Nokia 5500 Sport Cell Phone

The Nokia 5500 is obviously geared to take advantage of the current trend for healthy living.
However it has not neglected any of the other aspects of mobile telephony.
With the Sports mode selected the phone will be able to monitor and record various activities using its built in pedometer.
You can enter personal details such as sex, date of birth, height, weight, endurance level and heart rate when at rest and maximum level.

With a text-to-voice converter, it will actually read text messages out to you as well.

I very Sporty Mobile !!!

I needed something robust, like my old Nokia "builder's phone", but with better features. The 5500 has a memory card slot, and its Symbian operating system means that it can run TomTom StaNav. Teamed with a tiny Holox GPS receiver, it's the ideal phone for the touring or audax cyclist, or for many other sportspeople.

It's got a decent battery life, a very clear screen, and loads of functions, including games, music, and simple exercise monitoring if you want to be entertained.

My only criticism is that this early release of Symbian is a wee bit slow to respond to menu commands, but you soon get used to it.

Be aware that you can't unlock the phone using the traditional unlock codes that are widely available, although you can pay the current service provider to release it. I haven't tried the latest unlock codes that are being developed. To save trouble, I bought one that was already on the network that I needed.

Highly recommended.

Had checked the specifications on this phone and it matched what i was requiring.
This was a phone that i would be able to use on the go as i travel the world and its construction was hard wearing. Good camera for work photos was also high up on my list and also good memory came with item. Ease of use was important with good battery life a must. This phone matched all my requirements so was happy to bid for this item.

Unbelievable phone, ive had it underwater playing music and its fine, dropped it from my 2nd story window onto concrete and only damage is visual, the phone works fine!!! My buttons are fine and the connectivity is class!! Only downside is that it is a bit slow to start up, but I leave mine on most of the time, and the camera is a bit slow but Id still reccomend it to anyone!

its an amazing product for starters it is actually water proof shock proof out of a 1st story window onto concrete or thrown from 10m at a wall i lost this phone about a week ago an i am buying another one :) i love it !!! the only down side is that the steel ring round the case get very dented if you treat it the was i do :p

I'm using this phone for about 1 year, and in my opinion its not very good headset. Keyboard is faulty, problems with software. Let this phone away or see other opinions from Nokia forums - more problems there.

If you primarily need an exercise tool or a durable companion on the road, this is the bee's knees. It's clearly been designed to be a jogger's friend, it has a music player and radio to keep you company, it's the most well-protected and durable smartphone on the market, and it's also (as far as I know) the only phone with a pedometer in it. You don't even need to look at it to change tracks, alter stations, take calls or hear texts, so it's good for keeping in your pocket or clipping to your clothes while you concentrate on collecting kilometres.

If you primarily need a pure smartphone, with mainly visual or high bandwidth uses, and want to browse lots of web sites, watch lots of videos or run lots of third party S60 apps, this probably isn't the phone for you as the screen is physically so small and there's no Wi-Fi or 3G compatibility.

If you need a mixture of these two extremes, then it's up to you to weigh up what features are most important to you. Don't get me wrong, this is a decent smartphone in its own right and it's better than anything from previous smartphone generations, but obviously it has to be compared to other brand new models as well. The 5500 has been largely designed to work around you, rather than begging for your direct attention, and in this field it's absolutely great.


In short, the Nokia 5500 is the first truly durable and portable smartphone, but that durability inevitably brings certain restrictions with it. If the E61 is a Limousine and the N93 is a Ferrari, the 5500 is a Range Rover.

I have owned this phone for just a couple of months and already the facia has come off, the rubber around it had to be glued it which didn’t work so now it has double sided sticky tape holding it together. The black around the numbers is wearing away. The screen and lens on the camera is made of a soft material, which is now scratched badly. I am not a big user of my phone I only spend about £10 a month so you know how little it has been used which is a big disappointment as I loved my previous phone a Nokia 5210(rubber type) which served me well for more than 4 years. It even survived being in my pocket full of water when I got caught in a rain storm while out on my horse. Being a horse rider I wanted something that would be rain and dust resistant this one is certainly not as advertised. I will no doubt be looking for a new phone shortly and I will take a lot of persuading to buy another Nokia. Sorry Nokia.

