY PAD is a problem but it is in the gray and yellow one more then the black one

  • In how many days i can see that my keypad is peeling off??i want to buy this fone.any suggestions from u guys.?plz suggest me should i take it or not??

  • how the keypad problem can be solved???im planning to buy this one.plz suggest me that should i buy it or not.plz do reply

  • tc15 and v4vendettas, i'm giving u a maximum of a month u will come back here crying, why because of the keypad peeling off.the keypad issue is very serious, i think nokia should recall the phones and repair or replace it for us or refund the money. i spent 350 us dollars, i mean american dollars on this phone= a phone that is supposed to be water and dust resistance is now absorbing dust and water. everything else is perfect!!!!

  • it's a good thing i didnt buy this phone... it's like 300US$ last year here. thanks guys.

  • it has only one problem.it keypad spoils after few months.

  • You are right. I purchased about 2 months back and now the keypad out of the handset. Spare keypad not available readily. I think this hand set has been withdrawn from the market by nokia. It also not listed in their Website.

  • Don't like it. Fonts are too small would like a setting to change font. Keypad does not feel too good maybe will fall off. Navigation not as easy as other Nokia's.Very dissappointed.

  • mine came with 512mb card

  • Can anyone help, I have no sound, calls are coming in but there is no sound. There is also a headset icon on the screen but no external device is connected. I don't know how to turn it off. Is it causing the problem.

  • good mob stylish sports mod

  • i want to ask how much built-in memory does this phone have>? the memory except from the card...coz i wana make this phone a music phone plz email me tnx...:)

  • i just got one yester day this is my 10th phone in 6 years 1:i never falt such qulity 2:it is gr8 to hold 3:it got gr8 music controls 4:it is looks cool i like it more then my moms W810 witch i lent for 3 munthes

  • I was happy with this phone till the time its keypad was peeled off. And then I had to pay for the new keypad. I wasn't expecting that from a tough phone. Now it looks like that everybody is having the same problem. I might sale it off, I don't want to have a mobile whose keypad would be changed after every month. NOKIA warranty sucks, within one month of purchase they charged me for fixing the keypad.

  • i live in iran nokia phones works better than the other brands but if you wanna have good market in iran you must create persian fonts persian calendar and persian keypads for cell phones

  • Good one but need not to be best one............nokia........people love it...feelit...buy it....so.......is it really exelent. I dont agree.Never bu such type of phone. If u dont love nokia then okay, Bangladesh

  • GOOD Design And NO KeyPad BuTTons FaLLing oFF From Where I Am StandinG. ALthough When yOu tRy t2o sEe yoUr CrediT BaLance After A cAll, tHe WritinG Could bE ALOT biGGer. Pictures & Video eXcellent. The Tapping fEature F4or Reading Back Your Text Messages Whilst Your walking/running/mountain biking aRe Fab, Even Listening To That LOVELY DUTCH WOMENS VOICE Message SAYING that youR A hUNK OF A gUY aND tHAT yoU have just completed your 10 miles run, just by tapping the keys is excellent, and my keys have'nt fallen off. i think alot of people are pushing the keys too hard just to get another phone, as they know deep down this phone is beyond them!!!

  • good design and no keypad buttons falling off from where i am standing. although when you try to see your credit balance after a call, the writing could be alot bigger. pictures & video excellent. the tapping feature for reading back your text messages whilst your walking/running/mountain biking are fab, even listening to that message that you have just completed your 10 miles run, just by tapping the keys is excellent, and my keys have'nt fallen off. i think alot of people are pushing the keys too hard just to get another phone, as they know deep down this phone is beyond them!!!

  • hi i'm from iran 5500 is very good phon for work &sport but no for photo & film recording

  • Hey...does anyone know how to configure msn & yahoo messangers on Nokia 5500?

  • key pad peeled off twice now having no joy getting replaced, battery life very low.

  • Hi, I'm looking to get one of these phones. What are they like and do they have a good battery life? What colour do you think I should get it in? Black? Cheers. Shona.

  • rubbish design awful hate it

  • high, i'm dutch and i have just found out about this telephone isn't it great the design, the shape its the first phone that has granted al my wishes i love that flashlight, lights up the dark when it needs to and more important it is a moodsetting light. i like it, it also comes in handy that its edges are really soft so i can't hurt myself or my loved ones. this is the perfect - phone

  • This phone is bunk. Me too with a peeling keyboard. What designer would conceive of such a thing? I bought this, my 4th Nokia expecting it to be like the others in terms of it's menu system. The older models you could change your sim card from one phone to another and bingo, in business. Not here no way. Rethink your strategy Nokia!

  • if this is the best that nokia can offer a tradesperson then they are really out of touch.it doesnt have auto keylock as standard,drop it & it dents,crap battery,cant see screen in daylight,date is impossible to read unless you go calander,keypad way to small for a tradespersons big thick-skinned thumb. (you-know! the thumb i'd like to shove up a nokia's tech's arse for creating such a chunk of utter crap ) thanks, stephen kopp australia.oi oi oi.

  • There is no doubt that this is a great phone and I love lots of the features that it has. However� I�m now on my second one and again after only about 4 weeks the keypad is pealing off. For obvious reasons this is not good at all, and I am now in discussion with my phone company (O2) to get a third handset. This time I will be asking for a different model because having read the reviews hear and through my own experience I�m not stupid enough to assume that another 5500 will stand the test of time.

  • this phone has really disappointed me, after a month of ussage the keypad has started peeling off without any reason. How can it be water and rust resistant? on the other hand it has a loud and stereo speaker. Those of us living in America, we are not covered by warranty that is what I was told by the seller. texting is very annoying and time comsuming with the keypad torn like that.

  • Hello everyone Firstlly, after a month of use i can confirm that the battery life is very very low Then, the internal memory is unsufficient to store apps. Finally, has any one noticed the problem of the camera sound:I cannot shutdown the camera sound even in silent mode, if so can you help me? Thank you very much

  • Hey people!About the problem of the keypad of Nokia 5500 peeling off,I heard a rumour said that the yellow and grey version of Nokia 5500 keypad is much better than the black and grey version so is it true?Please answer my question or email me.

  • in my opinion 5500 is the best choice brtween n70 n3250 n72 ofcourse imust say sth im living in iran and im sure prices are diffrent but in iran brtween mentioned models i love this one advantages : 1- small 2-relatively light 3-because it is nokia 4-sports functions 5-sms reader 6-..... at last i wanna say sth to my friends whom visiting this site : please forget every other brand but nokia

  • Great phone, love it. The MP3-player is really good. Amazing other features too.

  • Just to say that The KeyPad issue is really serious. It Seems at least 2 of 3 owners face great problems with their keypad. I hope Nokia can provide a good solution for this problem, otherwise this model is just a junk!

  • I purchased a 5500, works bright, the processor speed is perfect, also its compatible with all software. 1- Just a little bug in music player, it doesn't find your music files not copied through PC suite (e.g. through data storage mode). 2-You can not use standard themes, you have to find a theme special for 5500. I have not found any yet. 3-Seems that any theme other than the default one is just an overlay, and takes extra memory in addition to default theme. 4-The default headset in the box has large interference with GSM while talking. 5-The lower cover for the socket depresses the battery door and battery door lock is defected easily. Also it harms the charger socket pin. 6-The body design is perfect and fine, but seems in some specific range the body quality is very poor and all parts become loose very soon. Also the steel frame is very sensitive to scratch, it becomes so ugly in your pocket!

  • i really like this phoen by looks...n features n a v gud sound n inteded to by but some people hv told tht its keypad comesoff after somtime..even 2,3 months ..i hd to do a lot n lot of mesages..tell me is this rite..?currenty using great keypad phone n6630

  • Its a nice phone. I am using it for last two months. Its a great phone. There are only two issues. Smaller Screen & Battery performance. I needed a tough phone, and was willing to have the smaller screen for that. Whereas battery lasts for almost 1.5 days. Though I use phone a lot (voice & data both). I am happy with this phone. I really love the text to speech and tapping features. At the end it depends what you want from the phone. If you need a bigger screen, you should buy some other phone.

  • plz someboby help me i'm so confused between nokia 6233 & 5500 the first is better in many features but rather old model so they{in most reviews} are not satisfied by the camera..speed of usb...speed of bluetooth... on the other hand this one supports real files but has smaller display size & supports a smaller memory slot. now i am not sure which of which & actually i dont prefer nokia much,,might be a motorola or sonyericsson set with the same feature @ the same(or near)price a better choice. plz give me advice [email protected]

  • start with the name of my ALLAH. First of i want say some lines about www.gsmarena.com i have no word to thnxxxxxx for Gsmarena.com its great site a great thing from great peoples. now i would like ask some question about nokia 5500 how many prise it have in pakistan.i want get it plz tell me its reall price thnxxx Syed Ghazanfar Bukhari Gujranwala pakisatn

  • I am planning to buy a phone and had a confusion whether i go for Nokia 5500 or Sony ericsson W810.I would rather prefer Nokia 5500 because of the operating system, but when I heared the opinions from the customers I am having a doubt whether to buy the phone know or wait until a new model is released.

  • I'm having this mobile phone, and its performance is excellent. [email protected] +92-333-4067215

  • I Buy It.It's a Good Mobile But Has Little Monitor.

  • great phone.. best i have ever had

  • This phone is the one i wish for it and ended up with s40 6234 nokia . Althought s60 looks prommising to new softs I have now a larger screen and that's it. This phone is 4 little ones but programing will help them manage. ....... i have a lot problems with mine too .......

