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BenQ-Siemens EF51

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

Camera
The EF51 has a 1.3 megapixel with a few settings that don’t seem to work too well. For example, there’s a setting for taking pictures of text. I don’t see how that’ll work too well considering the camera has no macro mode. So all you get are blurred and illegible images. On the whole the camera’s not very good, to put it in a point-blank manner.

The colors appear dark and pixellated even on high settings. It’s what you’d expect from a VGA camera. And as I said, none of the scene modes seem to make any difference to the images. Also, if you make any changes to the settings you will have to save them and that will take another 3-4 seconds. But it’s okay if you’re not really into taking pictures.

Battery
The 870 mAh battery battery is nothing to write home about. It’s quite average. I managed to squeeze at least 2 days out of it, with regular use of the phone, messaging, radio and even a little music.

The Bottom Line
The EF51 is, in my opinion, a ‘First Phone’. In other words, this is a good phone to buy for someone who’s going to be using a mobile for the very first time. I let my mum use it for a bit after she’s been using a simple piece, and she liked it. In her opinion, it’s a really cute phone, small enough to fit in her smallest bag, and comfy to use.

And she’s right (then again, she usually is). It’s a great phone for beginners who don’t want to start big and deal with too many features, yet have a color screen, with a good radio and a point-and-shoot camera. At a price of approximately Rs. 7025, the EF51 isn't too bad. I’m thinking of getting her one.

Specs

BenQ-Siemens EF51
Network	UMTS, GSM 900/1800/1900, GPRS
Physical	89 x 49 x 18 mm, 95g
Display	120 x 128 pixels, 256k colors
Memory	20MB internal, miniSD external
Media	MP3, AAC+, WMA, voice recorder, FM radio
Camera	1.3 megapixels
Connectivity	Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP), USB Proprietary
Battery	200hrs standby, 3.25 mins. talk
Street Price	Rs. 7,025

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