3 new BS phones launched!

[difenbaker]

BenQ Mobile shows shiny black handset trio
By Tony Smith
26th July 2006 10:52 GMT

BenQ Mobile has just rolled out three new handsets under its BenQ-Siemens brand, including what may be the world's first non-stick phone and a pair of small-size 3G handsets. All three are kitted out in shiny black shells. Black is indeed the new... er... black.

The E71 (below) is the Teflon-like model and was modelled on - it says here - "fluid, floating metal". The upshot is that despite its shiny carapace, the beetle-black phone barely shows up your fingerprints - if you believe the blurb. The EDGE-enabled handset also sports a 240 x 320, 262,144-colour display and a 1.3 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom. There's a built-in FM radio, and a MicroSD slot for memory cards. It works as a Dictaphone too.



The E81 is a candybar phone too. Unlike the E71, it's a 3G device - and a compact one, at that: it measures just 10 x 4.7 x 1.7cm. It's got a 1.8in, 262,144-colour, 176 x 220 display, and a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash. BenQ said it comes in a "Lucent Black" colour scheme - something the former Bell Labs may have something to say about...



The SL91 slider phone is a UMTS job too, this time pitched at the luxury end of the market, if BenQ's purple prose is anything to go by. The shiny black shell is illuminated by a "ring of light" to indicate whether you've missed a call or received a text. The case also contains a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, and a second, VGA camera for video calls. The display's a 2in, 240 x 320 panel capable of displaying 16.7m colours.



BenQ's fitted the phone with an RDS-equipped FM radio. The SL91 ships in Europe in Q4. The E71 will be available in 'dark silver' and 'onyx black' from September in Europe and Latin America, and from November 2006 in Asia. September also marks the European debut of the E81 - it arrives in Asia in October.

link:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07...1_sl91_launch/

cheers!

[Ghibli]

The SL91 will probably be my next phone.
Gorgeous inside and out.

[oneclick]

The SL91 looks nice, nice features too - 3G, 16M screen, slider. But Im wondering, will it have EDGE too? Since I think only the E71 has it. And since it has a 3.2mp camera - will it have an expansion card as well? A photo in full resolution does take up a lot of space.

tnx-1clk

[Ghibli]

Yes, the SL91 has micro-SD expansion.

SL91
GSM tri-band/UMTS
84*47*23 mm, 109g
16.7-million colour QVGA display
3.2 megapixel camera w/ autofocus, VGA secondary cam
Bluetooth
MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/Real Media playback
64MB internal memory, micro-SD expansion
Stereo RDS radio

[hotzigetty]

Damn wish BQS comes to india soon...

[KeepItClean]

The SL 91 is pretty sexy. One thing I hate about my phone is it has an indicator light (blinking small light on the phone's side), however it does not turn colors if i have a message, missed call, etc. It will only change when the battery gets low or the phone is being charged. The ring of light aspect seems useful. I've never had a phone with a true indicator light before.

[bnza8]

its about time they came up with a phone thats 3.2MP. but there is another downfall. the battery life is only 3.25 hours.

[Ghibli]

Originally Posted by bnza8

its about time they came up with a phone thats 3.2MP..

They already did before this: the EF91, announced months ago...