Lowly (but 3G) Nokia 3555 hits retail for T-Mobile

by Chris Ziegler, posted Mar 17th 2008 at 10:46PM

Right on time, the Nokia 3555 flip has come to add precisely zero spice or flair to T-Mobile's nascent 3G lineup, a ragtag group of middling phones that currently includes the Samsung t639 and t819 along with the Nokia 6263. To be fair, the $50 price on contract is plenty easy on the pocketbook, but we don't see anyone getting too excited about the VGA camera or bland styling -- and it's not like there's an expansive display here to take advantage of mobile browsing atop T-Mobile's AWS UMTS network or anything cool like that. Alas, you can get this blue bundle of joy starting today.

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, UMTS

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http:www.sudoku-solver.net @ Mar 18th 2008 1:11AM

does it have a touch screen like iphone ?

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supes @ Mar 18th 2008 2:56AM

Speaking of the iPhone, I just got one at the AT&T store yesterday and unlocked it in five minutes to use with T-Mobile. It's an amazing feeling to use the phone I want, on the network I want, and without a contract.

Anyway, love T-Mobile... hate their phones. The 3555 is an excellent example of exactly what is wrong with T-Mobile's phone lineup. I really don't get it, why can't they leverage some of their parent company's clout (106 million customers) and bring ONE cool phone to T-Mobile US. I mean, c'mon, I see better phones on Alltel and they only have a third the amount of subscribers that T-Mobile US has.

What gives?

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orrin @ Mar 21st 2008 6:25PM

Which unloack did you use? I want to do the same thing. HELP

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henry @ Mar 18th 2008 3:23AM

tmobile's phone selection is a fricking joke. nobody but soccer moms buys this crap.
tmobile needs to get a clue.

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Jeff @ Mar 18th 2008 7:08AM

I hope there is a kick ass Win-Mo PDA phone in T-Mo's 3G line up...If not bye bye T-mobile....

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Dexter @ Mar 18th 2008 8:08AM

How much of T-Mobile's network is 3G? I live in Boston, and I can't seem to find any information on weather they've got 3G here -- or not. I wouldn't switch phones yet (I'm a Treo user, and looking to upgrade to a flashier smartphone...but there's the $ issue) but it'd be great to have Bluetooth DUN working at 3G, and my wife's looking for a new phone...

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Student Driver @ Mar 18th 2008 2:23PM

Strange, because I really like T-Mobile because of the Dash and other Win-Mo phones that made it there. Also, I can get other GSM phones that I like and just use them on their network (like the iPhone user mentioned).

So, I plan on staying with T-Mo and hope to see 3G service near me in the next year or so, but that hasn't been a huge issue for me either as I am typically near WiFi for heavy-duty stuff.

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