  • hi folks.i gave this mobile to my girlfriend(really good looking girl)on the day after that we broke up because the phone was terrible..she couldnt call or sms me.because there was a sound prob.in the phone i couldn't hear weather it was make up or break up. so friends DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE.

  • Fellow future owner, I m a nokia fan since the day I purchased my first mobile.I have used siemens,panasonic and motorola(the worst by far)but nothing can compare to a nokia (*personal opinion expressed). However nokia made a mistake developing this device. Fistly it came in an era when mobile phone screens are far larger than 208*208 pixels. This screen will have you carrying a magnifying glass around. More over the shape and even worse the hardness of the keyboard can cause ,seriously, mild injuries to your fingers Finally, whatever concerns the operating system words are not enough to describe the mess that a single sms can cause.I can t imagine why but this device is slower when it comes to multitasking than any other previous one.It s slower to an extent that practically there is no multitasking ability.As for the music-mp3 player..Too complicated,too slow(remeber multitasking),and a very poor reproduction quality. Thankfully I got rid of it quite quickly and returned to my supreme 6600..Buy another nokia ,but not 5500

  • DON"t matter the sound option but the quality i will give you all the sound option for a better quality

  • this phone has sound options more than n73 and the same symbian version of n73

  • i jus purchased nokia 5500 abou 3 months bac a month later i get sm software prblm in wich i dont get ny network....iv givn it 4 servicen but da service iz also sooooo dam slow i mean iv hardly used da fone an zaaap.....it gets spoiled an on top o dat da service iz also pathetic.....an quality of nokia haz reali gone down.......

  • My Keypad came off today !! hurraaay hurraaay !!

  • At First look the phone is good. But Honestly the software is terrible. The phone crashes every time I check my balance *123# (try it if you want). The Keypad is even worse, It came off even before two months was complete. So much for being a rugged phone. Beware, especially if you buy this phone in India as the Nokia manager here told me "its your problem". Advice, don't go anywhere near this phone. 6280 is a much better choice!

  • depends what you want if you only want music and camera sony is the choice if you want something else depends anyway don t think is a music phone because is not music is very sad

  • I'd bought a 5500 3 month ago but about 1 month later, it found some serious Software problems, get lucked 4 about 5 minutes and restarts after that! and as everyone says the keypad is not strong enough and even destroys without any humidity, hitting cases & warming! I'm just going to buy N73 tomorrow ! if you want to waste your money and a lot of time, please buy NOKIA 5500 !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i got this phone last december the package comes with a 512 memory card, a charger, a belt clip, a usb connector and a head set and the phone name is nokia 5500d... what is main difference from nokia 5500???

  • i'd wait and see if anyone else has problems with the music edition before getting it in terms of the earpiece being uncomfortable...you have an adaptor why not use your own? i am using a older earpiece from a different phone. i'd guess that the adaptor and the included earpiece, the cord would be about 2 metres long!

  • To Tausif: Well i don't recommend buying this phone, unless you are a serious sportsman and like to throw your phones around... I'm sure there are better phones, just think what do you want from a phone and how you are going to use it...

  • Ok ppl i need a lil help... i've been planning to buy 5500 sport, but after reading the opinions iam truly confused... so i'd like the help of current users...i'd like to know about the problems concerning the keypad...and is this problem is persistent in the music express edition of 5500? Is it going to be a god idea to buy this phone? Thnx

  • i am confused what to say about this phone set? i was so excited before buying it but disappointed after having it. its not user friendly...keypad is stiff enough thati got nail ache :-S. Earphones ...God! earphones are not easy to use. and mini display doesnt satisfy my sight. am really confused either to give comment or compliment. Although a good & small handset but still i did not find it good enough to keep on using it. I am soon gona buy SE w850i. SE is outstanding in imaging & music sharing.This was first time i went for nokia but no more :-( i love SE & soon going for it again

  • What is it with Nokia and Alarm Clocks on their phones? This very basic function is of incalculable value to me, but I have yet to find a Nokia with decent Alarm software.

  • what is the max capacity of memory card this phone can hold???

  • lol wow, big deal, those bumps are almost no good... Well i think this phone is horribly ugly, it's disgusting, has a bad camera and a small screen, i hate it...

  • The knuckles on both sides of the number 5 had warn off

  • wat u mean kypad peeled off? do u mean da number have all erased or do u mean that the whole keypad has literally peeled off the fone? im confused someone pplz reply to dis 1 plz thanks

  • Great phone with 2 reservations :- 1. No flash (at least you should know this before buying) 2. The keypad, this has completely peeled off my phone, rendering the unit useless. I'm hoping Car Phone Warehouse as tyhe nominated Nokia repairer will sort this out for me, but I am not sure how long the repair will last.

  • music player is a popcorn worst level

  • just got this fone, absolutely blistering. brilliant features (heart monitor is a nice touch). if you need a tough fone get it, much better than 5140.

  • @Muhammad Tahir Nokia 5500 has all connectivity solution but it's processing speed is slow, Key pad is ease, one of my friend changed its key pad if Nokia improve its key pad then sure it will sell more and inspire the active youngester.

  • i was thinkin of gettin this nokia 5500 but after glanced through the opinion ppl wrote how bad the keypad works...well hmm i doubt i'll get it anyway...

  • I just got a new key pad for my 5500. the raised parts that are on both sides of the number 5 had warn off. has anyone had the same problem?

  • Yes, I did install themes of N80 on 5500. and it works fine. it says in the beginning that the installation isnt supported or something for this phone.. but i installed it and it works fine.

  • mp3 hear low this mean low volume

  • @Jimmy Have you really tried other S60v3 themes on the 5500? I've tried but it doesn't work. The installer simply says that the installation isn't supported. Did you alter any settings? I just might be doing something wrong.

  • Just got a 5500. The text input languages which are there are Dutch/French/Enlish/German and Turkish. I really need Italian as well. Does anyone know how to add another language to create SMS?

  • in terms of themes, any series 60 v3 theme will work. so themes for n91, n73, 3250 ect and my KEYPAD has stuffed up for the 2nd time. its not as bad as last time yet but its already bubbled. im just gonna keep on getting fixed until its end of warenty then sell it off

  • @mike That's a problem in most (if not all) Symbian phones. @5500 No, it's not a 3G-capable phone. It's one of the few that aren't in Nokia's latest releases.

  • nokia nutters.. what a shame.. its supposed to be a sport or durablity spec phone and the keypads falling down like marbles... they oughta publically apologise.. and pay ppl who bought the phone in the first place.. like me.. sigh.. but apart from that.. its a good phone..

  • I love the motion sensor, flash light, and the resolution of this phone, but this phone is testing my temper! Two months into using it, the keypads start to peel off and the phone couldn't get any signal. After half a month of waiting for Nokia Care Philippines to sort it out, the problem is still there and it only got worse. My calls are choppy and most of the time being cutoff even with full signal bars displaying on both phones. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you that Nokia is making me wait for the arrival of the new front cover to fix the keypad issue which I know will start to peel off in a month or two. Sorry Nokia I won't be waiting for your keypad to arrive because im going to trade in the phone and this is the last Nokia phone that I'll ever buy. Definitely a lemon if I saw one.

  • This phone looks great-but why no flash for the camera, for a phone like this, not having a camera flash is really putting me off buying it. Its such a specd up phone, you would expect a camera flash but it seems to be the only thing missing.

  • What on earth is nokia playing at. I've always been a nokia user, but as of late. I am turning towards the SE range. especially wiv the new W810i - K610i & the V630i. Come on Nokia, some more decent MP3 phones WITHOUT the dreaded joystick.

  • my keypad start to fall the man with silicon glue i never hear about thi glue please post information if is good and were to buy for my opinion this keyboard was build and was fixed verry low second will e the sound for mp3 that is low overall is verry good this are the main problems

  • At one time, I couldn't turn off the phone the normal way and the menu wasn't visible. The remedy was to remove the battery and then replace the battery.

  • i would really want to have this phone but the keypad looks fragile. and it's hard to press. but im still thinking of buying... any thoughts? is this phone 3g? someone told me it is but this site says otherwise

  • i like this phone but the camera is useles has no autofocus or flash ---and the menu is confusinggg i neva get s60 phones soo confusing menus and hard to use i like s40 nokias

  • @ Malik, what is AP or zitron. how do i come to know what kind it is ??

  • i thnk the screen size is d main prob wid this phone...

  • the keypad came off ,I used silicon glue to reattach it ,I wonder how this phone could be waterproof?

  • I've heard that the keypad of 5500 usually comes off.i'm in China.Is there any problem in Euro?

  • anyone having problem with text messaging?!?how do i solve this...thanks!!! :)

  • i want to get this phone!! X))

  • j_ust hope the m e will have some sound improvements firmware like other phones that nokia call music edition

  • ya very fantasic model with wonderful options. i have a plan to buy this mobile for this new year 2007. But only the disadvantage is true tone not available..

  • @Stat If your keypad comes off (pretty common thing, apparently), just bring it over to a Nokia Care Center or Nokia store (or even the dealer where you got it) and they'll replace it for you. If your unit's still under warranty, that is.

  • @G Yes, the Nokia 5500 has a shorter than usual battery life. It's a common experience among 5500 users. I myself have to charge the phone every other night. If you need to talk a lot on your 5500, I could suggest just carrying an extra battery along. The BL-5B (the Nokia 5500 battery) is quite small and light, so it's a pretty fair tradeoff if you require a lot of talktime.

  • @julie I suggest that you do one of the following: (1) format your memory card or (2) check your settings and put your inbox into your memory card. Multimedia files received through bluetooth all go into the inbox, so you might have a problem if your inbox is stored on your phone memory.

