UPDATE: Swedish price of Galaxy 551 will be 3,500 kronor.
Samsung Galaxy 551 (I5510) that was first revealed at the IFA has got the official unveiling. The phone runs on Android 2.2 OS and features a physical sliding QWERTY keyboard for business users and social network users.
It features a 667MHz CPU, 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen TFT display (240×400 pixels), TouchWiz 3.0 UI, HSDPA 7.2Mbps, 3MP camera, Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth, GPS, FM Radio, Social Hub, DivX support, 160MB internal memory, microSD card slot and 1200mAh battery.
It will arrive in Europe in November carrying a price tag of 389 euros ($539).
Can’t believe this “Galexy 3” with querty would cost a 189 euros more than the Galexy 3 that’s already on sale for only 200 euros.. Very strange….
Are your sure about the price? on mobile4style.com (based in Tessin/Switzerland) the price for Samsung 551 is 291 euros.
@lucas: Got the price from Samsung
Too expensive. I m not quite sure what they think with this phone.
Saw it at a dutch online store for 278. Still to expensive compared to the galaxy 3, 190 euro retail price over here,however still better than 380….(see: http://m.bol.com/Default.asp?xf=1006&SQ=39B52E97%2D46FB%2D4762%2D8F73%2DDB3693F94C5D&NODEID=%7BC5C23E1F%2D33FA%2D4774%2DB07F%2DFE38BEC6CEA7%7D&PRODUCTID=78C6E2AE-C640-488C-A7BE-931475592030)
do you know all the dimensions and weight of Galaxy 551 ?
Any idea when we can expect this in Europe? Keep checking various websites but nothing in stock yet!
@Rich: It recently appeared on the Samsung product site, which I take is good news. Waiting for it, too. Seems perfect. The only Minus I can see is the small resolution which might result in some apps being unavailable. All the rest: Superb.
The Samsung Galaxy 551 I5510 (sim-free version) is being launched in India for approx EUR 216 (INR 12,799) – see http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-galaxy-551-i5510-modern-black-mobile-mobctxf8sjspww7f
The phone is only available online through this site. Once introduced in the open market, the price may come down further. Hopefully, folks in Europe will also get it at similar price 🙂
is samsung out of stock for the front facing cams??galaxy 551 has everything a good 3g device should have….but certainly lacks the front facing cam..as 3g is round the corner in India, new 3g users might be keen to experience the 3g video calling…
This Phone is simply awesome, got it for INR 12000, cant get my hands off it, Love the hardware keyboard, in heavy usage the battery dies in 1 day, thats the only issue, otherwise the device is awesome, does not lag and after rooting it I have also installed live wallpapers and other stuff, I would have liked a 1 GHZ processor, but the 667 MHZ has not shown any issues been using it for more than a week now and you cant imagine the number of apps i have installed… absolutely no lag… Have also used the LG Optimus one (Friend has one) and both these devices are on par with each other. so if you want a device thats good in performance, not too hard on your pocket and has a hardware keyboard, go in for it… I’m sure you wont regret it…
GALAXY 551 SEEMS TO BE GOOD BUT THE BATTERY SEEMS TO BE VERY BAD…CANNOT TAKE THE PRESSURE OF LOAD FOR MORE THAN A DAY. ALSO, THE PROBLEM OF THE SOFTWARE SYNC WITH OUT LOOK CALENDER. ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH GOOGLE FOR SYNC WHICH IS BAD. APART FROM THAT, YOU CANNOT DOWNLOAD TWO DIFFERENT SCHEDULES, CALENDERS FROM DIFFERENT PST. KIES IS SIMPLY BAD IN CONNECTIVITY. THE SOFTWARE CDS (2 NOS) GIVEN BUT WITHOUT ANY PROPER INSTRUCTIONS IN THE BOX. SAMSUNG ……….ONLY FOR MARKETING IT SEEMS AND DOESN’T APPEAR FOR SERVICE/PRODUCTIVITY.
Sound nice but what about RAM?
how to enable live wallpapers in samsung s551. please reply to my email sathiyaraj@live.com
wow… include android froyo….
Samsung 551 is good all feature, but some problem in handling…
If you are answering a call and wanted work on different app,come back and disconnect a call. Is not possible. Or if any body has solution for it please explain.
