BenQ-Siemens EF91

  • Released 2006, February
    100g, 23.5mm thickness
    Feature phone
    32MB storage, microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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  • 2.0"
    240x320 pixels
  • 3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 1000mAh
    Li-Ion

BenQ-Siemens EF91 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 2100
Speed HSPA
Launch Announced 2006, February
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 92 x 46.5 x 23.5 mm, 86 cc (3.62 x 1.83 x 0.93 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 2.0 inches, 30 x 40 mm, 12.4 cm2 (~29.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~200 ppi density)
 Second external 65K colors display, OLED(96 x 64 pixels)
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook Yes, Photo call
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
Internal 32MB
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera Single VGA videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
 3D sound
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 1.2, A2DP
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes + downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 Video telephony
MP3/AAC player
Predictive text input
Voice memo
Stopwatch
Organizer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery
Misc Colors Arctic Silver

BenQ-Siemens EF91 - User Reviews

  • yeah and robust phones ever!

  • Benq-Siemens are still making robust phones.

  • Siemens are the best and robust phones.

  • best

  • good phone ! seriously ! i have one ! no complain whatsoever !

  • the phone is not bad at all! great pictures in day light , great mp3 player and sound , great video recording and nice design! it's a good phone! and the price is better compared to other brands!

  • i am sorry ! the phone is allright , but it dosen't have the option to send data via bluetooth only to receive and to pair with a bluetooth device!otherwise it's working fine! and i bought it in december as a present for my girlfriend!

  • i just bought the phone 3 days ago and it's working well execpt bluetooth,it can recive but cannot send,it pairs with another phone and then bit stops!

  • The phone has good performances but in Serbia people say that this phone isn't good quality.Are they right?

  • today 5 juli 07 I have the EF91 for 3months now, but do not recomend this phone. when i try to go to the sms menu (to read or send an sms) the phone resets it self!!! So i think it must go back to benq for repair. the zoom function from the 3meg camera only works when you chose a low resolution but does not work at 3meg. the video play function is cool in combination with a 2 gb micro sd-card. Unlike the old siemens phones build qualitie, this phone is just like the chinese cars and maybe reach the european build qualitie in the next 10 years. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT !!!!

  • it's a pitty that a phone like this goes unnoticed... oane of the first with 3.2 m pixel, the first with hspda, autofocus, 3d graphic card good resolution... the most probably mistake is that benq-siemens could atract the atention to this phone by a beter and original design

  • kosova, can u post a picture made by ef91, somewhere and give us a link. i'm very curious about it's performances

  • I dont know why people rated it as 7.8 design. I just can say that when you will buy this phone you will rate it 10 design 10 features and 9 performance. And you can use memory from 2 gigabyte in it

  • I dont know why people rated it as 7.8 design. I just can say that when you will buy this phone you will rate it 10 design 10 features and 9 performance. And you can use memory from 2 gigabyte in it

  • is there a good detailed review about the EF91, as i don't know if it's performance is competing other phones like Nokia, Sonyericsson etc.

  • Does anyone know where can i find sample pictures at max resolution (3.2 Mp) ?

  • Great phone, but 1 question: can I use a 2 Gb memory card with it?

  • i have to report this is a disappointing phone. maybe it is due to the lack of support by benq as i cant get my faulty ef91 repaired since. text and sms doesnt work, now micro sd card reader doesnt read any cards. a poor wap browser that has no space key has forced me to download opera mini which works much better. so for everyday use i have gone back to using my reliable, 5 year old siemens m50. shame on you benq-siemens for treating your customers so poorly.

  • when u r reading this dont stop or something bad will happen my name is summer i am 15 years old i have blonde hair , scars no nose or ears i am dead if u dont copy this jus like from the ring copy n post this on 5 more sites or i will appear one creepy night wen ur not expecting it by your bed with a nife and kill u this is no joke summet ing good will happen to u if you post this on 5 more flash boxes

  • I think this phone is awesome...is there anyone who owns this phone around ? anybody knows this phone`s video resolution and fps ?

  • does anyone have user manual for this phone? I bouth this phone without user manual and I would like to have it.

  • hey guys i heard that this phone doesn't hav' fm radio ....in my country(romania,europe) it has ...nevermind ...but it's excelent from the point of view of quality-price...see ya'

  • can you find this in malaysia? it's so nice, kinda like its hiding all its features under the plain cover that's PERFECT for customising! malaysia's all into Nokia and Sony Ericsson, its sick.

  • LOL...laugh...laughter...laugh harder....laugh again....What an innocent,ugly, crappy, cheapy design with great features.

