BenQ-Siemens EL71 - user opinions and reviews

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What a shame, really sexy looking phone, good size and weight, love the flippy lid...awful battery life, and after about three weeks it wouldn't hold a charge at all anymore. Took it back to the shop they said all EL71 had a technical flaw and I would be better off throwing it in the bin and buying a new phone. Cost me £70, and all I have is a house brick...makes a good paper weight.

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  • 2008-08-26 20:28
  • 0pkL
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Its super duper flop model. After purchasing it i felt that i was stupid thats why i bought this phone. Because i bought it before 2 months if getting switch off automatically and when yesterday i switched it off its not getting switch on now.

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  • 2008-08-26 11:28
  • TRad
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it is good set but its bettrey is very low quality bettrey wise its totly flop cell phone

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  • 2008-08-10 06:57
  • P%{y
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I bought my phone 3 days ago , and I loaded the battery for 12 hours like the salesman told me , and now it was already empty after ONE day ! also my camera doesn't works ! I think this sell sucks !

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  • 2008-07-21 22:57
  • n722
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please help me to locate where i can have to download the software to link my el-71 to my pc

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  • 2008-07-17 23:49
  • TjWw
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hi ppl if u want the battry 2 last always charge any new fone 4 24hours go get urself a new battry if the 1 ur using is givin u a problem and charge it for 24 hours.jr

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  • 2008-07-05 12:21
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Hi! I'm from Vietnam.
My phone: Benq-siemens EL71.
But normally i use my phone stand-by, it's sut-off, suddenly????

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  • 2008-07-03 07:01
  • PZHa
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Okey can anybody help me with updating firmware, I updated it few months ago on some version and is even worse than it was, now I have problem with sms memory all the time it bugging ubnormal :(
What firmware should I find and where I can find it???

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  • 2008-06-21 17:00
  • p@BC
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i got this phone through a friend that just came around and i'm really enjoying the phone but i just couldn't connect to our gprs in Nigeria pls help me i love this phone

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  • 2008-05-23 19:24
  • MuLv
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omg this cell phone is perfect....excellent quality...

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  • 2008-04-14 17:41
  • prMx
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Well, i bought this phone about 1 year ago and I can tell you all that this is the best relationship cost x benefit that one can get. The phone features a complete basket of options for you to personalize it and has almost no limits at all. I have installed the Google GPS for free on it as well as a MSN application with VoIP and a Windows XP based operational system, I have also bought a 2GB MSD card that I use along with the phone. So I have MSN, GPS, Windows, and Voip all for free in a single mobilephone. As for to increase the battery life, just follow these simple hints: 1- Try to keep the display illumination on 10%, you will not need more than this in order to see what appears on the display, if you need more light just lit it up to about 30%.

2- Setup the back light to work for only 10 seconds, this prevents the diplay backlight to be lit up all time when you are not using the phone

3-Configure the ''slide'' option to lock the phone when you close the slider, by doing this you prevent the phone being accionated accidentally.

4-Network signal power also influenciate a lot on the battery life, so the signal your mobilephone gets,the more battery life will last. ( this is valid for all mobilephones)

5-If you like hearing MP3 on your mobilephone try following steps 1,2 and 3 so that you will get the best from your EL71.

if you still have any doubts or curiosites about this fantastic mobilephone, just email me and I will be very much please in answering your questions. If you want the operational systems for you EL 71, such as Windows XP and Windows Vista, just email me and I shall send it to you by e-mail, the file is not very large and is also very simple to install. Just put on your mobilephone (EL71 only) via PC USB CABLE or even Bluethoot and then execute the file on your phone.

**** evergreen127@lycos.com ***
All you have to do is send an email with your name and request and I shall answer it to you as quick as I can.

Hugs.. take care..

and BENQ-IT!!!

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  • 2008-04-06 08:34
  • P7Sw
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i have the cable to connect to the pc but i don't have the software. can any1 give me an url.

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  • 2008-04-03 17:13
  • T4xV
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nice fone,help me please find a CPU of this fone, EL71. i like the fone very much.
thank you.

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  • 2008-03-29 15:27
  • TVy}
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it's a nice phone,but the battery doesn't hold long...

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  • 2008-03-24 16:07
  • 0Ude
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pleas my mob .BenQ siemensEl71 is lose software help me

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  • 2008-03-08 08:04
  • mnmH
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hey guys this is a nice phone, have not had so many probs but for the fact that it freezes at times and the batteries only last for abt 2 days. but its a nice phone

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  • 2008-03-03 13:43
  • 0uMc
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I do not recommend this phone. The style is gorgeous but it has terrible battery life as it doesn't even last a whole day without going flat. It holds hardly any messages in the inbox and hardly any space for music/photos. I have had problem after problem with this phone unfortunately. Trust me do not buy it!

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  • 2008-03-03 07:48
  • 2GEW
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hı, I m from turkey. ı take a this phone but, battery early finish,only 1 day used.
style and music tones nice but, batery soooooo bad. ı not recemmand...

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  • 2008-03-02 16:45
  • 0Iid
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my screen suddenly changes colors and some times turns upsidedown, I have to restart my phone each time to get it back to normal, any advice? Apart from that, a very good phone.

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  • 2008-02-28 18:05
  • 0uMa
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Hey guys, My T9 options disappeared from my phone, and there is no way to turn it back. Can anybody tell me what to do? Or has anybody ever encountered this problem?

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  • 2008-02-21 01:08
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Total of 381 user reviews and opinions for BenQ-Siemens EL71.