BenQ F5

  • Released 2014, September
    135g, 8.5mm thickness
    Android 4.4.2
    16GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 5.0"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 13MP
    Video recorder
  • 2GB RAM
    Snapdragon 400
  • 2520mAh
    Li-Ion

BenQ F5 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600)
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2014, September
Status Available. Released 2014, September
Body Dimensions 143 x 72.8 x 8.5 mm (5.63 x 2.87 x 0.33 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz)
SIM Micro-SIM
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~294 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 16GB 2GB RAM
Main Camera Single 13 MP, AF
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single 2 MP
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 2520 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 550 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 24 h (3G)
Misc Colors Black, White
Price About 100 EUR

BenQ F5 - User Reviews

  • Had this phone for over two years, Good battery life, fairly durable. Screen/controls can activate and change settings during a call, esp if your face is sweaty and you move the phone around for comfort in the heat. After two years of abuse, have finally managed to crack the screen, which brings me to my major gripe; the lack of cases and accessories. The case I was able to buy has done a good job of protection, but an otterbox or similar would have been better, and I probably wouldnt have a cracked screen. Am considering another, more recent Benq, see how value for money stacks up.

  • Just press and hold power and -sound button

  • Where in Mexico did you buy it? I live in Veracruz.

  • how to screenshot this phpne..??

  • Does anyone know where to download Benq F5 custom rom, can't find anywhere on the net. Please help. I've got mine stocked on logo.

  • BenQ F5 is number one for me

  • yes i use benq f5 is good phone

  • I bought this phone 1 month ago and I love it, the camera is amazing, the battery is huge I normally use it for 2 days, good memory, and the best part is the price, 100 dollars in Mexico

  • anyone here have benQ f5 can share thier experience??

  • agreed!!

  • This phone is very good. I like it very much. Just the battery should 4000mh for long lasting. That's the con. The pro is camera 13mp, ram 2 gb wow, and lte 4g option. Good phone with good price. The company should change battery to 4000mh for longer time. I enjoy this phone very much.

  • Great phone, but on third day did a factory reset, phone lost it's IMEI. company support sucks, so think twice before buying this, I might have lost my money here.

  • LTE doesn't work. I checked that my phone company uses band supported by this device, I'm well within LTE coverage area and I have bought access to LTE from my phone company, so the problem must be with this poor quality phone. Don't buy it if you want to use LTE!

  • does this phone really have NFC bcoz i can't fine mine.....

  • i buy only 1 month and screen problem..

  • This runs near "stock" Android and is about as close as you can get to a Nexus/Google Edition smartphone without actually buying one... Or put another way, you're getting the "vanilla" Android experience - Android with only the Google customizations (GMail, YouTube, Play Store, etc...).

  • Well you're not going to get Sony Xperia Z2-performance out of this smartphone... But you can easily get through a "typical" day and even a heavy user would manage to get through most of a working day.

  • It's either volume down+power or volume up+power... I can't remember and I don't have my smartphone handy. One will reset it (power-off and back on only), the other will take a screen-shot...

  • Well, I had a problem with firmware and the company had no desire to soled it. While connecting the phone with PC, one wrong click will disable the menu and the system had to be reinstalled from scratch. My advice it to wait till new phone firmware.

  • Malaysia.

  • Sick.. Just bought this phone. Now im looking for accesories.. Like it. Hoorayy

  • where?

  • Anybody know how to take Screencap with this phone?

  • Today, the price just RM459. Cool hah..

  • I got the white one and the phone is awesome. With the RAM given at 2 GB makes the phone's performance running pretty smooth. The design is fair even a bit old fashioned back to the HTC Era. The game experience, as I tried playing the Line Monopoly which is laggy on the 1st Gen motorola G but pretty smooth and fast on this phone. The hit point of this phone is LTE support for most range. Mine in Thailand is running on 2100 MHz on some operator and it brings my the max speed of 4G!!!

  • whats the sar rating?

  • Best features, smooth touch, best camera, battery quite goods, overall this phone is awesome.

  • This phone is awesome.

  • i just want to know how about battery performance?

  • i'm using this phone for abaout one month. Very good phone and it also support 4G. Very good phone.. I don't know why some people said this phone sucks. If you wanna have very good phone, you can buy other phone from other brand but i'm sure you can't get any better phone than this for phone below RM700.

  • i only find out yesterday..this phone only rm599

  • totally a disaster.just bought it last month.screen , gallery unresponsive,

  • is this phone okay? compared to Moto G?

  • dear scooter, it says gps: yes with a-gps. can you read?

  • can it support gps? i dun find gps function in its spec

  • If only this phone is running near-stock android like the Moto G. I bet this phone can compete with it.

  • welcome back BenQ :) I hated when they joined up with Siemens and call upon their ruin ... I will buy it surely to support BenQ

  • Sorry, my bad. :) ;)

  • 2 gigs of ram

  • What a pleasant surprise I remember BenQ mobiles from childhood. Price is great. If it comes to my country definetely going to buy it

  • He said this does not have Corning Gorilla Glass protection.

  • most ugly UI on the planet! ugh

  • R u kidding? Dnt say you were serious. Which phone provides better display in this range?

  • device is ok but no protection on display

  • only rm799 in Malaysia. wow!!

  • boring design

  • Welcome back BenQ! If it's Siemens technology I will go for it. Goodluck!

  • Price only 2star ?really ?

  • amazing phone and price

  • Look like its gonna make an history time we tell

  • Well come back BenQ:)

  • This is the biggest surprise. I didn't expected this. The price is very very good.

  • BenQ Back to Life Again.....That is Good