The Orange C550 is here!

The new higher-spec, redesigned SPV is here – and we think it’s rather good. As you can see from the photo, the screen’s resolution is far better than the C500 – a particularly useful improvement for the upped 1.3MP camera.

A quick play with WMP 10 reveals it to be far better than the media player on the C500. This time you can browse content by artist, album, genre or type of media (TV, video, audio).

Its music credentials are further cemented by the fact that it’s the second phone to be loaded with Orange Music Player. That means access to 300,000 downloadable AAC+s, which is pretty cool.

Disappointments? The Mini SD slot’s still behind the battery, the numberpad’s a little too near the bottom of the phone and the music player buttons should really be where the Home and Back ones are.

Pricing starts from free with certain contracts. It’s on sale from Orange’s website.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home