Microsoft now selling the Lumia 550 unlocked in the US

Windows 10 mobile has more bugs than a Louisiana swamp on a hot day

Fugly, lame OS....Windows sucks, no apps, it lags, its specs are awful, boring design and blah blah blah...i just putt ALL the troll comments into 1.

I feel like "literally the slowest chip that Qualcomm currently manufactures" is a bit of an unnecessary dig, especially for a $140 phone... Any word on if this model supports Continuum? I know MS was releasing a low-end model that doesn't (shame considering a cost-effective PC is kind of the point of Continuum, right?), is this that model?

I had to switch my dad from WP to Android. He's an old man and even he hated WP.

Nifty

Snapdraggon 410 would've been better...but then...why do I care...I won't buy windows/misrosoft phone anyways :)

I have tried out sd200 series and they suck.games of 2016 will lag .and no sort of future proof. Minimum soc that anyone should buy is a snapdragon 410. release it with SD 410 and better camera I will buy it. But seriously lack of apps is a huge problem for windows phone. Buy an old flagship with SD 800 or 801 is better than this.

This phone is about $100 overpriced. Who in their right mind would buy this phone for $140? This is clearly targeted towards budget buyers, but people on a budget would opt for a $60 Lumia 640 instead. Or they'd spend a little more and get a Moto G or ZenFone 2. All of which are superior to the 550 in every aspect.

What does Microsoft done right and make a person a fan? I use Microsoft software and some hardware and could never be their fan. In fact some of their business decision infuriate me e.g special firmware Xbox HDD so that customer need to buy their expensive Xbox HDD vs PS3 swappable HDD. No Bluetooth support for audio for their console. Expensive software, buying up PC Game companies to make Xbox exclusive. Therefore I am surprise that Microsoft has fans. Wow..

Microsoft is slowly increasing their presence into the mobile smartphone market. MS makes great phones, and now with Windows 10, such is even better. I think the MS Lumia 950 XL has failed miserably as a 'flagship' phone. Too bad MS didn't put better materials into the phone where it didn't feel like a 'disposable' phone. I prefer Windows (10), the OS works flawlessly for me. MS just needs to step up to the plate, manufacture a true FLAGSHIP smartphone made out of good materials, good specifications and come up with a good ad campaign to promote and get the phone into everyone's hands.

So the 550 is on thier site but still no 950 or 950xl.. That said after getting mine for full price off ebay.. I have to say I now know why.. I would like to downgrade the OS to 8.1, 10 is buggy.. and missing a lot of features 8.1 had.. ( How do you go backwards.. MS really..? ) Hardware isnt bad.. but the USB-C sucks.. it charges fast with the charger that came with it. But use a standard USB connector at the wall with the USB-C cable and its slower than my 930 to charge. Speaker phone is weak as well, Camera is OK but not much better than the 930, and antenna (which is why I bought the phone as I had a international 930) isnt much better if anything in some areas its worse than my 930. Overall not sure why I wasted my money and time. Should have just gotten a "New" 930, overall a better phone, even with the limited bands on T-mobile.