Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Samsung
Phone model
Galaxy 550 I5500
Year of release
2010

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
108 mm (millimeters)
Body width
56 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
12.3 mm (millimeters)
Weight
101 g (grams)
Volume
74.39 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Processor (CPU)

Processor model
  • ARM 11
CPU clock speed
600 MHz (megahertz) place #170
Number of processor cores
1

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM
256 MB (megabytes) place #25

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 170 MB (megabytes)
place #79

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
32 GB (gigabytes)
Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system
Android 2.1 (Eclair)

Battery

Battery capacity
1200 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Charging the battery from USB
Battery charging time
2.5 h (hours)
Call duration in GSM networks
9 h (hours)
Standby time in GSM networks
520 h (hours)
Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks
6 h (hours)
Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks
370 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
2.8 in (inches) place #147
Screen resolution
320 x 240 pixels place #132
Pixel density
143 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
24 bit (16777216 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.333 (4:3)
Auto-rotate screen

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
2 Mp (megapixels) place #43
Maximum photo resolution
1600 x 1200 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Digital zoom
3 X
Shooting settings
Face detector
Smile detector
Viewfinder
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
320 x 240 pixels
Movie speed
15 fps (frames per second)
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Autodial
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3.5G (up to 42 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
UMTS support
UMTS frequencies
  • UMTS 900 MHz
  • UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • HSUPA (5.8 Mbit/s)
  • HSDPA (1.8 Mbit/s)
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11b/g

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
3.0
A2DP support
AVRCP support
Bluetooth print support
Other Bluetooth profiles
  • GAP
  • SSP
  • SDAP
  • HSP
  • HFP1.5
  • SPP
  • DUN
  • FTP
  • OPP
  • PBAP

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support
Extra
  • google maps

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108.0
RDS support
DRM support

Sensors and gauges

Accelerometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Supported image formats
  • PNG (Portable Network Graphics, .png)
  • JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, .gif)
  • BMP (Bitmap Picture, .bmp, .dib, .rle)
Geo tags
PictBridge support
DLNA support

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • H.263
  • H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10)
Streaming video
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AAC+ (HE-AAC v1 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • eAAC+ (HE-AAC v2 High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Number of polyphony voices
64
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Office document support
Bluetooth print support
Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization over the mobile network
Synchronization with services
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • Facebook
  • MySpace
  • Twitter
  • Google Search
  • Google Talk
  • Samsung Apps
  • YouTube

Software features

Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
MMS support

Security

Remote phone tracking

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level
0.65 W/kg (watts per kilogram)

Equipment

Equipment
  • battery
  • network cd
  • pc connection cable
  • storage card
  • disk with software
  • user's guide
  • warranty card
  • wired stereo headset