  • @chiki update: only themes formatted for 208x208 will work here. The 176x208 themes for N70 should have theoretically worked, but they didn't. Anyways, there are lots of websites out there that offer free downloadable themes. @chaz No, the Music Edition isn't available yet and don't expect it to be available soon. Only the European market has it so far. I tried looking for it in the States but no go. Between the Nokia 5500 Sport and the Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition, there are basically three main dsicrepancies: (1) color choice [the ME only came out in red] (2) bundled memory card [the standard edition comes with 64MB while the ME comes with 512 out of the box] and (3) carrying accessories [the ME includes a waist belt - part #CP-135 - that the standard edition doesn't have]. Chaz of Manila, I just suggest that you get a regular edition and then get a 512MB card yourself. There are 512MB microSD cards for sale at CDR King outlets for PhP780 ($15.50) each.

  • hai G , what type of nokia 5500 u bought. AP or zitron. ?>.if zitron thats too bad. go and get them change the battery .

  • Yes you can install themes and applications etc.Google!Can't imagine why anyone would pay good money for a smartphone like the 5500 LOL

  • i am thinking of buying this phone , but i have a question . can i install different programes , themes on this phone ? please someone answer my question .

  • to g there is no problem in the battery lie. it easily stands around 1 and a half dyas for me. i m a heavy user

  • hi has any one tried a 1gb mem card my blue tooth wont work wi it in any one know why.keeps saying low memory even though it accepted the mem card

  • hi has any one tried a 1gb mem card my blue tooth wont work wi it in any one know why

  • I am interested in "reading up text" function of this mobile. Any other mobiles of Nokia can do this ? or we can install this funciton into other mobiles ?

  • Hi, I have been using Nokia 5500 for about a week now, i have noticed that the Battery Life is very Poor !! the talk time is hardly 80-90 mins, Please advise if everyone is facing similar problem, if not then i better get my phone checked by nokia. Thanks, G

  • Mike: Thanks mate.

  • how'd u replace the keypads??.. did u glue em urself.. or the nokia service guys do it for u?..

  • is de sound loud n clear ...like n95

  • a very nice phone.... excellent features..but the only problem are the key pads.. they keep peeling off.. in two months i have already replaced the keypads thrice! nokia should do something abt the keypads

  • it is true i have been using this phone for 1 month and the key pad peeled off. i cant believe it i wanted an outdoor active phone this one needs a recall!!! hope the guys from nokia consider this comment.

  • really nice phone.. excellent features.. bad points-> the screens small.. internal memory's pretty small.. doesnt that act as the RAM or something?.. and my keypads starting to unglue!!#@%$..

  • i think this is a spectaclular fone.i wonder how much it is for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  • i had the other 2 sports phones they were fine just got the 5500 it's so slow and to make matters worse the key pad and front have come off... i'm so not happy i bought this phone for �200

  • U can do what u want whit this phone! U can install a lot of apps because ot has symbian OS... check out symbian.com

  • everybody who has 5100 or 5140 and is planning to upgrade for 5500 do not do that.I did,and I regret a lot.It is not "sporty phone" it is piece of s**t. It is so much anger in me becouse of these phone.

  • I bought this phone and I am very disapointed with this junk.I had 5100 before and that was a sport phone.I am very very angry every time I hold it in my hand.It cost me $400 but I think that I will throw it against the wall anytime soon.It is just unbelieveble.

  • anyone know how to install the 5300 dictionary on the 5500? It's the only chinese english dictionary out with pinyin and english.

  • i wonder what firmware have music edition hope is new and good for clasic one especialy some changes in sound?

  • mabuhay mga tsong! i found in some other sites that there is a 5500 MUSIC EDITION, to all pinoys out there, is it already available in the philippines, specially here in manila? and where?

  • Nokia 5500 Firmware can be found here.. www.fonetech.albaweb.net

  • chiki: themes for other Nokia handsets probably wouldn't cover the entire screen because they're made for displays that are 176x208 in size. the difference in screen size (this one's 208x208) probably explains that problem. hope i helped.

  • Well guys, I got N70 but I am freaking physco of mobile phones specially of nokia N series! So planning to buy Nokia 5500 just because I am sporty gal!Lolz......

  • man all themes works fine even if they write somethig else even n80 themes works but where files receive by infrared go ? and dam nokia do a firmware with power sound

  • why cant the 5500 firmware be on the nokia site like other nokia's

  • friends please help with themes.. which other phones themes will work for 55oo.. pleeeaaaaaasssssseeeeee

  • Does anyone know if this phone has different message tones for caller groups? you can set different ring tones for nokia caller groups but seems to be hard to find one that you can also change the message tone...

  • i want to buy the 5500 i really like it but i just want to know if the sound is good and if there is any distation or not clear sound and can the phones memory how much can it recive and store

  • i have the 5140.love throwing the phone around ,using it on the beach no care about the wet sand,drinks spilled on it etc.the durability makes feel me feel comfortable using my mobile at certain occasions which usually involve a lot of fun.thats why i will buy 5500 for a replacement.not so excited about about the battery and the cap getting loose(hope nokia sales a replacement solo).

  • hi guys i m planning to buy the 5500 i like almost everything abt the phone but need to know y isnt the wall paper displayed on the entire screen ( like 6270 ) and i m desperate to load good themes there are no themes for 5500 on zedge, please tell me which other phone theme can be applied to 55oo... thanks in advance.. hope i dont regret buying this phone..

  • looks like my overgrown aunty...haha

  • u have to install the .sis application... u can't view it... get pc suite and install it thru that.. and the phone costs somewhere around 250-300euros.. got mine at a best buy of 230.. whee!!.. and the volume is cos the headset they've provided isnt all too great.. get one of ur own.. should sound good then.. anyway u cant compare it with the ipod and such..

  • very poour volume in headset do something maybe a new firmware?i hope at least

  • I have a 5500 sport. I received a .sis file by bluetooth. I can't see .sis file in my phone. what application do I install?

  • you can download the language from the support page for the 5500

  • I have 5500 sport but msgreader & radio not work. because the field of language (in msgreader) is blank. and its list (language field) is blank.

  • i bought N5500 Sport a couple of days ago. i must say it is a good phone, because it has right about everything you could want from a mobile phone, and everything is working well. it's a phone i bought with ALL my money savings, after a week of reading the reviews on this device. i have only 2 dislikes : the volume in the headphone is poor. the second one is about the plastic used on the bottom of the device, that covers the power and hands'free connectors. i'm affraid it will fall of very quickly ... anyway : it's a very very good phone. i recommend it.

  • 2 problems -how can i save .x files received from bluetooth or infrared _my sound trough headphones is not so loud like n-gage for example is not loud what can i do? mp3 hear good but not loud through my headphones

  • in reguard to the keypad, mine unglued itself as mentioned by others. i gave it to nokia who said it was the first time they encountered the problem! they fixed it under warrenty though

  • hey guys... i am looking for a phone! and i am planning to buy this 5500 i want to know that does it have a 3d motion sensor. and is it dust proof or something.. plz email me!

  • Yeah guys this mobile is very cute and handy and it looks gr8 with its new technology where the mobile reads ur sms and also it says the caller name while driving.....its amazing guys.......

  • i gotta couple o N80 themes from symbian themes... they work on 5500.. havent tried the others as yet.. google it man

  • how can i find some themes for this phone?

  • lol.. i'd rather say its a smart mobile with good looks!

  • Its a good mobile with smart look

  • Does anyone know what is the latest firmware

  • Hi All, Currently i am suing Nokia 7700,the only problem i am faicing on this is it is not handy. I am thinking to try for 5500 so please advice me if i am rite? Mahesh

  • It is very cool because you can do almost everything! One thing I liked this phone because of the high memory capacity.

  • This is truly a gr8 phone loads of features in a small package.

  • I liked its features very its impressive but can any one tell me at what price i'll buy it US $$

  • fone on whole is " Jack of all master of none" don't waste ur hard earned money on this.

  • its the coolest set to hang out with

  • I like nokia 5500 very much. It easy to use. but I have no money to buy it. Now I save money for it.

  • how is the fone on whole is it worth taking

  • i found a way to close the sports mode in the nokia sport 5500 ...just connct ur usb cable to ur pc like using the pc suit..the phone will ask u to chosse a mode...choose the DATA TRANSFERE mode...then the phone will close all the applications automatically...then press the menu buttom for 2 seconds...the sports mode is FINALLY GONE NOTE:if u entered the sports mode again u have to repeat this to close it

  • Hi can anyone tell me how to close the sports mode permenantly???

  • Just got one 3 days back... love it... and it actually is water proof.. but then nokia cant really say it is, incase it does screw up, then they'll have to pay up for the liability in their clause.. so its just splash proof for now.. and it feels jus rite in ur palm.. and an equivalent o the N80 without the WLAN feature and the light sensor keypad... a great phone over all.. worth every penny.. screen is good.. compared to the N80 it is smaller, but its good enuf, and no problems reading text or docs in it unless ur 7 feet away from ur fone!.

  • is the quality of the pictures taken by the camera seen on the screen the same as a nokia 6230i, since it has the same (display) resolution? What about the PDF viewer, comes it standard with the phone? and if so how does it work?

  • this is a very good mobile it hasss veeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­ gooddddd optionsas especially las camera sank u

  • I don't have any information about quality and loud of voice of speaker in this hanset,who does help me about this problem?

  • hi guys, i want to ask can we remove or change the casing of nokia 5500?????? or is it has a good camra result???. If anybody knows plz tell me i immediately want to buy this phone.................

