BenQ-Siemens EF61

  • Released 2006, July
    99g, 23mm thickness
    Feature phone
    1.5MB storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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    128x160 pixels
  • 1.3MP
    No video recorder
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  • 750mAh
    Li-Ion

BenQ-Siemens EF61 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2006, July
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 88 x 46 x 23 mm (3.46 x 1.81 x 0.91 in)
Weight 99 g (3.49 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size
Resolution 128 x 160 pixels
 Second external CSTN, 4096 colors display (96 x 64 pixels)
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook Yes, Photo call
Call records 100 dialed, 100 received, 100 missed calls
Internal 1.5MB
Main Camera Single 1.3 MP
Video No
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
 3D surround sound
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
GPS No
Radio No
USB 1.1
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 MP3/AAC/WMA player
Photo editor
Predictive text input
Voice memo
Stopwatch
Organizer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 750 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 225 h
Talk time Up to 3 h
Misc Colors Whisper

BenQ-Siemens EF61 - User Reviews

  • this hand is not good because when the charger is stopped it doesn't charging again with his cable..

  • i used to have this phone but the charger stopped fitting in the phone it was hard to get in because the metal inside and bent

  • it does have FM radio !!! i have a benq-siemens ef61 and it has FM Radio. Why they said it has not?!

  • Very dissappointing

  • It's a pretty phone but there's so little function. Especially, picture quality when take photo is not very good.

  • Why does BenQ-Siemens haven't got FM radio?

  • It's a stupid phone. I'm disapointed.

  • signeal probls,

  • I can't get this phone to do predictive texting,can anyone help.

  • Is there any way I can get the battery to last longer.

  • wat do u do if ur headset dowsnt work n how do u fix it? :)

  • i find the phone fine my battery lasta week i can connect tothe computer easy and myradioworks but i payed �125 for it it was worth it.

  • hi to fellow phone users i have had my phone for aleast two years now ,and now the hand set justs seems to have a mind of its own. it tends to stick when turned off a while it is like it's possessed.

  • it is amazing last me 2 whole years getting new one cause lost charger but fantastic phone deffintly reccomend xxxxxxx

  • Hi, I've mislaid my instruction book for my Benq-Siemens phone. Does anyone know where or how I can download a copy? - Thanks, Libby

  • Hey this is my phone. I love it so so much, i'ts unique and everything about is of good quality. I have it with me now and the only I have left to adjust to it is the microSD and after that it's good to go.

  • I love too much this phone. According to me it's the best of Siemens.

  • hey.. my fone too..when i use the camera its says operation abnormal.. but i fix it....just format the micro sd...but before that.. save the pictures and songs on your computer first.. so u can get it back,..

  • hey... my fone too... when i use the camera it says operation abnormal.. and i fix it... just format the micro sd.. then it will work again

  • i've had this fone for about 2 years now and have had no problems with it...I am even going to buy another micro sd card so i can use the mp3 player more effectively.....n put more songs on it! :) very occasionly when im on wap it crashes but i think that is due to lack of memory n believe that my new mico sd will help the blue on the back cover has started to wear out slightly but what would you expect from 2 years worth of use?

  • As Eloise Said, My Camera Has Stopped Working And Now Says "Operation Ab-Normal Please Re-Try" Is There Any Way To Fix This ?

  • I was taking picture and the camera suddenly stoped working and it said operation adnormal retry what can i do to make my phone work

  • Awful contraption !! after fully charging , I am lucky to get 2 hours (without talk)before it runs out of power

  • Yeah I think it is, I got it quite a while ago. I like the design, I just can't find the other bit to the charger!

  • Does anyone knows why the radio doesn't work??

  • my mom give me a this phone.... 1 month ago.... i wish my mom doesn't give me this kind of phone becaus..it doesNT HAVE A VIDEO... and when i didnt turn this off in the night even if its full charge... in the morning it battery low and i dont know why... i erase the games in my cellphone because its not challenging and nonsense........ i wish my mom will buy me another cellphone...my friends here in the philippines always says its cute but i dont want this phone...

