Wed played around with what I like to call the "under-dog all-rounder" Samsung i450 slider-phone a month back. Now weve got its elder brother, the i550w, for review. Samsung has managed to fit a lot of features under its hood. Lets see how this one...

• Big screen, good navigation app for GPS, Wi-fi and 3.5G enabled, 3.5mm earphone port...
• Design flaws, CIF resolution video recording, expensive...
• The Samsung i550 is available for a street price of around Rs. 20,000. Comparatively speaking, the Nokia N95 is available for around that price now. The N95 wins in the imaging section since its armed with a higher-resolution 5-mega-pixel sensor. But...

Fascinating as they are, ultra high-end handsets are not everybodys cup of tea. In fact, the good old mid-range is the bread and butter for every successful mobile phone company, for thats what gets those sales numbers right. As we see it, Samsung i550...