Siemens S55

The Siemens S55 (codenamed Marlin) is a candybar GSM phone announced in October 2002.

It had many advanced features for the time, such as a color display, Bluetooth, Java, and MMS messaging. The VGA camera accessory QuickPic IQP-500 was included in the phone's box.

The phone was available in two colors: Arctic Blue with white keypad, and Sterling Silver with a dark gray keypad.

Issues

 * A common fault of this phone was keys not responding. Some users have even reported the keys falling off.

Variants

 * S56: American variant with different GSM bands.
 * S57: Lacks Bluetooth.

Related phones

 * Ericsson T68: Competitor, another one of the first color screen phones.
 * Siemens SL55: Slider equivalent, lacks Bluetooth but has a 4096 color display.

Batteries

 * Siemens EBA-510 (3.7 V, 700 mAh Li-ion)

Chargers

 * Siemens ETC-500 (EU)
 * Siemens ETC-510 (UK)
 * Siemens ETC-520 (US)
 * Siemens ECC-500 car charger

Data cables

 * Siemens DCA-540

Other accessories

 * Siemens QuickPic camera (IQP-500)