  • it looks really nice but every one keeps saying its really bad! is it really as bad as it sounds?please answer to ninnyface!

  • really cool i luv it!

  • mi mum had this phone nd i HATE it..... the memory is rubbish, its very bolky, the buttons are horrible..... nd it stops workin after a few months. PLZ DONT BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • In fact, the ef61 is a big mistake from siemens. d radio doesn't work, battery life is poor, headphone & charger didn't last long. in fact i conclude, this is d worst phone i have ever laid my hands on. PLS DO NOT BUY & if u already have one, find a way 2 dispose it or just throw it away & forget u ever used it.

  • Hi ruth to delete recordings go to menu, media center, music, recording, option, delete

  • Hi, can anyone please tell me where i can down load the user manual for this phone? i just brought one and it didnt come with it. also can you down load the soft ware from any were? thanks

  • if warning message "operation abnormal please re-try" appears after shooting picture, just connect the phone to the computer, then format the memory card using windows. after format finishes, disconnect the phone from computer, then format the memory card again using the phone. my phone works well again after it.

  • man, i've regreted why i bot the phone every time i see it coz apart from the looks the features it promises r not there, no fm radio, video and u need the microsd for camera , mp3 player!!

  • how i install games on microsd, not on phone memory ? :|

  • yes, i have one too and i bought a 1gb card slot and it works. try to switch off the phone and then turn on. at the beginning it cant see the card but after i switched off and turn on, it works!! try that!!

  • Does this phone support 1GB microSD as it is posted on ? I tried with 1GB card and it can't see the flash.

  • i bought the phone for my daughters birthday she loved it then, 2months later it switched itself off never came back on iv rung siemens there basically not interested would not recommend this phone at all sorry.

  • i have no complaints about the phone but can someone tell me why it switches itself on in the eveneing resulting in a rundown battery in the morning????

  • I have had this phone for a year, its good but very slow not much memory and keeps freezing! the whole screen has gone white,it has all my important numbers on. Does anyone know how to get it working agen??

  • i got this phone last decem,ber and i have had trouble ever since! the memory card went up the shoot and then the headphones and i cant find anyone who is selling just the headphones i want a new phone and cant get one until 2009! :( if you get this phone but the three year garantee otherwise you will be stuck with a faulty phone!

  • well...when i got this phone it was perfect gorgeous phone for a girl,very stylish case,and matching sky blue earphones, mirror is great, bluetooths good, cameras quite clear, cool screensavers tht come with it and stuff like that so overall a good phone but it has a few bad points but nothing major,... the blue paint chips soo easily!, it comes with no games apart from beauty tips but that is noo way to do with games is it?...i got bored with it soo easily though! but overall i do recomend it to a not so clumbsey person like me who drops it causeing it to chip the paint! :]]

  • Well... I got this phone for my 13th birthday which was 1 year ago and at first i loved it! The girly design was totally my style and the mirror was perfect as i was quite vain... About two months later I experienced my first round of difficulties: The phone kept turning off when i tried to change the theme and then the mirror kept randomly turning on when i was in the middle of texting or something... then around 5 months after that my memory card just stopped working and my phone was going crazy!! (But that was probably because i spilled water on it) and now im gettin a new phone coz i recently lost that one... I would recommend this phone to carful people. hehe

  • Mika I thought that as well just click any key and the screen will pop up again. Do not worry but it is a pain!

  • I am sorry to say that this is the worst phone ever! If you want a decent phone to do lots of things on it then this is certainly not the phone for you! The camera is rubbish, no games, you can only save the maximum of 8 or 9 texts and the memory is not very good. I ave had this phone since May and I really don't like it! DO NOT BUY!! Also the text alerts aren't good. If you just want to send and recieve calls and texts then this is proabably an okay phone but if you want to use it for any more than that then DO NOT BUY!!! Hope it helps x

  • i have this phone, for some reason, when i'm doing something or other or making a call, the screen goes transparent and i cannot see a thing.... im trying to fix this but i dont know how does anyone else have this problem??

