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Microsoft Lumia 550 Review

    See other variants reviews Score: 60.5 / 100

Microsoft Lumia 550 is a good quality Windows cellphone released back in the year 2015, packed with a 4.7" screen, a good performance 1.1 GHz Quad-Core processor, and two cameras, a 5 MP back side camera and a 2 MP front camera.

The Lumia 550 ships with a powerful Quad-Core CPU running at 1100 MHz, included in a Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 8909 system chip with 1 GB RAM memory. A nice advantage of this phone is its 8 GB quite large internal storage and a slot for an SD memory card, allowing the user to install hundreds of applications without any problem.

This phone is very slim, being just 0.39" thick. The Microsoft Lumia 550 is only 5.36" long and 2.67 inches wide, but it manages to hold a 4.7 inches display. This cellphone is for sale in 2 color options, black and white. Talking about its design materials, the Lumia 550 is mainly created with Plastic . This phone feels a bit heavy for a cellphone this size, with a weight of 5.01 oz.

This cellphone has two cameras, a 5 MP back camera and a 2 MP front side camera. It can also film 1280x720 HD videos at 30 frames per second. The camera also features auto-focus.

Microsoft designed this cellphone with a spectacular 4.7-inches display, and a resolution of 720 x 1280 (HD), which makes everything look amazing.

This phone counts with wi-fi connection (which can be shared with other devices around, acting as a wireless modem or router), 4G LTE high speed connectivity and also HSPA+ internet connection, which is a slower 4G variation and the fastest 3G connection type, over HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. The Microsoft Lumia 550 uses a Nano SIM card for GSM connection.

This cellphone comes with a huge 2100 mAh replaceable battery that can keep this cellphone running for several hours, although you may find yourself looking for a place to charge it if you use it too much.

This cellphone also comes with a couple of cool characteristics like Bluetooth (allows communication with other bluetooth devices, computers, and accessories) and GPS, and a few sensors likeLight Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer.

No matter if you need a phone for gaming, want a cellphone to mostly use social networks and internet browsing, you love taking photographs or will use it as a work cellphone, you will probably be very pleased with this cellphone.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Microsoft
Operating System (OS):Windows 10 Mobile
Variant:See other variants reviews
Dimensions:5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 inchesMetric13.61 x 6.78 x 0.99 cmImperial
Weight:5.01 ouncesMetric142.03 gImperial
Colors:Black and White
Materials:Plastic
Release date:2015-12-08

Display

Screen Type:LCD
Size:4.7 inchesMetric11.9 cmImperial
Resolution:1280 x 720 pixels (HD)
Pixel density:312 pixels per inchMetric122.83 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 8909
Processor:ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1100 MHz)
RAM Memory:1 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 304
Internal Memory:8 GB
SD Card Slot:microSDXC (up to 200 GB)

Battery

Removable:Yes
Capacity:2100 mAh

Camera

Back camera:5 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.40
    Focal length:28mm (35mm equivalence)
    Sensor size:0.25 inches (1/4")
Front camera:2 megapixels
Max video resolution:1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD)
UMTS Bands:Bands 5(850), 8(900), 1(2100)
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.1
GPS:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor