Among the phones that have been released by Nokia so far E55 comes across as the most slim as well as a compact messaging device. The phone is just 9.9 m thick and weighs 98 grams. The phone carries a number of features that are present in a bigger phone. There is a big difference between the E-series mobiles and this phone and it is in the QWERTY keyboard.

In this mobile the company has increase the life of the battery. Therefore the 1500 mAh battery provides 8 hours of talk time for GSM users and 6 hours of talk time for 3G users and the standby time is 19 days on 3G and 28 days on GSM.

In spite of the small size of the mobile it packs in a number of features including 3.5G support (HSDPA and HSUPA), A-GPS, WiFi, multimedia player, a 2.4″ QVGA display, a 3.5mm audio socket, an FM radio, stereo Bluetooth and microSD expandable memory. While the upload speed on HSUPA is 2 Mbps, the download speed is 10.2 Mbps.

There is a 3.2 megapixel camera at the back of the phone that carries flash, VGA-resolution and video capture. The phone is also equipped with many applications including providing support for editing office accounts, email accounts, VPN support and data encryption. The Nokia E55 comes with a 2 GB microSD card that s expandable to 16GB. It is expected to be released in Q2, 2009. Consumers will be able to buy the phone in two colors of aluminum and black.