  • I got this phone just over a year ago, and at first was very happy with it. It has an MP� player, 1.3 MP camera, besides other features. At first I really liked the mirrored screen, but this makes it very difficult to see the screen in sunlight. The battery life has always been very poor, having to charge it every night, but now, it is even worse. This did not really bother me as I just charged it whilst I sleapt, but now it does not always charge, even when the charger has been fully plugged in. Another thing, if, on the rare occasions it does fully charge, a message pops up on the screen "Charge Complete." Fair enough, but this then does not let the phone do anything else (eg. alarm going off) until you have pressed ok. This creates a slight problem, and many mornings I have had to rely on something else waking me up. However, it is a nice little phone, with some good features.

  • i tink is very goooooooood abd i tinc is veri performant:>:>:>:>: ia love it

  • i got this fone for christmas last year,and i really did like it-it was quirky,original,and just pretty sweet. however today i decided enough was enough,and iv agreed to exchange it(it was still within its one year warranty)after months of being unable to read the screen in natural light,it going through phases of switching itself off,the camera failing to take pictures due to an "abnormal operation"being performed(?!),the memory card cutting out every so often and basically it just not being that reliable. i must admit im quite sad to be getting rid of this fone,but i cudnt put up with all its malfunctions.

  • Bought one of these phones for a friend as birthday present and she loves it, no problems, and very easy to use. However bought same phone for myself and battery does not hold it's charge very rarely used by me (old lady) but charging every other day.

  • i think this phone is not very good coz i only had it for 2 months and then something went wrong with the charger. i really didn't like it, and do not recomend it!!!!!

  • If this EF61 was bought in the UK it would have been supplied with standard headphones. To use the radio you need to buy special headphones which has the radio parts built in. Unfortunatly, difficult to find in the UK. Try eBay.

  • For Kate. The blue cable which is used to charge the phone can be disconnected from the black plug. The standard USB can then be connected to your computer. Firstly, you should load the CD onto your computer [it comes with the phone] - this is mobile phone manager software, for moving music etc.

  • Don't buy this phone. The radio doesn't work. The battery life is appaling. I have full charge in the mornings and by evening it's totally flat again even if I haven't used it. I only text on it I don't ring out. Also it does freeze and you can't always see who's calling as the display goes off! Wouldn't recommend it at all.

  • can anyone tell me how to connect this phone to computer to put music on it thanks kate

  • this phone is absolutlely rubbish i had mine from woolworths and in january it kept going off so we sent it back to the seimans company and i had it back in july 6 months to fix and in the end mine was not fixed it left with the same problem and came back with the same problem...

  • What do you do when you are in a different country and it comes up with "change time sync zone" what do you do? I clicked yes and it kept on changing the time and date every day. But I think that it is a brilliant phone.

  • I am so sorry I am wasting your time again but the actal phone is fantastic it's the best �30 pounds my parents ever spent on me From yet again Daisy

  • I may be 9 but I have this phone and I rate it 10 for everything and I feel sorry for you if you get horrible emails any way thank you for taking your time to read this email from Daisy

  • I got this phone it was really good had everything i needed, mp3 bluetooth camera and it even came with all the cables so i could load them onto the computer but i got it a tiny bit wet and it broke!! :( xxx

  • I've had this phone for 2 years now. It's never caused me any problems at all. It's a cute phone and it has the basics of all modern appliances. The camera phone might not be the best but it is good for what it was worth when it was released. Sometimes when clicking through my files, it does take a few seconds. But that's because the phone is pretty much worn out. I would recommend this phone, because I've never had any problems with it and the phone is cute, small and nice.

