Siemens mobile

Siemens cellular telephones are mobile phones produced by Siemens AG.

In 2005 the Taiwanese company BenQ acquired the financially bleeding mobile phone subsidiary from Siemens and gained the exclusive right to use Siemens trademark for 5 years. Before transferring the mobile phone subsidiary to BenQ, Siemens invested 250 million euros and wrote down assets amounting to 100 million euros [ [http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_860991.html www.newratings.com: Siemens sells mobile phone unit to BenQ] ] . Siemens also acquired a 2.5% stake in BenQ for 50 million euros. BenQ subsequently released mobile phones under the BenQ-Siemens brand, from its German unit.
In 2006, this German unit filed for bankruptcy. [ [http://www.mobile-review.com/articles/2006/benq-siemens-end-en.shtml BenQ Mobile – end of the story for Siemens] ] [ [http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/85861 Heise Online - The end of BenQ Mobile] ]

History

*1985 : sell Siemens Mobiltelefon C1
*1994 : sell Siemens S1, a GSM phone.
*1997 : sell the world first phone with a colour screen, the Siemens S10, with 4 different colours (red, green, blue and white), that could be displayed, and the first "outdoor" phone (the Siemens S10 Active, with enhanced shock, dust and splash protection).
*1999 : sell the first slider phone, the Siemens SL10.
*2000 : Acquisition of Bosch mobile phone division.
*2000 : sell the probably first phone with an MP3 player and external memory card support (MultiMediaCard), the Siemens SL45.
*2003 : sell Siemens SX1, the first Siemens phone running Symbian OS. This phone featuring hot swappable MultiMediaCard.
*2003 : launch the Xelibri range of fashion phones
*2005 : sell the first phone with real GPS support, the Siemens SXG75
*2005 : the Taiwanese company BenQ buy to Siemens AG Siemens mobile.
*2006 : sell the first models with BenQ-Siemens brand
*2006 : the German unit filed for bankruptcy.

iemens Mobile Phones

These models no longer officially supported. While Siemens maintained them for a time after selling the mobile division to BenQ, at some point the mobile portal, support pages and accessories shop have been removed from the net. Benq hasn't incorporated them in any legacy section.

*Siemens A31
*Siemens A35
*Siemens A36
*Siemens A40
*Siemens A50
*Siemens A51
*Siemens A52: monochrome, GSM 900 / GSM 1800, no GPRS, no USB, IrDA or Bluetooth. [ [http://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_a52-474.php Siemens A52 - Full phone specifications ] ]
*Siemens A53
*Siemens A55: monochrome, GSM 900 / GSM 1800, no GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth. Shares same hardware as C55 and can be upgraded to C55 by firmware flash.
*Siemens A56: monochrome, GSM 850 / GSM 1900, no GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth. Shares same hardware as C56 and can be upgraded to C56 by firmware flash.
*Siemens A56i
*Siemens A57
*Siemens A60
*Aiemens A62
*Siemens A65
*Siemens A70
*Siemens A75
*Siemens AF51
*Siemens AP75
*Siemens AL21
*Siemens AX72
*Siemens AX75
*Siemens C1
*Siemens C2
*Siemens C3
*Siemens C4
*Siemens C5
*Siemens C10
*Siemens C25
*Siemens C30
*Siemens C35
*Siemens C35i
*Siemens C45
*Siemens C55: monochrome, GSM 900 / GSM 1800, with GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth.
*Siemens C56: monochrome, GSM 850 / GSM 1900, with GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth.
*Siemens C60
*Siemens C61
*Siemens C62
*Siemens C65
*Siemens C66
*Siemens C70
*Siemens C72
*Siemens C75
*Siemens CC75 (cancelled)
*Siemens CF62
*Siemens CF75
*Siemens CF110
*Siemens CFX65
*Siemens CL50
*Siemens CL55
*Siemens CL75
*Siemens CX65
*Siemens CX70
*Siemens CX70 Emoty
*Siemens CX75
*Siemens E10
*Siemens M30
*Siemens M35
*Siemens M35i
*Siemens M45
*Siemens M50
*Siemens M55 [http://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_m55-407.php , http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/siemens/m55.html ]
*Siemens M56: GSM 850 / GSM 1900 version of M55. Note that it is not triband.
*Siemens M65
*Siemens M65 Rescue Edition
*Siemens M75
*Siemens MC60
*Siemens ME45
*Siemens ME75
*Siemens MT50
*Siemens P1
*Siemens S1
*Siemens S3
*Siemens S3 COM 1995
*Siemens S4
*Siemens S6
*Siemens S10
*Siemens S15
*Siemens S25
*Siemens S35i
*Siemens S40
*Siemens S42
*Siemens S45
*Siemens S45i
*Siemens S55
*Siemens S55 Formula One
*Siemens S56
*Siemens S57
*Siemens S65
*Siemens S66
*Siemens S75
*Siemens SF65
*Siemens SFG75
*Siemens SG75 (cancelled)
*Siemens SK65
*Siemens SK65 Burlwood
*Siemens SL10
*Siemens SL42
*Siemens SL45
*Siemens SL45i
*Siemens SL55
*Siemens SL56
*Siemens SL65
*Siemens SL75
*Siemens SL65 ESCADA
*Siemens SL65 ESCADA Rock in Rio
*Siemens SP65
*Siemens ST55
*Siemens ST60
*Siemens SX1
*Siemens SX1 McLaren
*Siemens SX45
*Siemens SX56
*Siemens SX66
*Siemens SXG75
*Siemens U10
*Siemens U15
*Xelibri X1
*Xelibri X2
*Xelibri X3
*Xelibri X4
*Xelibri X5
*Xelibri X6
*Xelibri X7
*Xelibri X8

BenQ-Siemens Mobile Phones

*BenQ-Siemens A38
*BenQ-Siemens A58 (cancelled)
*BenQ-Siemens AL26
*BenQ-Siemens C52 (not yet presented)
*BenQ-Siemens C81
*BenQ-Siemens CF61
*BenQ-Siemens CL71
*BenQ-Siemens E61
*BenQ-Siemens E71
*BenQ-Siemens EL71
*BenQ-Siemens EF71
*BenQ-Siemens EF51
*BenQ-Siemens E81
*BenQ-Siemens EF81
*BenQ-Siemens EF82 (not yet presented)
*BenQ-Siemens EF91
*BenQ-Siemens M81
*BenQ-Siemens P51
*BenQ-Siemens S68
*BenQ-Siemens S81
*BenQ-Siemens S88
*BenQ-Siemens SL80
*BenQ-Siemens SL91

References

External links

* [http://www.benq.com/products/mobile/ Benq - Mobile Phones Portal]
* [http://www.sr-f.tk Siemens Resources Forum - BenQ-Siemens Tuning Forum]
* [http://www.siemensplanet.com Siemens Planet - BenQ-Siemens mobile fan community]
* [http://www.club-siemens.net/ Club Siemens - Unofficial Siemens community]
* [http://www.siemensxp.com/ SiemensXP - Indonesian Siemens community]