@Sunil : U can go to the notifications area and get the details. Can u please tell me how to write text messages in t9 dictionary mode. Default it supports qwerty keypad only. But i am familiar only in t9 mode(Numbers). Do u have any idea abt how to do tat??
hi…i just bought galaxy 551
the network gets disabled by itself..to get back to the mobile n/w i need to restart the device…
can anyone temme whether u too face the same problem or is there anything i have to configure in my mobile….
plz reply 🙁
Hi, Bought one a couple of weeks back, already facing problem of back button.. it doesn’t work, battery too can survive only for a day. Not worth paying that much!!
@Live Wallpapers – Only by rooting AFAIK, but it’d drain the battery anyway 🙂
@Call cancelling after other app – slide down the top bar, there’s a button to end the current call.
@disabling network – had no problems, I advise checking back with the store you got it, probably a faulty unit.
I like my phone 😀
@Jan – Please give details on rooting AFAIK so that I can install live wallpapers in my galaxy 551. Thanks in advance.
I am planning to buy this mobile, but it has some battery and other probs.
@dEb: sorry, I don’t know how to root the phone, I just read it in some comment that after rooting, the live wallpapers suddenly worked. You’re on your own 🙂
I bought this handset just a week ago. I have been facing lot of problem in sending as well as receiving messages. Wierd problem though, but samsung do not seem to have any answer for the same. Checked the network provider (Airtel) and found all the settings were in order. Also battery just doesn’t last for even a single day and dies out by evening. No proper guide book. Its just not worth 12k. I am selling it tomo and buying an e5.
I bought this phone since my galaxy S was stolen some months ago. But I really miss my Galaxy S already. This phone is not even near the galaxy S.
It has a slower processor which you notice if you ever had a faster phone. Also some games don’t play smooth.
Apart from minor slowness differences there are bigger points I would like to notify you all about.
– The keyboard does not type very well. the keys are to much inside the board which does not type very well (I have slightly bigger kands but still normal fingers). I use the onscreen keyboard because it types faster, how lame is that for a phone I bought because it had a keyboard.
– The touch screen oes not always work very well, especially on the edges (some times I cannot pull down the notifications menu which you need to hang up the phone if you answer a call and check agenda e.g.)
– Sometimes the phone just shutsdown or reboots for no reason (happened 2 times now).
So my conclusion: Yes it’s a nice phone on first sight and much cheaper than the e.g. Galaxy S (which is really a great phone). But I think the Galaxy Ace is a much better phone if you want a bit cheaper then the Galaxy S. And if you want a phone with a keyboard but you don’t have tiny hands, don’t buy the Galaxy 551.
it is a nice phn bt unhappy with battery……
i seem to have a problem with this phone.
when the battery gets low, the phone automatically restarts when either i close or open the slide, anyone having the same issue?
issues with Samsung 551…If you are answering a call and wanted work on different app,come back and disconnect a call. Is not possible. Or if any body has solution for it please explain???
I have purcahsed this phone but Battry backup is not as it was conveyed. I have been told that there is 9 hrs of continuous talk battery can support and approx. 10 days of stand by time. I usually rceive 2-3 short calls a day but still need to charge the battery on daily basis.
Also, wi-fi connectivity is weired. it frequently goes out and in. Everything else is fine though not happy with these 2 stuff.
thanks
Hi All,
Good news you can root your Device GT-I5510 with Supper one click check this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
its cool
i have done the rooting and now i have enabled the Live Wallpaper on Galaxy 551 🙂 try this out cool
hey can ne1 tell me how to enable live wallpaper in samsung galaxy 551???
Hi !
I purchased this ph 2 days back. Though it’s lovely, I am facing probs with disconnecting the phone call. You need to slide the top bar notification to end the call. Is there any other way also to do that? Is there any key also by which I can end the call like in all other phones?
Thanks.
bought this phone about a month back. impressive especially android 2.2 is nice experience. pretty happy with this phone, however, battery is not impressive. gets drained out in a day. dowloading battery saver applications do help…try Juicedefender
yes you can by power buton u just have to enable it first go to setting and in there you have to select accesbility tab in there u have to enable the same
I downloaded one click root software but still cant able to put live wallpaper in my android samsung gt i551 .when i downloaded it shows live wallpaper not supported on ur handset.I completed root procedure also.
