Siemens CX75
Cancelled 9th March 2005
In the past, Siemens CX phones have tended to be
on the lower end of the midrange of handsets with pretty
standard features – but now the CX75 brings in features
previously only found in high-end handsets.
Firstly, there's a 1.3 megapixel camera which is
a significant upgrade over the CX65
and CX70.
The CX75's display is a 132x176 pixel TFT unit capable
of 262,000 colours which is an improvement too, but
the CX75 has a lot more new toys. This is a Bluetooth
phone, so it can be interfaced with compatible accessories
or a PC, and it also comes with expandable memory using
RSMMC cards in addition to the standard 14Mb available
internally. There's infra-red and USB cable support
too.
There's
a lot more though – the CX75 can play back MP3 and AAC
audio, record and play back video clips, it comes with
push-to-talk, MMS, Instant Messaging and a WAP 2.0 browser.
Siemens technical specifications don't mention an email
client, but as the CX75 is virtually identical to the
M75 which
does, then we assume the CX75 has an email client too.
Talktime is up to 5 hours, with around 10 days standby
and the CX75 comes in at a fairly standard 110x48x19mm
and 98 grams. It's a tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 device
with GPRS, but no EDGE support.
However, there's no inbuilt flash for the camera
(it is available as an option though), and no FM radio.
Other than these few quibbles, the CX75 is looking a
little bit like the Nokia 6230 in specification terms,
which gives this Siemens handset some interesting potential.
There are a few gimmicks with the CX75 – it comes
with a "blogging" function which we can't
see the point of, and there's a mobile music box accessory
set to turn it into a sort of portable hi-fi. There's
no headset in the box either, and we're not sure if
the phone has stereo MP3 playback, but we doubt it.
The Siemens CX75 is pretty well specified for a mass-market
phone though, and it's especially impressive when compared
to the CX65 and short-live CX70. The CX75 will be available
in "Titan Grey" and "Sand Silver"
colours from mid-2005.
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Siemens
CX75 at a glance
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Available:
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Q2/Q3
2005
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Network:
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Tri-band
GSM 900/1800/1900
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Data:
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GPRS
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Screen:
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132x176
pixels, 262,000 colours
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Camera:
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1.3
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
"candy bar" 110x49x19mm
/ 108 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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5
hours talk / 10 days standby
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