M55

Overview

The 2003 M55 is a youth-oriented feature phone with Dynamic Light side LEDs, a 4096-colour screen and Java applications. Photography requires a separate QuickPic accessory.

Period and variants

M55 appeared at CeBIT in March 2003 and was tested as a retail product in Poland by July. Its sporty styling does not establish dust or splash protection; contemporary physical inspection identifies an ordinary housing.

The camera is an accessory, not integrated hardware. Siemens documents QuickPic IQP-530 with VGA 640 × 480 capture and accessory flash. Camera-bundled and phone-only packages differ. There is no Bluetooth or infrared; optional cables provide PC synchronization.

Factory and GSMOnline dimensions are 101 × 46 × 21 mm; a different review’s 22 mm shorthand is not adopted. Tested 1920 KB shared data storage is distinct from RAM and initial free space. Cubasis Mobile composes ringing tones and is not a full MP3 music player. Original WAP browsing is distinct from modern web compatibility.

Sources

• Siemens — original M55 User Guide, A31008-H6300-A1-1-7619, pp98/124/128; Telefonguru mirror
• GSMOnline — actual M55 tests, 29 July 2003, and CeBIT / Polish retail chronology
• Mobile-Review — actual M55 physical inspection and Dynamic Light testing, 4 June 2003

Image credit

Tomasz Sienicki (tsca) — Siemens M55 mobile phone.jpg · Public domain. Photograph released into the public domain by its author. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits.

VSchagow — Siemens M55.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.

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