S600 why was it cancelled?

[MikeUK]

I only just noticied this handset was cancelled, I thought it looked quite good and had alright specs for a mid-range phone, did they want to leave way for the W550?

[CPW]

by looks of things theyve just rebranded the s600 as the w550.
The w550 like u said is a mid range handset for the youth market so by rebranding it with the walkman logo and features i suppose se think it'll have more appeal to their target audience!!!!??

well thats what i think

[MikeUK]

Yeah, I just noticed it still comes in different colours, it's basically exactly the same, don't think it has expandable memory, I'll be sticking with getting d750 or 6680.

[Arne Anka]

No it has no expandable memory (just 256 MB on-board memory).

[difenbaker]

maybe twas jus overshadowed by the success of the K750? I mean, if you're going to buy a w600 or w550... why not just save and add a little more, then get a k750 or w800, right?

cheers!

[MikeUK]

Because it has the cool swivel factor, and different colours ;) but it doesn't state on the sony website w550 has expandable memory where as it does with w800.

[commedecargons]

s600 with 64mb is plain crap for 2005? It couldnt achieve the market capitalization i guess... the market is full of cheap k700s, 6230... and loads of cheap S60 phones. too crowded? and with a new price tag, S600 probably couldnt compete with the old schools?