BenQ-Siemens S68 - user opinions and reviews
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8.3
- Features
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7.6
- Performance
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7.6
- George
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According to my experience to Siemens mobiles the battery should last for about 3 days including a decent talk time.
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- 2006-04-21 15:06
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- Anonymous
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I bought it 4 days ago. I only wanted a "normal" stylish phone without camera and unnecessary features to use it with SMS, phonecalls, calendar and contact list. It performs great. The display is amazing and the user can read it even in direct sunlight and it has a great and easy menu.
A good thing about it is that it works like a PC, so it is very friendly to the user. For instance as soon as someone connects to the PC it can copy and paste files (wav, doc, pdf, java even zip files which can the user unpack them from the menu), create new folders, search etc.
I noticed like many of you that it switches off on its own, but in my case was because I was playing with it all day. You must switch it off during the night because Siemens phones protect themselves.
I only buy Siemens mobiles. I used to have a Nokia but the only impressive thing about it was the battery. It had no functionality and the user could not personalise its menu which had limited function comparing to Siemens.
The last Siemens I had was the ME45 the black one (I had it for about 5 years and got bored). It still works like a new one, even the colour and the sense of its keypad. And I used it alot. At the S68 model they succeeded to correct all the mistakes the older models used to have - for instance the low battery warning which was appearing a few minutes before the phone goes off. I hope they corrected the standby time as well. I am sure that someone can compare its menu to others, even more expensive mobiles and find it much better. I used to compare the ME 45 with Nokia and other mobiles even models that were produced one or two years later and it was simply better.
Also S68's memory is more than enough for the organiser, contacts and SMSs(26MB). One thing that someone will notice is the space provided for the contacts. Someone can put full details, including two mobile phones (business and home), URL, fax and phone (business and home), birthday etc.
The bad thing about it, is that is quite slow when someone browses SMSs.
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- 2006-04-21 14:52
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- jay
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I've had my phone for two days and I think I'm in love with it. I must say it is a bit worring that it turns off for no reason and the battery doesen't live forever...
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- 2006-04-20 19:58
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- Aivar
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About deleting all SMS-s: look for "mark" or "mark all" and "delete all marked"
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- 2006-04-20 08:33
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- costas
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I have this phone for a week now. the design is really good! It feels good in the hand and has a very user friendly interface. the sound quality is excellent and the display quality really good!
the bad is that the software is not so stable. it freezes and it shuts down without a reason. the last happened to me at least 5 times till now. the battery could also be better. I dont use it much and it hardly lasts for 2 days
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- 2006-04-19 20:29
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- kohook1
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I swear to god, they've delayed the release in the US like 3 times.
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- 2006-04-16 23:37
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- Anonymous
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I've had this phone for a little while now and I'm generally ok with it. It's stylish, thin and very user friendly. It also seems to get excellent reception and voice quality, with only a minor exception for the speakerphone's microphone.
I'm very unimpressed with the battery life, however (note: I'm used to Nokia and my last one was a 6610). The s68 seems to stay on a for a decent amount of time (around a week), but if I start to use it for calls or play a game on it, I only get an hour or so before it dies. My old phone used to give me about 5 hours of talk time before needing a recharge.
Also, while it is very easy to use, it's certainly not up to the level of Nokia user friendliness. For example, this phone does not give you the option to simply delete all text messages at one time (which is annoying when you start getting full SIM card messages). The software also tends to hang from time to time, which was unexpected given the simplicity of the interface.
Another minor point... I miss the ability to program a profile to expire a certain amount of time later (i.e. have it set on silent for a couple of hours and then automatically return to general). I'm a forgetful person :-) and this feature really helped on my old Nokia.
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- 2006-04-16 17:30
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- pee
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This phone is genious. Just a plain stylish metal PHONE. I LOVE the concept. And there is a great market for this i believe.
Nice start Benq-Siemens
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- 2006-04-11 13:54
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Hi there!
Do you know how the voice recording works? Does it work during phone calls? Does it beep in specific intervalls ( i e every 10 second), like many other phones with the ability to record phone calls?
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- 2006-04-10 20:52
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- Flubber
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OMG, such stupid comments here without even having one in your hand.
I bought this cellphone lastweek. It's the best professional phone I ever had, and i work in a cellphone shop, so... It has a good battery, very nice screen and Bluetooth. In Belgium, you even get a bluetooth earpiece with it! I love it!
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- 2006-03-28 08:40
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- GUI
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I hope that S68 will have a stable software.
Not only this phone but all BENQ-Siemens phones!
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- 2006-03-10 17:20
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- PORTUGAL
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Great phone, itīs a shame that it doesnīt have a camera on it...They should realese two versions one with a camera and other without one.
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- 2006-03-09 22:18
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- Anonymous
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I'm holding it in my hand right now. My first impression is: cool and somewhat expensive-looking. Very thin. The back is plastic of a horrible quality if you see it on the inside. the outside is ok.
I would say it is a cool phone to have for a night on the town or at a party, if you are on a budget.
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- 2006-03-02 14:02
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- Still Waiting
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So, the Benq website says it's 18mm deep, or 36% thicker than the 13.2mm this website and many other websites day.
Also, I don't think anyone has any idea when it's going to be launched in the US.
All I want is a cell phone that doesn't immasculate me. They killed the CC75 and I'm still waiting.
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- 2006-03-01 20:07
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- Ziaul Kabir
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Nice phone with standard set of feature & memory but without the boring camera, the one i am looking for for a long time. But what about its battery? Will there be any improvement? Or it will be as bad as siemens phones are from battery point of view, i wonder!!
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- 2006-02-06 00:54
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