  • Actually i think there's a reason for the display screen being small. The display is obviously the more fragile part of the phone. A big display screen would increase the chance of the display screen breaking, and since this is a truly protected phone the screen is made smaller.

  • Hey could anyone tell me if the 5500 is the upgrade of the nokia 5140i?????

  • Hey, could someone send me the Web Browser app for the 5500? I managed to format the memory card and all the apps. I managed to get s ome of them downloaded from the nokia support sites, but these three I couldn't find: the Web Browser, the Chinese Dictionary, and the Wakeboard. If possible, could someone send me the whole apps that's supposedly on the memory card. If not, just the Web Browser will make my day. Thank you....

  • its model isnt good looking............. i brought a nokia 6233 ..... excellent features and i guarantee its a value pack

  • i found a way to close the sports mode in the nokia sport 5500 ...just connct ur usb cable to ur pc like using the pc suit..the phone will ask u to chosse a mode...choose the DATA TRANSFERE mode...then the phone will close all the applications automatically...then press the menu buttom for 2 seconds...the sports mode is FINALLY GONE NOTE:if u entered the sports mode again u have to repeat this to close it

  • is the quality of the pictures taken by the camera seen on the screen the same as a nokia 6230i, since it has the same resolution?

  • Here�s what I should have done: I should have make a backup of the included memory card before I do anything. Now, I want to do a hard reset, but not sure what to do to with the memory card. I want to start a fresh. I also want to change the memory card to bigger one. Help please�.

  • it didnt happend to me yet(1 week)..but its starting to..is this problem by gluing it again ??

  • i bought this 3 weeks back ,initially it looked cool. i hardly use the motion sensors.The audio quality is sad ,Nseries or w700 or w810 would beat this any time. Though it has a 2 mega pixal the picture quality is not as good as Nseries.Its display is also small compared to Nseries so browsing is difficult.Finally the worst part it has a poor battery life, because the sports application keeps running in the backgroung. I would request the readers to go for W810 or N series which are available at the same cost.

  • battery life is pretty poor, maybe every 2 days gotta charge? a bit of music and calls each day loudspeaker is very loud, for external playback it beats my rokr

  • This is a very cool set

  • greeeeeeeeeeeat.it's 2 types of nokia:5500 and others.

  • what represents the 3D motion sensor? can someone tell me? Thank you

  • if any one can clear my confusion is this phone has got a high playback sound like nokia N70 or other N series phone KINDLY ANSWER PLZZZZZZZZZ

  • The 64Mb is NOT internal. It is a microSD flashcard that comes with the phone. I've personally bought a gigabyte one to mine. The 5500 is the SMALLEST s60 out there. It tells you something. Also, the screen is, although only 208x208 pixels, a square which I totally dig. It's very sharp and bright, I love it. Unlike many new Nokias, the keypad is plastic/rubbery which feels much better to type with. The connectors are also under a rubbery shield for protection. Quite handy, hopefully it won't come off after some time.. I wouldn't buy any other 3rd edition phone, it's so great! It's also much faster than most new E-series phones, too..

  • Hi, i have 4 questions: 1. how is the battery holding out when you use the mp3 player frequently? after how many days do you have to charge the phone? 2. does the phone have a thermometer? 3. what's the maximum memory supported? 4. does using big memory cards slow down the phone? thanks for your help!

  • Correction: This phone does operate on Symbian OS 9.1 3rd Edition. But nokia posting 2MP on this phone is technically not true, its more like 1.6MP (hint:how much zoom it can allow).

  • Symbian OS Version: S60 User Interface: v9.1

  • bwhahahah 'its simple series 40' its got symbian

  • I have heard that the problem is noticed and the cause of it is clear and already taken care of in newer phones. Best solution is to have your retailer/shop to handle the repairs (warranty).

  • We have a major problem with keypads on the Nokia 5500d they come unstuck. What is Nokia proposing to do about this problem?

  • Just got it too.Very nice,although I do not dare test its durability.Fast,good grip and very interesting sport functions.I own also a 5210 and a 5140i.There could be no better replacement than this.

  • I bought this phone about a month ago and its amazing, I even use TOMTOM 6 GPS on it with Bluetooth Receiver. No Complaints about anything on this phone. Software for its a bit rare but most software that works with is Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition. Amazing that is all I can say. Nokia you did a great JOB.

  • In China, a few people complain that the key pad can be easyly pear off after about 1 month. Here are some pictures about it: Meybe it is glue problem. Or it is design problem.

  • Its a nice phone with good features, BUT WITH A MAJOR DROWBACK. THE KEYS UNGLEW. I work as a salesman in a mobile phone shop and every phone we sold had this problem. I am very disappointed with nokia on this, although i love their phones.

  • my husband has just bought this phone. he hates it. the writing is to small and he can not hear the person on the other end very well. the volume button on the side does not do anything when we press it. he had a nokia 5210 before and had for seven years. it was great but the screen faded. he has earthmoving business and needed a worksman phone. very hard to find.

  • i just got this one today, i used to own N-gage for 3 years. the only thing i needed in ngage was the camera,now i have it with this phone besides its small and Symbian ,till now i like it very much and it has all the things i need in a mobile phone with a good price.

  • for those who don't know:::nokia 5500 has only 10MB intern memory because the rest until 64MB is occupied by the Symbian......it is a cool phone.verry good.i like it verry much...it has everything you want at a phone

  • it does have symbian - who are you people!!!!

  • i had nokia n70-n73- and last week bought nokia 5500........... 1-small screen 2-week battery 3-bad headset 4-dont has flash 5-dont support mp4 format to take video clip 6-dont have software cd 7-quality of image is so ordinary i bought this phone 380 uro in iran

  • this nokia cellphone seems to be nice at the first look, but when you work more, you understand that some options are not as well as it seems ! I prefer N93! I have bought 5500 but I'm going to buy a N95 as soon as it became available !

  • Silly rumor ;)

  • Hi SOOm please kindly state where did you get the news of Nokia discontinueing this model, thanks

  • It does have Synbian. It is a 9.1 S60 3rd edition. Take notice of the pencil key on the side of the telefon

  • It doesn`t have symbian... It`s simple S40, 3rd edition... Man, who wrote this...

  • Apparently Nokia have discontinued this phone now. i dont know why. There are a lot of our customers who have 5140i's who consider this as the perfect replacement. What are you doing nokia?!?!

  • does the phone support series60 3rd edition themes even if its screen is 208x208 pixels unlike others' 176x208? and how many days does the battery charge last (without using music player)? thanks! i'd be glad if you post your reply.

  • is nokia 5500 screen larger than Nokia 6600 and does it have extendable memory

  • Chand >>wat do mean by EOD

  • Good to see GSMARENA has updated the spec,while Nokia.co.in has not yet.

  • And...u cannot close the Sports Mode application even if u want, which is always running in the background.The worst thing is that the sports application always keeps running which occupies phone memory and brings down battery power by the EOD.

  • I bought my 5500 recently, everything is fine, but i am not able to find the 64MB built-in-memory as specified, it is only 10MB. And the battery backup is too low that i have to charge it everyday,its up to your decision now. Rest of the things are Ok.I cannot suggest anyone strongly to buy this phone.Do onething, save all the money u can and buy the best phone in the market.

  • amazing smart phone,built in memory is not 64MB as mentioned in GSMARENA and nokia.co.in it is only 10MB.Battery back-up is not enough since it has infinite number of features.Audio quality is ok.Since it is ment for sports purpose.

  • Dear a little help for my frnd I shall definately so as u said .. thanks a lot 4 the advice Cheers

  • Problem is in glueing - so Nokia WILL repair/replace your phone. No matter if you already tried to fix it by yourself because the problem is known. Take your phone back to the shop you bought it.

  • i have been using nokia mobile phone for 3yrs i have not found any quality in nokia phones plz don,t go for nokia phone even (lg)is better than nokia,they are sick phones ,they have all the same things, what they have been using since 1970(SAME KEYPAD,SAME OLD FEATURES )AND U WILL FIND SAME IN (NOKIA 5500)THIS MESSAGE IS FOR (AWARENESS).

  • hey i used superglu to stick my keypad back n a little xtra fell on it and as a result the keypad borke in two now !! What do i do ?? Will nokia still accept this under warranty ?? PLEASE HELP !!

  • My Nokia 5500 has only 10 MB built-in memory! European market??

  • Hi andy, you wrote... have had the phone 1 month, great phone only problem is rubber key pad comes off, only stuck down with glue, took back to shop owner said this is his fifth one returned.....your call! is this a big problem with the 5500?

  • have had the phone 1 month, great phone only problem is rubber key pad comes off, only stuck down with glue, took back to shop owner said this is his fifth one returned.....your call!

  • @mitzu; how can u compare M75 with nokia 5500?? siemens didnt make a good phone for a long time,and the M75 isnt any good,the rubber is peeling off,and the OS isn't stable even with the last version... nokia is made from steel and rubber,which is a very good combination,plus its running on symbian...so i see it as a much better phone. even if nokia copied siemens.....they did a great job. companies copy each other,and that isn't really a bad thing...sometimes the copy is better than the original.

  • Just Amazing... Its really dust-proof and waterproof and shock-proof. I'd say best suited for Indian climate. What more at a mere Rs 15,000. You get 2M Pix camera. Wonderful MP3 and your health monitor. High Quality Text-to-Speech Engine. Built-in Flash Player and Real Player... Man I just love the set. To add to all it also has a torch. And its a completely shock-proof set. However only one drawback that I see is that the language changing option button is not comfortable. But I strongly recommend this for Indian conditions and for those who go on wild adventures. Checkout the following link also: Translate it using

  • Not worth bying at current price pls wait for 3 month the price will go half down this is the policy. Once they notice that people are not interested to buy there product the down the price.

