Nokia 3555 now available on T-Mobile

Posted by Joshua Karp on Mar 17, 2008 4:19 pm 24 comments

Filed in Handsets, News, Nokia, T-Mobile, UMTS

Looking to grab a little low-end 3G handset on T-Mobile America? Your choices just got a bit more appealing. The Nokia 3555, which has been floating around the rumor mill for quite some time now, has just launched on T-Mobile USA. What does $50 (after a $100 instant rebate) buy you? A VGA camera, microSD slot, media player, and on-board AIM/MSN/ICQ clients, and not a whole lot more. Support for the 1700 mhz WCDMA 3G band is nice, but is of little use considering the fact that T-Mobile’s 3G network, umm, non-existent. $50 for a handset like this isn’t a bad deal, but there’s nothing here that would prompt us to run out and grab one.

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24 comment(s) for this post.

On Mar 17, 2008 @ 4:29 pm, FyreStarrter Said:

UGGH they still MAKE VGA Camera’s ?

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 5:25 pm, thefencechild Said:

it looks like I should be getting candy out of the back of it! just plain trash

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 5:27 pm, inc Said:

is it just me or does that look like crap? lol

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 5:50 pm, Dtest5477 Said:

is this really post worthy?

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 6:01 pm, Vision77 Said:

Just plain Fugly…..

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 6:57 pm, JMTS Said:

A crappy phone offered by t-Mobile? Im shocked beyond belief. I refuse to believe it. Man I really need to change phone company. Any suggestions?

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 6:57 pm, marty marl Said:

tmobile really needs to up their phone game like right now >:(

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 7:52 pm, Galvatron Said:

it’s prbably na new free phine

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 8:45 pm, kimosabii Said:

ugliest nokia.

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 9:08 pm, William Said:

Another boring flip phone? Say it ain’t so, T-Mo!

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 9:08 pm, Tucker Higgins Said:

You could probably get a better phone, probably even better looking phone for free.
FathomFruit.com

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 9:34 pm, Mike Said:

I work at T-mobile and you do not know how many people would buy this or a cheap ugly phone in general.

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 11:23 pm, inc Said:

i guess there are still ppl out there that use the phone for a phone and thats it… i know of a few and i think this is geared towards those… but damn… it is freaking ugly…

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 11:40 pm, Danny Said:

It’s cheap and will sell well. I wouldn’t buy it, but consider the millions of phone users who don’t require PDA-esque features.

Don’t forget: They are the majority. We are the minority.

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On Mar 17, 2008 @ 11:57 pm, iLLmatic Said:

I am completely amazed at the comments left here. Whats wrong with the phone? I think its a good looking, basic phone. Has everyone become THAT spoiled with the advancement of cell phones and technology in general? I mean, I would never get this phone myself, but its a very good BASIC phone that I can easily see many people buying. There is a market for this phone and obviously it isn’t for everyone.

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 12:36 am, Krum Said:

I agree with iLLmatic. Basic low end model that many customers will like. Only a VGA camera? So what? It’ll mms faster since it won’t have to crop down the image. Plus I used to work for T-Mobile and I spoke with a blind customer almost once a week and the wanted something affordable that would play music, here ya’ go. Plus, if you’re a parent, do you really want to get your teen or even tween a PDA? I think not. You want something that won’t make you cringe when they drop it or find out they left it on the school bus. Just like all electronics, not everyone needs or wants an iphone, xperia or N95.

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 1:02 am, Jeff B. Said:

All truth, if it has a good keyboard and sends texts fast that’s what people buy it for. It’s not that it can surf the internet or anything, it’s just that it has a nice keyboard for typing and those multiple page texts go in and out really fast.

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 1:25 am, Ben Said:

Ok ya haters out there relax… I love my curve and am thinking about picking this up as a secondary phone for when i don’t want to carry the curve, it’s actually a classy looking phone in your hand. compared to t-mo’s 6133 and other like looking nokias this phone should sell to ppl who don’t need a daily dose of geritol. Geriatrics are the only ones who seem to like most of t-mo’s current noia selection.

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 1:31 am, v Said:

i think its a decent looking phone. plus since its 3g it will free up some of the space on the 1900 spec.

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 5:22 am, Galvatron Said:

it will sell units wich means it will sell service? whick means dealers agonna be getting bigger commissions everybodys happy

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 7:58 am, Dtest5477 Said:

its a mediocre phone that doesn’t really deserve to be on BGR.

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 10:30 am, mingkee Said:

for $50 more (or $30 with Contract), you can get a better one, 6263
this should be $0 with 2 years, $50 with 1 year

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 11:51 am, Jai Said:

Another piece of crap from T-Mobile.

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On Mar 18, 2008 @ 11:25 pm, EdPerry Said:

a crappy phone for a crappy carrier.
no surprise here.

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