Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone

by Iridium

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8 x 4 inches ; 3.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002EWZO3U
• Item model number: 9555
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,820 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 26, 2009

Product Description

9555 Satellite PhonePart #: BPKT0801Anywhere is the new everywhere. Mobile communications can expand frontiers, create opportunities, and establish critical lifelines. But only when it works.From distant rigs to pitching decks, baking deserts to frozen ice packs, the Iridium 9555 satellite phone can handle any environment. It is small but determined, sleek but industrial grade, easy to use but powerful. It is every bit as rugged as our previous handsets - still resistant to water, dust and shock - but streamlined and packed with innovative new features.The Iridium 9555 is the evolution of trusted, reliable mobile communications. And it is connected to the only truly global mobile communications network. So anywhere on the planet you need to be, the Iridium 9555 is always connected and backed by unmatched network quality and world-class technical support.Compact PowerThe Iridium 9555 is not only the smallest phone Iridium has ever made, it's also the most powerful. With a significantly reduced footprint from our previous phone, more hand-friendly form factor, and aerodynamic featuressuch as an internally stowed antenna, this sleek handset is designed to easily go wherever your customers do -including through your distribution channels.Rugged & Reliable Critical LifelinesThe Iridium 9555 is the ultimate in dependable mobile communications. It is a ruggedly built tool, not a toy. It won't play games, take pictures, or play MP3s. What it will do is work. Everywhere. Without exception. It isengineered to withstand the world's toughest environments, so the world's toughest customers can depend on it as a critical lifeline whenever and wherever need takes them.Enhanced Features:In addition to all the features you and your customers have come to expect from our trusted satellite phones, the Iridium 955

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Iridium 9575 Battery/Charging Issues, February 19, 2012

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jens jessen - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iridium 9555 Satellite Phone (Electronics)

When these handsets work they are fantastic, but when you buy such an expensive device from such a well recognized brand you can't help but be incredibly disappointed when they simply don't work.

Apparently the way in which they are designed has also created a major flaw. Many of the new batteries are slightly warped so that the battery doesn't actually make contact with the corresponding points on the phone. This means that not only will the phone not charge but it will also not even turn on.

You could try to push the battery in to make contact but this is hardly a solution. We have 6 of these handsets and only 4 of them actually work.
We now have to send them back to the supplier and hope that they will return in working order.

Don't buy these unless they have been tested prior to shipping.

Sort out your problems Iridium!!!!

Here is the only article I could find that addresses this issue:
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