Siemens M65
Discontinued 18th March 2004
The Siemens M65 is aimed at those people
who enjoy outdoors activities and need a phone that's
a little tougher than normal.
The M65 features a large 132x176 pixel
display in 65,000 colours and has a built-in VGA camera.
There's Java support, but no Bluetooth.
The M65 is pitched at a strange market
segment, defined by the Nokia 5000-series, and with
a flagship of the long-awaited Nokia
5140, but the M65 is much better in specification
terms.
It's
designed to be water, shock and dust resistant
(but not proof) which will give the usually fragile
electronics some protection. There's a funky set of
orange rubbery covers to protect vital components when
not in use.. a simple idea that no-one else uses. It
comes a metal protection frame and rubbery casing too..
we guess you can't drive a truck into it, but it's the
sort of reassuring feeling you might get from driving
a Volvo.
There's an optional "Bike-o-meter"
function in the phone that means you can plug it in
to your bicycle for telemetry and navigation information.
We can't make up our mind if this is a gimmick or useful
innovation. There's a range of action and sports games
too.
At first glance this seems to be aimed
at rubber fetishists and sports jocks, but actually
the M65 is a pretty well specified phone compared to
most of the competition. Yes, Bluetooth and a megapixel
camera would be nice, but the specification isn't bad
and we feel that the M65 will probably be reasonably
popular in the market as a whole, simply because of
its reassuring toughness, decent screen and stylish
but understated looks.
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Siemens
M65 Specifications
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Available:
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Q2
2004
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Network:
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Tri-band
GSM
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Data:
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GPRS
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Screen:
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132x176
pixels
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Camera:
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640x480
pixels
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Size:
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Standard
candy-bar format Size
TBA
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Bluetooth:
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No
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Infra-red:
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Not
specified
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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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Not
specified
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