Slightly more stirring than the S5350, the Samsung Shark 2 S5550 packs a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, 3.5G support plus the social networking aspects of its sibling.Despite Samsung's boast that the "Shark 2's well-crafted mix of extrusion, Kevlar, and metallic surface creates a strong, chiseled look that dictates the form factor" it really looks rather retro and not a million miles further than the D500 and many other Samsung phones.

Samsung say that the S5550 can record video at equal to 320 x 240 pixels at 30 frames per second which is barely great but should be just about drivable for You Tube. And it's certainly improved than the awful video recording on some other Samsungs.

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Key Features:

Available: Q1 2009

Network: GSM + UMTS

Infra-red: No

Polyphonic: Yes

Java: Yes

GPS: No

Camera: 5 megapixels

Size: Medium slider 102 x 49 x 15mm / 99 grams

Bluetooth: Yes

Data: GPRS + EDGE + UMTS (3G) HSDPA

Screen: 2.2" 240 x 320 pixels, 262k colors

Memory card: MicroSD

OS: Proprietary

Battery life: 5 hours talk / 25 days standby (3G), 11 hours talk / 25 days standby (GSM).