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BenQ-Siemens EF51

13 Sep, 2007, 2:00 pm IST | by Shayne Rana | Mobile phones

BenQ-Siemens. I haven’t heard the name in a long time. But it seems like they’re very much around. Their handsets may have been a bit popular a long time ago, but the best I’ve seen lately have been some pretty low-end phones. The EF51 seems like a decent enough music phone for the mid-range consumer, but let’s see if it’s worth your hard-earned cash.

Form Factor
As odd as it may be for me to say, it’s a really cute phone, even a little girly perhaps. It has a certain je-ne-sais-quoi feel when it comes to its looks. A warped egg maybe? You decide. The EF51 has a small TFT display with a resolution of 128 x 128 pixels and 256k colors. The keypad is right behind the music player panel in front. So all you have to do is flip it open. The keys on the pad may seem small, but they’re easy to use.

On one side you’ll find a dedicated voice recorder key followed by the volume keys and the dedicated camera key. There’s also the proprietary charging port. On the other side is the proprietary earphone / USB socket, but thankfully BenQ-Siemens has provided a converter to 3.5mm. Underneath this socket is the miniSD card slot. The EF51 weighs in at 95g which also makes it a light mobile phone aside from being small.

Tags: A2DP

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