BenQ-Siemens EF51

Available now (in some markets)
20th February 2006

One of the more unusual handsets to come out of last week's 3GSM World Congress is the BenQ-Siemens EF51, a distinctive looking music phone with a flip-down multimedia keypad.

There are two colours available (black and white), and in white it looks a little bit like an iPod. Inside is 64Mb of memory with a miniSD slot, the screen is a 128x128 pixel panel in 262k colours, and on the back is a 1.3 megapixel camera. The BenQ-Siemens EF51 weighs around 95 grams.

The EF51 has stereo Bluetooth and built-in 3D surround sound, speech recognition and an FM radio. Of course, the dedicate multimedia keys are a big plus for any kind of music player.

It's an interesting handset, and quite cute too, although it's nowhere near as good as the Sony Ericsson W800i or W810i phones, and certainly it could benefit from a better display, but given past handsets from this stable it's quite likely that the BenQ-Siemens EF51 will offer very good value for money (prices have not been confirmed).

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