Updated 13 Feb, 2012, 6:30 pm IST

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BenQ-Siemens EF51

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

Features and Performance
The EF51 surprisingly has plenty of features to offer the regular user. All the normal features that you’ll find in the most basic of phones are present in the EF51, including a world clock application. Finding the right time zone though while setting the clock is a real pain in the A** as you have to wait for the zone name to scroll across the screen. Time distinction doesn’t seem to have an am/pm option at all – just a 24 hour clock.

The thing is; although the phone has regular applications, the functioning of these applications is not for people who rely on their mobiles for just calls. For instance the Notes application has a rather insufficient character limit, but you can password protect them. The menus are clear and easy to navigate. You can also use the numbers on the keypad to choose options as each option is associated with a number.

When the phone is hooked up to a PC, the FE51 allows you to access both the phone files and the microSD card separately. But the problem is that you can’t access the files on the memory card from the phone directly to change wallpapers or view images etc. The music files automatically get picked up by the music player, however, which seems odd. And I couldn’t seem to find a way to paste files from the phone’s memory to the card.

The main screen has an odd message-like icon at the top that I couldn’t seem to turn off. I kept thinking I had an unread message that I couldn’t find. There also seems to be an ‘L1’ logo showing and I have no clue what that means. Could be Line 1. Can't say for sure though.

If you do get a message or simply need to access the menu, it can’t be done when the flap is closed. Even though there is a Menu key front and center, it’s only for the music menus. It also seemed like the keypad only lit up when it felt like. In the dark sometimes it was a real pain typing. If I hit the Call End key by mistake, it would close the message without asking me to save it. But that could be just an issue with this piece.

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