  • I bought two phones as presents to wife and daughter. My wife loves the phoe for it beauty, low weight, quality of sound, and picture. Of late the camera just popos up photographing at random and therefore interfering with receipt of calls. What is the matter? Please help. Sylvester

  • Received this phone for xmas 2006 - BRILLIANT - no problems at all and I've never had to put credit on it !!! it's a PAYG.

  • do not buy this phone.ibrought this as apresent for my daughter for xmas was faulty and had to send it back to ben siemens that was 5 months ago & no 1 seems to now what has happened to the phone although it was sent recorded delivery. couldnt get radio to work , kept saying plug haedset in althoug they already were. this is the worse phone ive seen , no wonder theyve gone into liquidation.

  • Hello,i been using this phone for the past 2month and still i can't use the radio it tells me 'headset not ready' even if the headset is fixed in.Apart from that i think i love the sound speaker phone.

  • does anyone know how to stop "operation abnormal" coming up when u take a picture...it all worked before.

  • i think dis fone is nice and pretty but everything is really slow but for only �30 wat can you expect

  • Phone freezes alot. Very slow texting you have to wait for the phone to catch up with you. Very pretty, but terrible, tbh.

  • Not impressed unable to use mp3 player since i bought it would change it if i could afford another one no customer care at all CRAP

  • Not impressed unable to use mp3 player since i bought it would change it if i could aford another one no customer care at all

  • I bought this phone for my daughter for xmas and the phone has stop charging i sent it of to have it repaired, i was told that the charger block no longer works but it canot be fixed as BenQ has gone into liquidation so no repairs or parts available anymore....do not buy this phone crap!!!!!

  • Hello! My mum has one of these & whenever she tries to send an mms to anyone it just keeps saying memory low, memory is not low tho! When u go to memory status there is about 98% free!! Has anyone else had this problem with this fone? If so is it fixable? What did u do?! We dunno what to do with it!! Also, yeah the mirror has a mind of its own!! Thanx in advance to anyone who can help!!

  • i have just ordered this phone and im not sure i want it now because it seems really bad. the place i bought the phone from dont let me refund and my mum would kill me because i was begging her to buy this phone for months!!! i bought it for �30 on speed auction tv. what should i do?

  • I ave this phone and I do not not know how to delete recordings on it! can some one help me!!!

  • i got this phone in september and now it is april and it crashed on me and wont turn back on also it needs charging everyday. I agree with the fact that in daylight you cant read the screen when someone rings me they cant hear me because the reception on this phone is soo poor dont but it i used to love it but now im getting a new phone because this has so many faults

  • i got this phone for x-mass & it broke in march had trouble with receiving txts wiped music clear finaly got another fone from virgin vk4000

  • Help, How do setup JAR applications, games into CF61, please ?

  • my friend had this fone and it sucks! it doesn't have any good things on it and it broke in 2 months! :|

  • I was thinking of getting this phone from woolworths, but it seems like everyone is cutting in down so am abit 50-50 on the situation. I have bought a phone from woolworths before which was the samsung s401i and I completely hate it. I have serched this cell phone and it says that it has video but many people have said other wise. The most important thing is... does it set mp3`s as ringtones, thats may main concern because I cant do that on the phone I have now. If there are any other downfalls about the phone or even good things about it I would really like to know.

  • I had this phone for xmas i totaly agree the radio doesnt work, theres no video, it has really short battery life, i cant get songs on my mp3, i cant change my ringtone and twice it has completely wiped off all my photos recordings and songs, it has frozen on me too and you cant see it in daylight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AGXXXX

  • elp me please i wnt dis fone but all uv sed is that its rubbish but it seems really gd value i cnt belive it dnt have video dus any1s haV videois it any gd please say yes it lks lush

  • Hi paul Although i no longer have the phone, i encountered the same problem with it before it completely broke down on me. When i contacted the customer services helpline about the "operation abnormal" messgae with the camera they told me to take out the memory card and buy a new one. true this will make the camer function properly again but this will only last a month at the most before it breaks again. You are better off getting a new phone, trust me.

