The Siemens S55 was a

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which was introduced by

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in late 2002. At the time it was a high end phone and one of the first colour phones by Siemens, with a 256 colour screen,

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and

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, and a competitor to the

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. It was superseded by phones with screens with more colours and pixels, such as 4096, then 65K colour screens. Verrazano-Bridge-Dawn

The S55 had features unique at that time for a phone of its size, including: * optional 640x480 pixel clip-on camera with flash *

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* Games in colour * Audio recording * Advanced calendar * GSM

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900/1800/1900 MHz

Notes and references

{{Siemens phones S55 Mobile phones with infrared transmitter