  • the battery cover is copied from Siemens:)),nice try nokia but you cant compete with Simenes, especially M75....can go over it with an SUV!!!:O

  • man, i've seen mobiles like this, yes it is powerful, but it has sOOOOoooooooo.....much little display. Even My Philips 768 has a better screen. But i know that nokia always gives BIG! screen, but this is rediculous. even more worse than siemens s55. And by the way, the Power is awesme.

  • well, this set looks funky! it ses 2mpx camera but wil it b helpful with such a small screen?? gud thing its got xtndable memory. But this set's small. they cud'v done much better making it a bit bigger. 1st impression's cool which'l giv the user a sense of superiority with this in his pocket!!!

  • Does it have copmas?

  • Symbian 9.1 and so small display!!??? Nooo man, just imaginins how you play games on it, or reading office documents. But however it is SYMBIAN(the power)!!!!

  • is this phone waterproof

  • that is a good one

  • Yes is does have an equalizer but not a very nice one ... i wudnt reccomend this phone to anyone mainly because of its poor screen size etc etc etc

  • does the player has an equalizer????

  • yes you have to download a autolock software but it works perfectly. PDF viewer comes on the memory card on the box but its hard to read anything with a PDF on this screen

  • Does it have a PDF-viewer? and has somebody tried the software AUTOLOCK on this phone? so yes does it work on this phone?

  • i think that this phone is not worth to buy...it get's heated up very soon

  • the only thing the 6233 has over this is 3G and bigger screen. the music player on the 5500 is the same as the 3250. camera is the same on both. this phone is symbian you can do way more with it than the 6233 5300 looks like a glorified 6111

  • does this have a distribution list when sending text messages?

  • as after i use it for 8 to 10 minutes it gets hotter and hotter .. cant catch it at the ear at hot it will burn, anyone used this phone for over 15 minutes of talk to an hour an more continous at the ear ? doe sit get hott, please tll me guys . . otherwise its an awesome phone the best ever made by nokia

  • can anyone tell me if by using this phone for over an hour does it get heated up as in hott ? mine does

  • guys guys guys.. its not the worth to buy this phone. In my opinion u can go for 6233. its a good phone. 6233 has good camera good music player good sound quality and one more thing i think 5500 has less features thatn 6233 and is costly than other one

  • a copy of the x factor phone but good value for money

  • hey guys wat do ull have to say about the new Nokia 5300 ???? Do u think it is worth a buy ?? Thnks

  • Someone please reply me whether this phone can upgrade memory card or not??? This is very important!!! And also compared this phone with nokia 6233 music edition which one is more worthable???

  • If keypad gets loose take yor phone back to the shop you have bought the phone and they will change the keypad & metal chassis at the same time without charge. (for free, I mean=))Maybe the first phones manufactured had some material problems?

  • i've found it to be a good phone for the last two months, but i bought it for my lifestyle, i needed something durable and splash proof, just recently the key pad has come off and leaves the inside bare, proving it not to be durable and not a water resistant as i had hoped. Has anyone else had this problem?

  • Hey guys One of ma frnd bought dis recently n i saw it ... apart from the features like tappin the screen n stuff... the screen is too small and the pixels visible !! In fact the phone after being dropped into a bucket of water still works perfectly except for the fact that the keypad got unstuck !!! Nyways i wudnt recomend this.... BTW wat do u guys have to say about the new Nokia 5300 Cheers Phonedude

  • a desavantage is the battery. i listen to music 12 out of 24 hours :D and in 3 days max you have to rechard:)

  • i feel that 5500 can be used rough & tough like 1100, and it has all the features everyone needs in a latest phone. So i think we can go for it.Nothing else matters much.

  • But the only bummer with this phone is that it doesnt have 3G. What is the difference between 3G and normall internet?

  • elliot muche better is a 5500 becau it-s small and the soun is great also to speaker is very loud. the 6280 is not so good because it's out of 2 peaces.

  • can anybody tell me abt the music quality of this phone compare to N-73, which one is better. i am planning to buy a phone and confused between n-73 and 5500. i like 5500 becoz it is small and i want to know only the music quality of this and softwares are working on it or not? pls tell me

  • this phone is very nice. i just got one yesterday. everything is great at it, one thing is not so good or i don't know yet :D is that the picture that are in the phone can not be put on the computer.( excuse me for my english).

  • Im using 3gb memory stick and 7mp cam.... any cp want to compare with?..... txt call me......... (+98)9342169473

  • @ChrisG4 You're totally right friend. I think until now SE K750 is the best buy phone if we look at the feature that it has and the money that we spend. The only weakness is the joystick, but if you use gently, there is no problem.

  • its display is small.i think is the only problem its has.

  • Hey guys, has anybody used this fone. Features sounds intersting. Any comments as compared to 6233& N72

  • I use one microsd of 2gb without problems. I am using 1.3 gb

  • can someone tell me how can you raise the volume of the call waiting on the bluethooth headset.

  • not much intresting in it

  • which is the largest memory card that is compatible with nokia 5500? i would like to use a 1 GB card! is it compatible?

  • Could someone please in nokia hire a new designer all the latest phones of nokia are so but so ugly.I mean where is the revolutionary 8850 withc is the most beatifull phone ever made where is 8210.Nokia 5500 is a descent phone but the design is crup.It is a 300 euro phone that looks like a 150 euro phone .And another think N71 and N93 they are probably the most ugly clamshell phones ever made.they look like they were designed in the 90s.And where the hell is Auto Focus.I dont beleive that nowdays there is a phone that worths more then 280 euros and doesnt have autofocus and 352x288 pixel resolution video.I m trying for several weeks now to decide which will be my next mobile phone and i cant find anything from nokia that worth spending 300-400 euros.I bought a year ago SE K750 and it was a briliant phone with many new thinks to offer but now both NOKIA an SE seems that they lost track of what people need.

  • biliBob its f.. great answre

  • is tis phn waterproof????n tis phn made by wat kualiti?????i oso think tis phn is not gd enough is compare to nokia6233......n waste battery too if alwaz on w lan.....

  • small change to fiind a zone not with gsm signal but with wi-fi but this was just an example this feature is good when you go somewere and you are on the bike ,moto etc, just think

  • how much is it? are there any disadvantages of it?

  • "if you go some where you don't have signall you can"t call 911 but in that areea is wi-fi" what are the chances that where you are going to go will have a wi-fi signal but not a mobile network signal...

  • Yes,I have found there are certain tones dolphins dislike like the crazy frog, agood ringtone for the sea but if you are thinking about maybe going in a pond then frogs dont appreciate it, i learnt this the hard way!!

  • The phone comes complete with underwater case Ive found this to be most useful as im able to clip it to my wetsuit!I also have an underwater charger that lets my phone charge on passing sea currents! like a mini tidal generator means i have unlimited power for my phone! I am however having less luck finding a blurtooth headset thats lasts underwater! I am having a few issues with the ringtones attracting dolphins though! ray have you come across any ways to stop this happening?

  • thanks billy bob did, i am going snorkelling next week,and dont like leaving my phone on the boat for fear of it being stolen. is there also a waterproof carry case?

  • this mobile is reallly not of any use as compare to nokia 6233 and 6151

  • Yes Ray this phone is waterpoof,just a few days ago i made a call underwater in my local sea life centre! this is when i fell in the shark tank and needed assistance getting out!

  • is this phone waterproof?

  • you are talking about wifi like a milion dolar boy wifi must be in all phones and this afect life baterii only if you use this features is this right ???yes it is

  • serrios now wlan can be activated only when you need to read something like an email so for ex: if you go some where you don't have signall you can"t call 911 but in that areea is wi-fi you can talk on yahooo and ask for help and this because wlan is gona be almost in all places

  • wlan can be put off and so the baterry will last the same like now and wlan can be used not only for the bussines sector and ps(what i do: bmx,basketball,dirt,downhill) you?

  • hi, i currently use the 6230i, and have tried changing to a n80 and 6233, but i juts dont find them as user frendly, can sum1 who HAS thsi handset tell em what the keypad is like in genral, e.g texing and input, is it stiff? requires a slight extra effort, afteral it is ribust so please can sum1 tel me, aslo if there is real replacent for the 6230i, not the 6233, whi holds 500 numbers, what a waste!

  • just think abote it w lan battery dies fast

  • this phone is designed for active and sports oriented people. who will access the internet on wlan while they're doing exercise and sports activities? use your brain! if this phone doesn't have wlan and if that's what you need, then look for another phone.

  • wlan?? only lazy people who dont exercise and play sport need that it has bluetooth what is wrong for the 30 seconds the phone needs to syncronize etc to use that? Nokia bring out another water and dust resistant phone and you disrespect it for not having wireless lan that consumes battery life more than any other feature. shame, shame on you :(

  • Very nice phone. Is there any 3G version of this phone?

  • wi-fi is the most important now and you forget about it

  • wlan were is it??????????????????

  • This phone is a really good buy to anyone who is considering it.It is the only phone i know with this many gadgets on it.It is just like a hand held p.c.It is also really loud if you listen to music on it.

  • wifi?????????????????????????????????? please why

  • Hi, has any one of you tried to use a third party GPS navigation software (like tomtom or wayfinder) on the Nokia 5500? Thanks in advance for the response.

  • evening people, i just sold my nokia 3250 to a friend because it was too slow. i'm just wonderin if the nokia 5500 is a sencible speed, like most phones are?? any aswers?