  • Message in response to XX's Hi I've encountered the same problem with my Siemenns EF61 when taking photos i.e. "Operation Abnormal - Please re-try". Did you manage to find out the reason and more importantly, how to fix this problem. Your response will be greatly appreciated Thanks Paul

  • My Mia is absolutely fabulous. The only thing that lets the phone down is that new words added to the T9 dictionary do not stay in the phone when you turn the phone off so you have to enter them again when creating an sms or mms. Only answer would be to leave the phone on forever and keep charging it. Otherwise i give the phone a thumbs up for reliability.

  • I got this phone as a birthday present in december 2006 and by february 2007 it was broken. the problems i had with the phone again regarded the phone losing connection with the additional MicroSD card. I had major problems with returning the phone but finally won my case against the siemens customer services line and was granted a full refund by woolworths. as a warning to mobile phone users across the globe- FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!! it will cause you nothing but stress and anxiety. I am now searching for a new phone so if anyone has any recommendations i would be most grateful. Thankyou Leanne aged 15

  • I have this phone and think it's great as i won it in a raffle. i do agree about the battrey life and that you can't see the screen in sunlight, just lucky i live in the uk. i did try and put bigger memory in it but have had notning but problems as it says not existed. any ideas how i sort this out.

  • this phone is so nice, but now i cant even accept incoming calls without it cutting out. (if anyone knows how to fix this problem, could you please let me know via email & also does anyone know where you can get any technical support for this thing and how you can get the syncroniser to work with it)i am getting fed up with it. you cant see the screen in daylight, the theme cant be changed without the phone resetting itself, it needs charging everyday, you cant get your own sms messege tones, and it has no video, even though it was clearly stated in the features. i look around for this phone now, and its gone and although i know it is a special edition phone, there should be something on it that i can find to help me with my problems. The benq seimens website were not helpful as all they sent me was a phone number to call them, when they could've answered all my questions in my email. altogether, this phone is pretty bad and im hoping to change it.

  • i love it,but how do you get the radio to work???

  • is it really not very good then cause i was going to get it for my birthday????

  • i got this phone in september and now it is april and it crashed on me and wont turn back on also it needs charging everyday. I agree with the fact that in daylight you cant read the screen but as many faults as it may have i still love it

  • I have to agree with the previous post. I have had my EF61 for months too and I hate it! I am not able to send/recieve mms as it isn't supported by T-Mobile. The FM radio/ MP3 player it boasts require a special headset (not the one supplied). I could go on and on. Worst phone I ever had and a complete waste of maney.

  • I got this 4 xmas and its soooooo rubbish!!! Never had a phone thats worse than this one. Battery needs charging every day!! Signal is almost non existing. Cannot see a thing on the screen in daylight!!! SHAME ON YOU BENQ SIEMENS!!!!!!!!!

  • My phone is amazing BUT when i play anything on the MP3 it just turns itself of and resets and then loses the background! Also cos im a moblie freak and use it loads its getting worse and now you cant get the memory and have to switch it on and off. i did get a new memory which is a gigabite but when i put the old one in it doesn't work at all and the memory just doesn't work. SUM1 please help!

  • i broke me motorola l6 fone, so got this for 50 quid which is reasinable. i was however disappointed as i was mislead as woolies specified it had 1.3 mp camera and in small txt with video and zoom. it didnt have video!!! and i was so disappointed coz i never got to film anything from crufts where i was going to the following day. otherwise, its great. might swap for a sagem my501c instead which is worth the same but has video too.

  • i got this phone for christmas i love it. but i can't get the fm radio to work,plus i cant get any songs on my mp3 player.or yes plus my bluetooth does't work.can any one help.

  • I wnt dis phone it only costs �24.99 and i just wnt 2 kno ik it is worth it?