How to enable 3G in this phone?
whether it supports VIDEO CALL
Does this model support Office Documents (Excel, Word, PDF)
whenver i restarting my phone it throws the error called Unexpectedly stops the MyUpload so there is no other way to me and finally i press the “force close” so that i cant able to upload directly… resolve me…. its not at all going 🙁
Guyz and Galz use the apps called “Juice Defender” to save the battery life
it simply block the background data so that it will reduce the battery usage…
hi
i have galaxy 551… i am not able to get any samsung apps on it… error says ‘no data”
is it supported on this phone?
… in india
any solutions?
its good seems but 3g not there so y should speny some 12k to 15k for without 3g phone s like galaxy 5510?.
WHO said there is no 3g is there in this phone..
it is there
then jassi i too get the same response that NO DATA in samsung apps i tink we not need the samsung apps when we have a Market of android.. i think we hav to wait for the updates from the samsung
@ganesh I have the same problem… specially if I connect into a wpa2 entreprise network :S
Anyone else having these problems?
@ganesh n fabiana i too m having the same problem wit the phone!!!i just bought it yesterday!!!do i have to replace the phone or smethin???
For people who want to know how to root their phone, you can check out my blog http://dee-kay-dee.blogspot.com/
Hey! I’m planning to buy this phone! Any advice????
good phone for price.. with qwerty
bad battery
some issues have already mentioned above,, end call is a problem but can be resolved
@ganesh and @fabiana – yes you can do connect to wpa2 wireless network. i have this phone and currently connected to my corporate wireless network with WPA2. So you must sure used be that WPA2 and AES or EAP encryption . if you can use Radius authentication+WPA2 then use your active directory account information.
anyone pls help me to say abt how to configure the corporate mail.. i tried a lot but it fails….
Boa tarde…
Tenho um g551 e estou a adorar o telefone.
1º porque foi muito barato, depois a bateria tem bastante autonomia.
Tem um senão que não sei se pode ser solucionado, não te T9 (escrita inteligente).
Alguém sabe de uma forma de ultrapassar esta questão?
Obrigado 🙂
this phone is nice , but the main problem is the battery , it really dies on 1 day and the wifi is weak , my phone before that was nokia E63 , its battery stays for 5 days with hard work with very strong wifi antenna .
i am thinking of selling this phone samsung 551
yeah, i totally agree everything is nice except battery. Samsung should provide some way on how to get this fixed. if you continue surfing and chatting it goes very low in 1-2 hrs.
coz of this i typically carry the battery every where i go.. to stay awake ma phone…
Yeah but that should not be the case . you cannot use your mobile on the move and so this model is not fulfilling the purpose of having a mobile. And I am requesting to have a different battery which can support for more no. of hrs
I do not know this thread is monitored or not. But we should request to the manufacturer. Otherwise this is not so useful. It has great features but we cannot use them properly untill battery is supporting it.
has this phone been launched and for how much ?
even i agree battery of this phone is very weak it should have a nice option otherwise this phone rocks i love it
even i agree battery of this phone is very weak it should have a nice option otherwise this phone rocks i love it
even i agree battery of this phone is very weak it should have a nice option otherwise this phone rocks i love it
even i agree battery of this phone is very weak it should have a nice option otherwise this phone rocks i love it
um where do i buy one
if you go into setting and under wireless and network adn then mobile settings, change the setting to use only 2g networks. this saves alot of battery. if you want fast internet just switch it back off
I am a GT-I5510 user but i am somewhat disappointed with this phone and samsung itself. it cant be upgraded especially if you are from asia. even samsung has no upgrade for this phone. they have no support for it. they already abandoned it. they released a phone and then they just abandoned it. i regret buying this samsung phone. it kinda hurt me because i am a fan of samsung. my TV, ref, laptop, phone (GT-I5510 and E2652W), all of them are samsung. oh well…
battery’s are useless have used mine for just over month and battery lasts only 6hrs and say cant replace as not make any more yet under warranty
I m not satisfied with galaxy 551
tenho um celular samsung 5510 mas parou de funcionar,levei para o conserto e o pessoal me falo que teria de ser trocada a placa dele,nao to encontrando vcs terian essa placa.