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Siemens ST55

This model was created as a passing model to fill a gap in its price segment. Siemens ST55 is an an ODM-model developed by Arima. Among not typical for Siemens functions there are 40-tones polyphony, integrated camera, good TFT 65K screen. These are the strongest points of Asiatic products. On the other hand, the phone has an average functionality. It is not a business phone because there are no IrDA and bluetooth there.

Class: fashion
Position in the phone line: above Siemens MC60
Rival models: Motorola C550, Motorola E365
Specifications based on test

General features
- Announced in June 2003, beginning of sales - 4Q 2003
- Officially announced: 05.08.2003
- eGSM900/GSM1800
- Battery type: Li-Ion 750 mAh
- Battery life:
  - Standby time: up to 140 hours
  - Talk time: up to 4.5 hours
  - Re-charging time: about 3 hours
- Graphical TFT-65K-display with the resolution of 120х160 pixels, what allows to show up to 7 text lines
- Java (MIDP 1.0)
- Digital VGA camera, 4x zoom; effects - Sepia, Bluish, Mono; resolution of images - 640х480, 320х240 and 160х120 pixels; three types of images quality; a possibility to adjust brightness, shooting in night mode
- Weight: 87 g.
- Dimensions: 98.5 x 47.2 x 21.6 mm

Memory
- Lists of the last calls:
  - 10 dialed numbers
  - 10 received numbers
  - 10 missed numbers with date and time indication
- Application memory is dynamical, free space can be also used to transport files.
- Up to 5 caller groups, 3 of them are changeable, the other two are out of group and received. One can assign a special icon and a ringtone to each group.
- Phonebook: up to 255 phone numbers+ SIM-card memory. Up to 15 fields can be added to one name. For example, a user can add several phone numbers, post address, URL, e-mail.
- It's also possible to assign a graphic picture to each name in the phonebook..
- Memory to store photos - 1.2 Mb
- Memory to store SMS-messages - 1.3 Mb
- Memory to store e-mails - 1.1.Mb
- Up to 50 SMS-mssages can be kept in the phone memory, up to 50 SMS-messages - in Archive
- Up to 50 records in the organiser can be kept
- Up to 10 notes (50 charcters each) can be saved in the phone memory

Ringing tones, call management
- Vibrating alert
- 40-tones polyphonic melodies
- Speed dialing: for up to 8 phone numbers
- Autodialing (up to 10 attempts)
- Speakerphone function
- Babysitter

Messages
- A possibility to send and receive ringtones and animated pictures
- Predictive text input T9
- Templates
- EMS

Connectivity
- WAP 2.0
- GPRS class 10
- MMS
- SMTP/POP3 mail client

Organiser and extras
- Organiser with different types of events. Maximun length is 50 characters for one event. One can set reminders for them. Monthly and weekly calendar view is available.
- Time, date, world time
- Alarm-clock (can ring in special days of the week)
- Calculator, currency converter
- Screen savers, inlcuding the one consits of own images
- Games - Wacko, Toggle, Tetris

Eldar Murtazin ([email protected])
Published - 06 August 2003

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