  • this phone is lush, but i cant send or recieve picture messages, i cant use my blue tooth and i cant listento the radio as it says the handset not ready please can someone help me ive had it for months now and its starting to annoy me, ive already taken it back to get fixed by car phone warehouse and it came back worse as now none of the above are working and the mirror button doesnt work either.

  • i got this phone for my birthday. i am really annoyed, aswell as disapointed because i cant seem to change the theme without the phone switching itself off. it also doesnt seem to connect to the software that it came with and i cannot find the radio headphones that i need. apparently, this isnt even in the uk...i have emailed the benq company with these issues and if there is anything there that i can help anyone else with i will. but overall this phone i good, but , there are just so many problems....

  • love the phone very much. But am unable to conect to bluetooth and i dont knoe why.

  • Three months after i got this phone the time and date stopped working, it's completly frozen and the time keeps reseting to 07:00. Also i can't change the theme to mystical purple case' when i try to the phone swithches itself off. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND the radio doesn't work either it says headset not ready. And i find the battery life really short. Anyone have any advice for these problems.

  • I got this phone for crimbo and i love it!! The only problem is it doesnt take videos and i dnt know how yo work the radio but appart from them this phone is WIKID!! My addvise 4 any1 is... BUY THIS PHONE!!

  • I Lyk The fone ... Bhut Cn You Take Videos ? And My BLueTooth isnt Working Can you Help ?

  • when i try and take a picture it says abnormal operation please try again

  • how can u dout dis fone it wikid but.....does anyone no if you can lock the fone.

  • Hey, I'm thinking of buying this phone, so can anyone please tell me a website which I can buy it from, but please only pages that ship products worldwide, oh, and I want a new one, not a used one.

  • hi ive got this phone it seems to be ok with me but im trying to locate the APN code for it so my computer can detect the phone so i can then download straight to my phone HELP!!!!!!!!! there seems to be no website to look up these things like this

  • I bought this mobile and I am very disappointed. This mobile doesn't support T-mobile, so I can't MMS and have problems with camera. It takes picture when I have it in my handbag and sometimes keys don't work. I think I will send it back. Does someone know if I can lock the camera?

  • well to be fair i got it for today for chrimbo, im very disappointed, i cant get my bluetooth to work and i cant put photos on to it cos of the format or something very very bad choice for me but it is pretty !!

  • Hi I am considering purchasing this phone, but I can't seem to find anywhere on the spec whether it has a Record Video function, or a radio does the phone have any of these?

  • Hi there seems to bve a problem with my phone. Everythime i take a photo or try and do a video it keeps coming up with "abnormal please retry again" and when i do it comes up with it again plz tell me how i can solve this problem

  • hi i brought this phone but couldn't send picture messages so i rang t-mobile and dint have the setting so went to web site got the settings for wap but not mms so my boyfriend tried to send me some pictures and could receive then so on that note i went back to t-mobile web site and tried a different setting for the cl71 model and tried again to sebd a picture message and it worked so then went to the mms settings on the phone and changed to picture messaging and then it to the wap and chaned settings to picture messaging on that but checked the options and made sure the nap setting was on t-mobile gprs and it worked.

  • I love my new phone, except that I don't seem to be able to find any downloadable games for it and the FM radio doesn't seem to work with the provided headset.

  • i think this phone is great you can have mp3s as your ringtones coz ive set my mp3 as my ringtones... but where can you get cases for them as ive look everywhere for one.have they start to make them yet can anyone tell me please

  • I'v had this phone for a few months now and i'm quite pleased with it and YES you can use mp3s as ringtones. The battery life is not great but acceptable. It can be a bit slow and takes a bit of thinking time to do things. anyone else found this?? Other than that i'm happy and would recommend if you're after a girly phone rather than a usual black square phone. Q - does anyone know where to get an in-car charger that actually fits?

  • so is the phone good or not, because I would not spent my money for a phone which doesn't work good and this one looks very pretty

  • brought my phone, great but unfortunalty t-mobile don't have the settings yet for picture messaging. bit disappointing. check before buy!