  • sexy fone.........i am gettin one.....dont care bout display size.........and bout da battery ppl charge yr fone everyday...its not dat big a deal...look at da overall package

  • Got my 5500 Sport Today its the best durable phone since the Nokia 6250

  • I hope that there is an option to switch the text-to-speech from male voice to sexy lady's voice and vice versa? I think this is a very practical phone that is very suitable for my lifestyle.

  • No the 6230i has only 65,536 the 5500 262,144.

  • Hey guys...i am using this phone for about 2 months and so far i am very pleased with it...though ive got only 2 botherin issues : low volume of the headset and the batt life . For the first one ive bought one pair of Nokia 3250 headset and now im listening my music the way i always want to... As for the battery life, after a few 12 hours charging cycles , it will become a decent one -I mean 3 days of, mainly, talkin- for 'bout 30 min per day,some sms - not much, i am not such a fan, and , of course, music for about 30 min a day... i dont know if there will be another man content with that but i love now my little finn...

  • Is the quality of the screen the same as the 6230i (since it has the same resolution) and are pictures taken by the camera seen on the display also compareble to the 6230i?

  • looks like a great phone why so low rating than? i would buy it groovy Nokia BABYYYY YEAH :)

  • the 5500 sport rocks!!it's a great phone.it does anything you want(except makeing you coffee :) ).the thing that you can control the musik player by just tapping on the phones sides and the sport app that shows you how fast are ya runnin and the distance you're travelled makes it one sick phone. also it's resistant to shocks,dust and water (just don't take it for a swim :P ). thumbs up for this phone.

  • This phone rocks!I wanna to trade it to my e60:P

  • How can you rate that batt as better than SE phones. I have a W800 and I listen to mp3 around 2hrs a day and get at least 5 days out of the battery. Much better than what you describe for the 5500

  • For all those who are interested in the batt life. Sad to say, compare to my 3250, the 5500 somewhat loses out. I can only squeeze out 2 days of usage at best, with 2 hours of MP3 per day plus some phone usage and I am being very optimistic. My 3250 could squeeze out 10 hrs of MP3 over 3 days. But for those who dun care about MP3 and radio, u can get 3-4 days of usage. But would still rate the batt life as better than the SE phones when it comes to music play. Another disappointment, although the 5500 seems to have the same player as the 3250, the same cannot be said about the volume. With the same EQ setup on both phones, the 5500 pales in comparison to the 3250 in volume. These are the only to quips I have with the phone. Everything else, features, build are kick ass. If u can live with the batt and soft volume I would recommend this phone.

  • Overall Excellent Phone, Battery Could Be Better, Battery Life quite poor, well i charged it for half a day when i first got it...lasts about 2-3 days with normal usage-radio,mp3,games,txting,calls..etc...recomm­ended though! 8/10

  • If anyone has an idea on the price of this phone in East Africa then please tell me. And in your opinion, is the grey case better than the black?

  • bought it coz its small and i want to use smartphones only... this thing rocks!

  • Got one fantastic phone, better than a n70 and n80, durable and has all series 60 features you would expect and more, listen to your texts read out to you, when phone rings says name you have put in for that person, gps tracking software included(gps needed).etc. small and great, not big and bulky like all nokia lately. Only downside is internal memory is 11mb not 64mb as stated.

  • its for 360 euros (18k)in india

  • Is the quality of the screen the same as the 6230i (since it has the same resolution) and are pictures taken by the camera seen on the display also compareble to the 6230i

  • the display is really too small for its category, much the size of Nokia 6230 :( i'm not buying it for this reason only

  • the display is too small. :( much like the Nokia 6230

  • Great phone, but I read that it has the Office Suite for viewing MS Office documents and I don't find it. Is this suite really installed or is a problem with my phone? Thanks!

  • Such an ugly phone...

  • AWSOME PHONE!!! It surprizes me a lot: compact, good cam, anti-shock parts (when it felt down, it sounded like a potato and everything was in place) , flashlight (I use very often), MP3 player with a superb rate quality / volume and easy to use (turn on/off and changing tracks by gently hiting the phone), the list-making feature, nice sound settings, copy-paste for any user edited text, lots of fields that can be inserted to contacts, voice comand, a beautiful activity log list for 30 days (data, sms, voice, sent and received and details to each), a confortable "jog" (5 way key). And I can personalize the menu to make it more accesible. It's so flexible !! It's a sport oriented phone ; it means that even if it has lots of features, those are so easy and accesible for use! What I'd like to have at this phone is a better communication phone-SIMcard (for contacts and sms); but lately, the storage is made to the memory card, wich is more flexible, easyer to copy and to backup the information. PS: the charger cupling has changed.

  • Chris, It depends what you want to type. If you just want to send a quick SMS its fine but if you're thinking about transcribing a copy of war and peace, think again.

  • I have a question...I am thinking of getting the Nokia 5500 sport...is it a worthwile phone to get? Are the buttons difficult to type with?

  • well...actually this isn't a comment,I have a question.my last(late!) mobile's a n-gage.It's my first and last dream mobile AND IT WAS SUCH A DIE-HARD THING!i'VE DECIDED 2 buy 5500,am i right?

  • 2 things about this phone!great phone good price!!!!in addition the memory is awsome!!!!!!!!!

  • i want to use it as a music phone too. i listen to mp3s 1-2h a day, normal calls, sometimes net browsing and i'm not very confident in this 4h talk time battery. will i charge it every day?

  • this go"s out to Chris the battery life on the nokia 5500 is quite good it last me about 4 maybe 5 days of standard use i dont know if this helps you

  • I'm a 5500 user and I have to say that the battery kife on this phone is...

  • n 5500 users please say something about the battery life!

  • really; i use this phone and i can say it have a very good sound quality..is better than N91!! yes; i have used N91 and the sound in 5500 is compare to SonyEricsson walkman series. Maybe the keypad is very hard to use , but it is a sport phone. price in Tunisia 330 euro.

  • just bought it today.great phone.Superb

  • I Work for CPW and had the Nokia Rep in today.. managed to play around with this phone and i must say i am impressed.. i thought it was going to be *&*&% just like the other robust phones but this is way more exciting.. it has MP3 player, Pedometer, all your health stats, bluetooth, Speech Text (this i love - and sounds like steven hawkings.. hahaha) plus loads more.. when using MP3 player you double tap the screen and it plays/stops the music, when playing music if you tap the left and right sides of the handset it skips to next track or skips back a track.. absolute geniuss from nokia, i would like to see this technology in other future handsets..

  • for ali sojudi:please tell me to this phone:01512210511

  • "The fone is a hell lot. Bad Style, NONSENSE IN ITSELF. sport hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahpot" I agree with these comments. The Fone really is a hell lot! Absolutley nonsense in itself and of course sport hahahahahahpot, how could you disagree? I wont be buying this fone when it cums out. I'll wait for the N55. That will be the tr00 sports fone for the sports mad! Dat or da V3y

  • this phone looks not easy to use..

  • i think this fone is a joke its completley ugly not worth the price, if ur thinking ov havin one i wudnt bother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its pants had one a week n sold it cheap as chips cus nobody wanted it

  • comparing to 5140 ,some good things are missing,such as compass ,thermometer and wallet. but it has many additional features such as 2m camera , microSd card (512m included),better display sound and... i think it worth buying if you like phones of this category(sport).I have buy it in Dubai for 1320 AED (360 USD), and I'm using it in Iran (it is now registerd).

  • $2680 hk

  • Review

  • its a good phone as it looks so sexy. i just want to know about what is the price of the phone and is the phone worth to its cost ? please friends help me out

  • The fone is a hell lot. Bad Style, NONSENSE IN ITSELF. sport hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahpot

  • hey i have this phone and its awsome da language for da message reader should be in da memory card dats wat happeened to me i inserted the memory card and it automatically inserted da language ... it has no disadvantages except da screen is smaller then other symbian phones which i didnt had any problems wid so in general the phone is awsome

  • I bought Nokia 5500 a day before. Nice phone. I want to use message reader but it asks for language selection and there is no language available. From where I get the language? Can any 5500 owner help me. Thanks

  • I work in construction, do you think this phone can take hits from concrete blocks? This is what happened to my 5210 and that was squashed. Can anyone help?

  • The sound and photo camera is that same as in 3250!!

  • I have the nOKIA 6630, but saw this phone on the nokia website and it seems to have everything, infrared, bluetooth, mp3, expandable memory the list is endless, can anyone who has this phone email me n tell me how happy they are withit, does it have wma support??? :) Fanx

  • It says on a review that it has 10h of continuous music play. Is it realy that much?

  • To All Nokia 5500 Sport owners Please comment on the sound quality of the phone. Is it comparable to Nokia 7710 or 3250 or N91? Thanks!

  • can u do fast forward from the remote controll on the handsfree?

  • RE: Music player. It's a reasonable player, but its not an ipod (or other dedicated music player) i use about 3 hrs of music a day + normal phone use and charge it every night. Works well for me.

  • I have had this phone for 6 weeks now, and I have to say that I am very happy with it. I haver had nokia 5xxx series phones from the start, and was slightly concerbed that the series 60 may make this phone more difficult that I care to use. its implimented perfectly well done nokia.

  • looks horrible

  • I bought this phone yesterday and sold it today with a 10% loss. I just wanted to get rid of it in any way. It looks very nice and feels good in the hand and in the pocket, but it is very uncomfortable when writing a message or using the calculator. The colors are not vivid as in nowadays phones. What happened to NOKIA? I still have the Nokia 6100 which functions very good in all ways. It seems that when all the manufacturers are improving, NOKIA is going backwards. The phones are becoming bigger and the keys are becoming smaller and smaller.

