Nokia 3555 Phone: A Basic Phone for a Decent Price

The Nokia 3555 is one of the newer Nokia models carried by T-Mobile. This flip phone has a fairly basic design, but the style is still edgy enough to satisfy some fashion-conscious consumers. Overall, this is not the best phone available to T-Mobile users, but it is a less expensive alternative to some of the other flip phones with some of the same features.

Many consumers will not consider purchasing a phone that does not have a camera or video-recording option, and the Nokia 3555 does contain these features. Pictures have decent quality at basic settings, but any use of the zoom or most of the other features quickly deteriorates the quality of the image. In the specifications, this phone's camera is listed as having a 4X digital zoom, but this feature is basically useless due to the tragic quality of images under the zoom feature. The camera does record video, but the appearance is extremely poor. The phone does record sound with the videos, and this particular feature seems to work fairly well. Noises that are clear during recording tend to maintain clarity during the playback. Overall, the camera feature falls short of other phones available.

The settings on the phone are organized neatly and logically. The consumer would assume that this would make changing the features somewhat simple, but that is a false assumption. Some features are co-dependent (especially for the display settings), so a change of any particular display will erase the consumer's efforts to personalize the phone. Changing the settings simply requires time and patience. Aside from difficulties modifying the display settings, few problems occur in other setting categories. Overall, the phone's organization is very helpful, if a bit misleading.

This phone is a miracle for clumsy users that might have a broken phone or two in their past. One T-Mobile sales associate even suggested that this phone caters to individuals that need a sturdier model. The phone fares quite well after being dropped on hardwood floors, tile, linoleum, and concrete repeatedly. On occasion, the cover on the back of the phone will pop off, but the phone remains undamaged. If you are looking for a phone to face the elements, this is probably the right model.

Overall, the Nokia 3555 is not a bad phone for the price. Like most Nokia models, the phone has excellent signal strength. Some of the features, such as the camera, are substandard. Other Nokia flip phones are higher quality, but the Nokia 3555 is a basic phone for a relatively small price. If the extra features do not really matter, this phone is an excellent alternative to more expensive models.