  • well my fones great but my video isnt workin , because my friend sent me one and it didnt work

  • I've got this phone at the moment, And it's great! Love it to bits!! x

  • how many songs can the mp3 hold on this phone anyone please???? thanks

  • The good things about this phone are, well the colour is soo cute, speakers no bad about that, soo cool camara yo! not so good things are well i like games and theres only 1 games, not enough, and my messages and texts are so dear!

  • Im sorry but I've had this phone and it is faulty. I've had only problems with it, being in and out of repairs constantly. Not a choice I would make. Jen

  • this phone is ok it had bad batt life nowhere near as good as the samsung e330 has a funny smell

  • My boyfriend just bought me this phone for my birthday and it was a really good buy. I havent manages to work out how to use the FM Radio yet but i am working on it also i wasnt to pleased about the lasting time of the battery as it doesnt seem to last that long but its something to work around. Answering a previous email.. yes you can put mp3's as ringtones

  • Well,it works for me.Pretty,feminine and the envy of my friends,especialy the dangley charm that came with it.I have not purchased a new mobile in years, but this caught my eye. Pleased with it,a big yes. Simple and easy to use, as well as looking good.Still finding my way round it and having to ask my 17yr old son to show me how to download tunes etc from the internet.May-be i'm easily pleased but the battery life seems to last for the time advertised.I do texted more than i talk though.EF61 gets my vote.

  • i too cant get fm radio to work? wondering if i need to buy differnt headset to enable fm radio? any suggestions

  • I think that this phone is wicked! It's sooooo pretty!!! I really want it for christmas. It doesn't have a radio does it?

  • can anyone who has this phone tell me if this phone supports video playback and in what format?

  • sorry i posted the last one and it has a few spelling mistakes: This phone is going to be my christmas present, its amazing in my opinion and i can't wait to get it! its the prettiest phone i have ever seen and if you don't like it- stop complaining and just don'y buy! Will you all stop pursuading others not to buy it because i can asure everyone that they will love it when they have bought it! SO PLEASE EVERYONE, BUY IT! xxxxx

  • Can't get my headphones to connect to the FM radio for some reason. Any suggestions?

  • I just got it its a pretty phone and has all the features on it! overall i think it is good but not great!!

  • i think its a good design and i think it should be quite succesful. im considerin buyin it and dont no whether to or not bcoz some people sed its good and others said its crap. i probably will get it tho

  • Just to let people know, I emailed Benq-Siemens about this phone as I was thinking of getting it but I wanted to double check the mp3 ringtones bit. Well they replied and told me you can't use mp3s as ringtones.

  • Do not compare it with Poppy 1. This one will have much better SW and HW and will still not be as successful as Poppy 1 was.

  • i work in a mobile phone retailer and knew how pop the poppy was. this shud be even more so

  • The original CL75 was made by Quanta, and this EF61 is made by benq. Just wait and you will see the bombs from benq-siemens that are to appear.

  • its so true, siemens dont have a clue what they are doing anymore, they never really did , part form when they produced the sl55 and 65 they were good for the time, thats bout it.

  • for a mid class phone its ok and have the features i want like memory card and mp3player and 1.3 megapix camera!

  • At last! B/S have finally brought out a replacemnt to the Poppy! A massive selling phone that was a much prefered option to the pink V3 for a lot of 'older' girls.

  • I think the price is gonna be good compared to features... However, i agree that Siemens is going down deeper and deeper...

  • Siemens is going down deeper and deeper.

  • I don't know what's with BenQ-Siemens, this phone is almost a duplicate of old Siemens CL75 which didn't succeed at all.

  • THis phone is ugllyyyyyy but differert :] so its prutty good

  • why so bad display 256K in 128x160, who will see difference between 65k ? its bad for battery. bad choose of display's resolution :/ overally ok.