  • How much is the transfer speed with the USB data cable?

  • I'm concerned about the battery life if I use it as a music phone. Please write more about it those who already have the phone.

  • Review on this phone already published at

  • I hope they make a review of 5500 soon I love the flaslight feature, I had it on my old 3200 its a very useful feature unlike most features in phones.

  • Nokia got me spinning, seems like they heard me a little beauty with giant features, forget everything else groove yourself in it , it has been 3 days i got my hands on it and its just lovely 208 x 208 with 262k is fine , internal memory is not 64mb it is 12 mb but i got 512mb card with my package. forget everyother thing symbian 3 in 100grams i am loving every second of it , any questions are very welcome and a big thank you to NOKIA certainly not only connecting people but collecting in a small shell , price tag is 19000/Rs

  • Can someone tell me how's the battery life compared to Siemens M75?

  • Mr Wongso: Do you just saw it or own it? What's the price in Jakarta? Excited with the black one. Tx in adv

  • It`s one of the best phone`s with sport options and it`s a marvelous invention for construction workers you can take it to your work and go sporting with it afterwards i had the 5140 and the 5140i and i was blown away by them after 3 years they still work so can`t wait for it to come on the market in Holland cause i`m sold jordey form Vodafone Holland

  • ROFL some people complain of the smartphones being to BIG, now you complain because they are too small?!?! either way the screen its 31mm x 31 mm with a 208*208 the same as the 6230i

  • looks alot nicer in black and silver but what does it look like from behind.

  • plz can anyone help me?!!! i wantt to by this phone but i'm afraid of the size of display... i think it is too small compared to N70, N80 and even 6600. can any one got that phone tell me is there any problem of this small display??!!!!

  • The last post was for you, Maximus=) Silly me....=)

  • ntQp: The battery lasts, i don't know, maybe 3 days in my normal use. Difficult to say what is a "general" normal use. I can live with battery without problems. Display is accurate and screensaver seems to increase battery time a lot. I do not use this for WebBrowsing or smg like that. The keypad is great and easy to use (after a short period of learning of course). Very nice in hand and I mean very nice=) The HF-speaker tone is good also. The pictures are "just OK" because lack of better optics. The flashlight is useful because it is not a small beam but wider which is useful in normal situations. I recommend this phone. The design looks hmmmm "different" when compared to fold-phones but I think that it should not be compared=) So many applications installed that i will not list them here=) (I don't use them that much) And may I say it again... this is a Durable Phone and it has what it takes to be a true Classic.

  • does the body change ? please tel!

  • Can u put a stronger battery in it?

  • finally!! i hold this cellpone in my hand! my opinion is, great phone!! i saw this 5500 in plaza senayan Jkt, goog job nokia, dont listen to anybody who hate tgis phone, they are not have enough money to get this....

  • The flashlight works for all things? For example for: missed call, sms ...

  • Seen one the other day for the first time and they are amazing, more for sports people but a great phone for builders.And the game format is out of this world.. I have never seen anything like it before. Craig from G Mobile (UK) Ltd

  • I would love to get this phone to replace my N3250 which I have for music purpose. Since the 5500 serves that purpose and more, looks like a great replacement. But one thing is stopping...rumour has it that the batt life sucks. Can someone give some parity on the batt life compared to the N3250? Would hope that a smaller screen sucks less power but it seems not the case...Please advise. Thanks!

  • Its a bit ugly

  • Software work very well, and the memory is 20mb internal and 64mb card .....in Romania cost 300E , i have this phone and i like-it it's the best

  • MKa, pls tell me more about this phone, because I wan't to buy one this days. How long does the battery last in normal conditions of use? Does it makes quality pictures? What other applications are installed on the phone? Pls answer. Thank you

  • softwares will work or not in this phone.

  • to ashua; a large display is more probably to get cracked ,but a small display is harder to broke and more resistant!! that is why they used a small display...anyway the resolution is OK! if anyone has the phone please post ur opinions,and try to make a mini review.

  • I have been using the 5500 and it *really* seems to tolerate "punishment". Hopefully I don't drop the phone again!! For som reason Symbian is not as slow as usual!?! Maybe it is getting faster as it developes (contrary to other operatins MSystems...) Or am I getting slower?

  • Gr8 looks but for a sports phone the display size is so small ? anyone has this phone in India ?

  • V.V.good phone.. sound and video really great.. amazing...shape well done ..it really unique piece...thank u nokia

  • in the UK its going for �199.99 on Orange.

  • Here in Finland it costs about 300 euros. I personally think that that�s a very good deal for a Symbian phone, and the fact that it�s supposed to be able to tolerate some punishment only makes the deal better. I assume that the camera will be average, like the 6270 and 6280. The UI will most likely be relatively slow as it�s Symbian, but otherwise the features are nice... Thinks it�s gonna sell well...

  • will someone who already bought the phone please post his opinion....like cons and pros!! is the phone solid as it says?? how is the camera and the music player?? how about the menu speed compared to other series 60?

  • how's the camera

  • It looks okword but features are great...It is not availabe in pakistan... :-(

  • It's like a drastically improved 3220!

  • mr. bilal are totally wrong, this one is a multifunction product of nokia, u should look the facility like i hve seen in Jakarta and u can read about all aspect from this pone at T&t magazine.

  • GREAT phone. I have N 3660 and I think this phone is my next phone for the long time.Nice for me if I can make letters in 3 different size. I have 52 years but I like phone like this...

  • this handset is not so good,very bad design and hanging problem occures in it...and very slow software in working...

  • Nice piece of work

  • Poor look, u'll see...

  • why no compass. compass very very important. please put compass. 2mp camera very good. do survey on what features to leave and what to keep.

  • it seems that this phone is like 300 euro;i think its a good mobile,its a smartphone and sporty,the looks could be better,but for a phone that is made from steal and is hard as a rock,then its ok! and a 300 euro as a start price is just ok! it will drop in 2 months...anyway i like resistant and well built phones so if its hard as they say it is then this phone is just perfect!

  • Sporty!! Splash and dust resistant. GOOOD!! WHAT ABOUT SHOCK RESISTANCE????? What good is a sporty phone without shock absorbance???

  • very funny ....

  • wow! this phone is available now!

  • Nokia 5500 fits perfectly to me cause im very sporty and when it is available i want to buy it as soon as possible.i am just waiting for it.

  • I think what's lacking with the 5500 is 3G. Why can't Nokia simply put everything on the latest models? If I were to buy a new phone, I will now have a difficulty in choosing. If 3G was present then this is the best so far. But that's just my opinion. Overall, this phone ROCKS!!!

  • first i was thinkin why didnt make it out of carbon.. bit titan is good.. its like ghisallo

  • this phone features r good but what bout the sound volume and the softwares , is the os stable and the camara clarity .....

  • The phone is very ugly. I don't know why nokia insists in creating ugly phones with great feature :-? :(

  • i am little worried about its battery, nokia perhaps should put a stronger battery like 1200mAp perhaps.

  • nokia is uncomparable, and it has proved this once more by introducing 5500. I liked all its features.

  • i live in Turkey,and it hasnt't come to my country.it seems good.i hope,i will buy it when it subscribed.

  • the design is .. well uhmm .. not that good

  • i had nokia 7650,6600,6630and N70;i hope buy 5500, it seems good phone ,but;it was,t come in iran...___(gsmarena THE BEST SITE OF MOBILE)

  • This phone has not come to australia

  • Oh maaan, no 3G!!! ;(((

  • this phone has not come to nigeria

  • Poor Design

  • good phone im just waiting for this symbian baby 5501 ! yess america version will exist in abote one year after the official release of the 5500 like the 8801

  • wow! this phone is already available??? it seems that nokia are very acurate with the release dates.. unlike last year and the 1st quater this year, many units were delayed.. we should xpect N93 and N73 will hit the shelves on time. :-)

  • What are nokia thinking. Nokia just seem to be loosing the plot. Nokia have somehow made an absolutly usless phone worse. This is meant to be a workmans phone, Nokia might as well have painted it pink and put a flower on it. They got the idea by putting BT in it, but other then that very disapointed. If you are going to the gym to work out, the male shower block will clear straight away if they see you walk in the shower block with this bit of junk.

  • I'm a loyal user of Nokia sports cellphone from the first beginning until 5140 that I'm using now. The features that I really need from 5140 is SPL meter & Compass, that makes 5140 unreplaceable with something else. And now Nokia came aout with 5500 models that doesnt have that features... It seems totally useless for my needs.

  • Nokia are d best mobiles ever.they are user frndly thats why i like them.this mobile fits perfectly to me cause im very sporty and when it is available i want to buy it as soon as possible.it has very nice features.

  • i have nokia 3200 and i am using it from 2 years and happy with its working and features.now this 5500 is the best alternative of the 3200.i will certainly buy this when it will be availabale in market.

  • well i know nokia phones thrown into water, dried, and they worked xD

  • waitin for this master piece..

  • I think the lacking of Digital Compass will be the most weakening matter of this phone. very very unfortunate

  • I have NOKIA 5140. It very good phone. But it have small memory. I waiting for 5500. But it haven't compass and it is bigger than my phone. And this uglier than 5140. It have all functions what i need. And have symbian. Now I can play Tibia ME!

  • i need to kno if there is feature that makes a fone just vibrate from 9:30 am to 6 pm and then change to ring mode. i mean to keep it silent+vibrate between offfice hours. this is similar to Samsung functionality of having the morning alarm off on weekends and then back on weekdays, so that we can get some seep on sat and sundays.

  • Darrel Ramjattan rates Nokia Phones the best phones in the world!!!

