Imagine trying to hike a tough mountain, or going off track in the wide open ocean in your private yacht or getting lost in the middle of the desert: chances are that your regular phones may not be of much use to you. In such dire situations, the best solution is a good satellite phone and that is what Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone is all about.
The Iridium 9555 satellite phone is just a great example of the steps Iridium is taking to make its solutions more user friendly and easy to handle. It is the smallest phone ever offered from Iridium previously making it more portable and comfortable to use. It is also been designed to look better too.
The first thing that you will realize with this phone is the missing antenna: well it is not really missing; it has just been moved into the unit itself. Along with this, the shape of the unit has also been reworked to make it easier to handle. Lastly, the design has been changed to make it more comfortable to hold and use.
Beside, the form factor, there are some other great features within the phone itself. With the integrated speaker phone, you really do not have to stick this unit to your ear all the time. Beside you also have better SMS integration to this phone and even email messaging features. It means that you can keep in touch with people in more than one way. It also has a mini-USB cable for connecting to your laptop which means it can also double up as a modem for dial up connectivity.
The Iridium 9555 phone is living up to its brand of global service by including multi lingual support. The phone has 21 languages that can be picked as your native language to make the phone use more intuitive. The phone truly is a global device.
Beside, all these great features you can also add a bunch of cool accessories to it. The Beam SatDOCK is great docking solution for your hands free needs when you are driving a vehicle or in your boat. You can get great reception quality with this dock in a moving vehicle too. You can also add an auxiliary antenna to improve the reception and allow the user to place the docking terminal be below decks.
Having used this phone extensively I can vouch for the voice quality. While it still has a slight "digital" sound, the overall quality is very good. One last thought for the would be consumer, protect your satellite phone investment by purchasing a water tight plastic case. These things are perfect for keeping everything in one place and more importantly, keeping it safe.
In summary, the Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone is a smaller phone with larger features from Iridium. It is slim yet powerful and aesthetic yet rugged. Providing true global coverage in a compact form factor, it is really a modern era satellite phone.