C**p phone, does,t charge properly with the little attachment supplied with this phone, why have they done this??
Very un-user friendly unlike other Nokia phones which are generally very good.
Poor maximum voloume, very difficult to have a conversation unless your in a silent room.
Buttons are close together and difficult to select even with small hands, I result to using my nails.
Menus are very long winded.

Summed up C**p.... Do not buy this phone!

A rugged splash proof phone, screen is really to small to handle all the features and functions built into the phone. Battery life is not the best, probably because of all the functions built into the phone. Plenty of features but need the manual to figure them all out. If you need a rugged phone and don't need to use the email/web features too much this is the ideal phone. If you want to browse the web the screen is much to small to do it for more than a couple of minutes a day!
I am happy with it as a phone, and use it when I am working outside.

Great phone. ideal for what i'm doing as an outdoor instructor! If you need a good hardy phone to deal with weather and a good bashing, this is the one.

this is a rubbish phone mainly due one major defect.. the keypad breaks loose. Mine came away after 2 months! Having done some research this is a fairly comon problem. Ironicaly this supposed to be a tough mobile. Don not buy, im surprised nokia released this with such an obvious defect!!! You have been warned!

I bought this because I had the previous sport one and it was sturdy and had good features like a torch.
For a sport phone this one is not waterproof and the font is way too small.
The quality of the pics is not good indoors.
All in all it is disapointing

this is a great phone, much nicer than my old rubber nokia, i havent had any problems with facia,or volume,good load ringtones.im a farmer so this phone has to put up with all sorts of abuse and takes it all with no trouble,maybe later ones had the probs sorted? if you wont a tough phone this is the kiddy!(you soon get used to te small bits)

I had this phone on contract but unfortunatly lost it. Even though my contract is up for renewal next month, this is still the only phone I'll have.
Its durable, strong, water-resistant and I'm able to use it to accurately track my running, cycling, walking, etc. Not to mention it comes up with fitness plans and challenges for you.
Samsung have brought out a sport phone they hope will fill the gap left by this one...NEVER! It cant even compare.
Just to mention, some people may find it difficult at first as unlike most Nokias that are pretty standard to use, this one is slightly differant but once you know how it works, its brilliant.

Indestructable! Throw it from a moving vehicle or drop it in the lake and the thing just keeps on working.

Functions and Features: its a smartphone with pretty much everything on it that you expect with the high end Nokias. Its even satnav compatible if you buy a small tranmitter.

Easy and intuitive to use, as you would expect from a Nokia.

As for people grumbling about the key pad peeling away... I did have a problem with this but I just bough a new case off Ebay for £0.89 and this has remained secure for over a year. Let's weigh things up - wet or drop a standard phone and break it, pay lots of money for replacement or claim on insurance; or get something rock solid and risk having to shell out £0.89 for a new cover... Hmmm - tough one!

This is the third 5500 i have purchased. This one is for a friend. I have droped, kicked, frown, even droped it into a cup of coffee. And it STILL WORKS.
The only thing about this phone i would change is the over compicated menu system, it works well but can take time to get what you want. Over all a very good hard working phone. As a mechanic i do try to break my phones(not this one.)

This product was a necessary replacement for a much older 'phone which had come to the end of its life.

The Nokia is easy to use however, some aspects of its' opporation took a little time to get used to; maybe a study of the manual would make life easier!

Taking everything into account my overall opinion is that this product is good, however I think a replacement battery is required, the current battery only keeps a charge for maybe, 36 hrs at the very most.

nah dont like, gone back to me old ph, a 6230i, its a betta ph, i find the 5500 doesnt do stuff me old 6230i did, dont do it for me. dont find very user friendly.........cheers.

the seller put in the listing that the phone needed unlocking, but ive just emailed him and he as telled me that the phone is blocked so i wish to remove my bid.......................

- I've always owned and loved Nokias, until this one. You would need perfect 20/20 vision to be able to write a msg. Even the "Contacts" list is in tiny writing and cannot be changed. To find anything in the menus takes awhile because it's not structured like Nokias of the past. The text to voice function cannot be understood. Keyboard is flat and clustered and texts have to be written with you nails. For a 2MP camera, it's quality is very poor in all conditions. The volume is too low. It has already packed up once after a just a few months.
+ On the plus, it does take a good beating ,it has a good light and it's fairly tidy, but this doesn't make up for anything. TRY SENDING A MSG AFTER A FEW DRINKS & YOU'LL SEE.
ABSOLUTELY AWFUL!!!!!

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