  • why didnt u make it ot of carbon when its sport model..?? u make it out of steel like im some poker player!!

  • Yes this yellow/silver pattern is not very nice, but the black/silver is pretty good. Then again i dont care much about the look of the phone and i am must interested in its functions. So a simbian and shock/dust/splash proof is a combination i have been loking for a long time ago. I would be nice if it was fully water-proff like the old Nokia 6250 and Ericsson R310 but this is good too.

  • eventough thiss phone is not very good lookin,but at least it has realy good features and has a 2mp camera.

  • Is this phone schock-resistence? Just like G-Shock?

  • this phone is pretty ugly but it has snake which is the best cell phone game ever so it's not too bad

  • Damn this phone is ugly, reminds me of a cheap tracksuit or something, 5500 bLOWS!

  • Believe it or not, Nokia 5500 Sport will turn out to be the best-selling phone among teenagers and sportsmen! Many triathletes are waiting here for this model to be relesed!

  • where is the digital compas ?

  • It's best telefon I have nokia 5140, and what i need naw it's nokia 5500. They mast insert in telefon onli wifi and 3G. if thay insert compass and termometer inst not be bed.

  • It's Like a ugly phone i do not like it At Alll... Ugly as can be!

  • greyhound, the phone is not an investment. lol

  • can any1 with this phone tell me if it really looks as stupid as it looks in the pictures... It is the only thing keeping me from wanting it

  • to DJ: This phone is 'splash resistant', NOT 'waterproof'. If you put it underwater, just say goodbye to your investment.

  • Hmmmmmmmmmm,not bad.I'm a very sporty guy and a phone like that would suit me.I'll think about buying one.

  • The paltry 4/270 hour batterylife is somewhat of a mystery to me. Its obviously possible to have 6-8/350-400 hours. Especially preferable then it comes to rugged outback-phones like this one.

  • 300 EUR, start shipping within Q3.

  • hey this 1 looks 2 good but can ne1 temme if we can actually take pictures underwater? i'hv heard dat it can... plz sum1 letme knw...

  • 900?no way.i heard somthing around 300.:*

  • give fm recorder and giv mp3 song cuter

  • Thank you Nokia for listening us!

  • iy's expected to be on sale in january 2007, for about 900 euro

  • Having good quility of ouspious model .

  • well its a beautiful hand set you can just close your eyes and can buy any one from nokia its a sexy hand set vikas kumar

  • i hope, n5500, finally, will come to Indonesian market, dont make another mistakes nokia, happy watching world cup 2006.

  • Aready decided to change my 7610 after year and 8 months with this one when appeare in the shops. Nice features combined along with outstanding ergonomy - WOW. No doubt this will be the next

  • It is expected to arrive in September with a price tag of 300 Euro.

  • Hi Got a Question about nokia 5500. Like Nokia 5140i does Nokia 5500 Sports also support the POLAR SPORTS HEART RATE Moniters??? Also what is the expected price tag? Mustafa

  • I've been able to use this phone 3 weeks now and something that you can't see from the pics is that how well this phone feels in the hand!!! It fits your hand "like a glove" U see that phone curves in the middle? That's the Trick! Once you try it you will be impressed. This form WILL be imitated by othe manufacturers. Flashlight also Rocks Ass.

  • This will be my next phone too - made up my mind too Billy, it's features and practicaliity that counts, more than design and prestige..

  • this will be my nxt phone (mabye) i luv it

  • This is a fabulous phone - even if you're a couch potato. It's stuffed full of useful features and it's the lightest S60 device in Nokia's range. Sure, it looks a little odd but this is the sort of phone that will prove it's usefulness to just about anyone. Cool :)

  • Another deppressing phone.Remember the nokia 5100 not great but still functional.Tect to speech seems intresting.I hope nokia's dont overprice it.Lots of expectations this phone is really gonna be one eyecatcher phone after the flop 3200.btw visit

  • I personally love all the features of this phone.. 2 Megapixel Cam, Text-to-speech should be interesting, plus many others like tortch light, FM radio, and sports fitness programme.. If only it had a secondary video conference camera.. Bugga! But I'm still gonna choose this phone when it comes out in Melbourne Australia.. I'll probably get it FREE on a $29 or $39 monthly CAP plan.. suits my lifestyle, should be a good choice for me.. Muahahaha... Spank me! ;)

  • In september nokia5500 will cost around 300euros in Belgrade, it`s perfect resistant mobile phone till now!!!

  • TO Bridence!! Man That is 4 Letter not five lol UGLY is 4 letter

  • forget all the loonys running up mountains at 5 in the morning this phone is gonna sell realy well here in the uk to builders plumbers farmers and workmen ive got loads of customers waiting for a durable hard wearing nokia with bluetooth with all the fines now for driving whilst using the phone.

  • i have 5 letters for this nokia: --U--G--L--Y--

  • Hot and sporty ... i'm gonna buy this phone!!! .... money, don't fail me now!! :))

  • a verry nice phone but i'm curiouse of the price ... i hope it's under 600$.... paun romania,calarasi :P

  • Nokia... i have one word for you... ---U---G---L---Y---

  • i wish to see nokia 5500 in a 3g with a big screen display sport rugged .

  • This is an excellent phone. Asif Bhai... this will rock !!

  • holllaaaa....people who said that this 5500 is bad & ugly phone, i think that hapen to thierself...huahahahahahahaha....welldone nokia....

  • contact great phone i cant wait till it comes out in sydney australia...

  • i hope the next of the nokia 5500 will be in a 3g big screen display rugged sport mobile .

  • here is the review.....

  • This is the best phone & a winner phone produced by nokia.And its text-to-speech & speech-to-text function is just goin to rock the whole world.Brilliant effort by Nokia.

  • positively stunning!!!just as its its older brothers this phone ticlkes my fancy! cant wait for it to get here!! keep the sports mobile alive and develloping! faiz - south africa!!!

  • This phone looks very very nice. Great phone!

  • hey man this phone rocks......just need 2 work on shape......da shape aint da gud......this phone might b xpensive.....of this phonez in ma range i wud defintely gt t

  • wat a stupid model, the bird shape fone. y not nokia designers design a combination fone of 3250's speaker, n93's screen and resolution, n80's 3.2 mp camera n a symbian os6.0 ....hiez, i'm very disappointed wif nokia n SE .. luckily motorola will soon announce it best fone ever is a few months time

  • well well, so the game is on, and we people are eye witness to the biggest commercial war on the battle field of mobile manufacturing, and the rival are none others but, NOKIA and SE. and this time, its an attack from the SPORTS side. step calculator, speedometer, functions like these and ofcourse the shape and the whole package, is actually a desprate effort from nokia to stay at the top...... well, they might well, do it

  • Great look.....good functions......Price?

  • awesome!!! a must have phone, for great people.

  • want a sport phone ? - take nokia 3510! , it survives everything!

  • Well I think that this phone will be a hit on the outdoor/active of people.Only need to improve its looks..

  • is this phone waterproof? if not, then don't say things like "if you in the middle of the ocean"

  • i hope the next of nokia 5500 to be 3g sport in a big screen nokia please do it (((( 3g sport from noika i love it )))) i wish to be vary soon coming soon am waiting ....

  • Rambo! You`ve got a point there! :D

  • Little bit heavy ain't it?Though the performances are great! P.S. 2 all my mobile m8 u should buy this phone

  • this phone is very nice . i think , this phone will very expencive.

  • you guys prefer to w710. better in design, features, sounds, and many more. no need of symbian coz screen is so small though better res. than old s60 phones. w710 got all of it's features

  • to all hater of this phone, pls, use ur mind correctly!!! if u r in the midlle of ocean (workin on the rig) and ur had alot of tropical rain drops araound u, are u still thinking about fashion about ur cellphone?? nop!! u just need a tough phone to make a phone call & entertain ur self, do u understand!!!

  • ugliest phone i've ever seen, what's happening nokia?

  • I hope, too. I might throw it in fire. Or even squashes under a bulldozer.

  • I hope this phone is as durable as the old ones. Recent nokia phones can be easily broken.

  • should this be good or great? could this impress users in the philippines who are very much fanatics with cellphones. tsk...tsk....

  • looks really good and also has good functions if its not expensive then this is 1 phone to look out for, i would definitely buy it

  • Finalllyyy .. a m.p that's worth to buy ... =p. Must have it ... must have it ... must have it ... =D

  • i hope this phone is durable. I might mash it in the ocean!!

  • this mobile is looking very much good

  • This is next to 5140i I wait for this model 5500. This is perfect fon for me and look briliant. It is my preciess

  • Nice phone, with all features of the N72 plus the infrared port.

  • waiting for this phone. cool stuff.nokia made a very good effort.

  • Just get new faceplates !!!

  • nokia emprooved the desing FOR Sport .not Looks

  • the guy that said nokia was lazy for not putting mp3 or radio is so lazy he cant read the specs or when sum features bt2.0 2mp 1gtf ...+it's solid

  • this phone is perfect vs 6620 SOLIDIty

  • Im waiting for nokia to come with with Stereo bluetooth headsets with 2.0..

  • Im allredy thinking of the 5501 for north america.

  • Whats the processor speed? any website or forum which contains its full specifications? proccesor speed should be likfe 6630. which symbian OS version? 9.1 or 8.0? anybody knows answers to these questions? ;) :)

  • i agree to vinicius this site could to have informations in Portuguese

  • really good.. already it was time for nokia to make a 'sport phone'

  • the nokia 5500 it look like the siemens m75 but in small size but we wish to see nokia to produce the 3g sport mobile like nokia n73 size so please nokia do it now ....