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Siemens ME75 and AP75

Expected November 2005
18th October 2005

BenQ-Siemens have announced three new handsets over the past couple of days - the ruggedised ME75 handset, the low cost AP75 Bluetooth phone and the deathly dull AX72 which appears to be identical to the AX75. You can discuss these new handsets in our forum.


Siemens ME75

At first glance, the Siemens ME75 is a dead ringer for the M75 ruggedised phone, but in fact the ME75 is physically a fair amount smaller and about 85% of the weight of the M75.

It's a pretty basic phone though, but broadly competitive with the Nokia 5140i. the ME75 has a 132x176 pixel display, a VGA resolution camera, a WAP browser and email client. The Siemens ME75 weighs 95 grams, and measures 105x46x18mm.. which seems quite large, but the size and weight is partly due to the ME75's rubbery bits.

Compared to the Nokia, the ME75 has no FM radio but a better display. However, the 5140i also comes with EDGE, a built-in thermometer, compass and a flashlight, all features missing from the Siemens ME75. The ME75 seems to have pretty good battery life though.

How much market penetration the ME75 will get is questionable. The M75 is allegedly available in some European countries, although you'd be hard pressed to find one. The previous model, the M65 didn't hang around for long either. In fact, it's hard to see why anybody would choose the ME75 over the Nokia 5140i in any case.

Siemens say that the ME75 will be available from November 2005.

 Siemens ME75

Siemens ME75 at a glance

Available:

Q4 2005

Network:

Tri-band GSM

Data:

GPRS

Screen:

132x176 pixels, 65,000 colours

Camera:

640x480 pixels

Size:

Standard "candy bar" size
105x46x18mm / 95 gramss

Bluetooth:

No

Infra-red:

Yes

Polyphonic:

Yes

Java:

Yes

Battery life:

8 hours talk / 18 days standby


Siemens AP75

The Siemens AP75 is another rebadged BenQ handset, in this case it's a Bluetooth enhanced variation of the BenQ M300, which also made an appearance as the O2 X1i (without Bluetooth) and the O2 X1b (with Bluetooth).

The O2 variant of this phone is unloved and feels quite cheap, but then then the O2 X1b is just about the most affordable Bluetooth handset on the UK market, so you can expect the Siemens AP75 to be similarly inexpensive.

It's pretty basic though - a 128x128 pixel CSTN display, CIF resolution camera (a measly 352x288 pixels), WAP browser, Bluetooth and really not much else. At 86 grams the Siemens AP75 is lightweight, and the 5.7 hours maximum talktime is pretty reasonable.

Overall though, this is a cheap phone with not much going for it. A much nicer, low cost Bluetooth phone is the Nokia 6021 which dispenses with the camera completely.

Siemens say that the AP75 will be available from November 2005.  

 Siemens AP75

Siemens AP75 at a glance

Available:

Q4 2005

Network:

Tri-band GSM

Data:

GPRS

Screen:

128x128 pixels, 65,000 colours

Camera:

352x288 pixels

Size:

Lightweight "candy bar"
102x44x18mm / 86 grams

Bluetooth:

Yes

Infra-red:

No

Polyphonic:

Yes

Java:

No

Battery life:

5.7 hours talk / 6 days standby

 

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