  • Good features, but the look is a backward from EF81 which is having a great two thumbs up look. I think they should considering to cancel this phone, since first thing what many people have in mind to buy a cell phone is the form of the phone then its features, it's the oppostite mind when they are considering to buy a PDA phone. The ideal EF91 for me is the look of EF81, the features of this phone, a quadband (it's a business phone, right!?) plus stereo FM Radio, not to mention upgradable software ;) Cheers, Malique

  • sounds good

  • This phone has great features and a closer look tells me that it doesn't look that bad. In fact it looks better than most clam-shell phones. Can anybody tell me wether this phone will also will be released in Europe (Holland to be precise). Further my compliments to gsm-arena for your great site! Ruud

  • Many countries are full of areas that have EDGE coverage but no 3G. Omitting EDGE is a major flaw.

  • what do u mean by "there is no edge" ? there is HSDPA which is faster 5 times than EDGE you know nothing about mobile phones man !

  • they forgot to add edge quadband and fm radio aside from the bluetooth 1.2.

  • I love to use these kind of phones. and this phone rokes. all the latest fetures. good looks and all great. but bluetooth v1.2 is not good. i m useing my phone to run internet on my pc. and i know this verson of bluetooth is not good. so if the co. person reading this opinion, pls upgrade this verson. i really love to buy this phone.

  • I think this phone is great with a simple and contempory design and the many features it boasts. I can't wait until it comes out SIM free in UK stores and i am sure to purchase this awesome handset. Despite the weaker 1.2 version of bluetooth i think BenQ - Siemens hve done a smooth job on this phone.

  • you cannot compare this to sharp 903 because i think they are not on the same category. we can't say this is a copy of this or that just because of the 3.2 mp camera. hsdpa is really a good technology and i'm looking forward to own an hsdpa phone as well. if i'll be looking for the camera quality i'll go with 903. its cam is great and a lot of phone experts admit that. k800 can compare probably because of its excellent flash. the downside only is it doesn't have optical zoom. it basically depends on your preference. on the other hand if you really do mobile browsing a lot then id say you go for this ef91 cuz hsdpa is extremely fast.

  • thanks for your comments, geekazoid. in case you were all wondering, E=MC2 and PI is equal to 3.1471272324827456282635437348594573462367.

  • High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is a new mobile telephony protocol and is sometimes referred to as a 3.5G technology. In this respect it extends WCDMA in the same way that EV-DO extends CDMA2000. HSDPA provides a smooth evolutionary path for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks allowing for higher data capacity (up to 14.4 Mbit/s in the downlink). It is an evolution of the W-CDMA standard, designed to increase the available data rate by a factor of 5 or more. HSDPA defines a new W-CDMA channel, the high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) that operates in a different way from existing W-CDMA channels, but is only used for downlink communication to the mobile.

  • What is HSPDA? or woteva its called?

  • i hope that this Smart and Globe telecom in philippines supports OTA download of 3G for this phone, it has really amazing HSDPA with an amazing 3.2mp camera too... now i recognized another stunning technology from Benq aside from samsung and sony corporations, for those saying this phone is ugly, is it really ugly? NO! you just cant appreciate other mobile phones unique appearances,,,

  • Does anyone know where I can find a user guide for the Benq-Siemens EF91? Also, can you use the vga camera (for video calling) only for video call or can you take pictures with it as well? Thanks in advance!!!

  • benq siemens is brilliant better than all other mobile companies!!!!!!!!! the phones are easy to use and brilliant graphics and feature! a+

  • @EEEoP This phone dosn't have that German touch coz its a BenQ design. After the merger they came up with all these models which were already in advanced development stage.There are visble differences.

  • mannnnnn! dis mobyl ROKXXX!!

  • OUAOU....! I`m waiting for this phone , I think that with this phone i can watch television ?

  • WOW...!!! 1st phone wit HSDPA... and the funtion of this phone good too...the bad thing is Use Micro SD card...and the Disgine not real good...the good thing is have 3D sound,HSDPA and 3.2MP camera but K800i have Xenon Flash and cyber shoot tecnology on K800i...

  • good inside, bad outside...

  • this phone is made of cheap materials unlike the EF81

  • sorry guys, im not a fan of benQ or sharp. but what do you mean that it is a copyof shap 903?? they have many differences!!!

  • LMAO @ people thinking its a copy of the 903 mainly cause of the 3.2mpx camera, it aint a optical zoom so chill with that copy nonsense besides Sharp are'nt the only company with optical zoom phones also this phone is 3.5G and HSDPA, doe the sharp have that, NO! This must be the HSDPA phone thats coming out on T-mobile as stated on another site. Carl has some good points though, if the RAZR V3x dont migrate to T-mobile, ill wait for this.

  • Good features but too casul look.

  • Overall nice phone but I wonder the UI which looks like of child's drawing.

  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EEEoP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What you are talking about sounds very RACISM. I know everyone has different opinions, but the way how you say is really rude. Why SIEMENS falls? why BENQ rises? why Ericsson falls, and Sony rises? why Philips falls, LG rises? why GM falls, TOYOTA rises? aren't they all manufactured in ASIA?just let you know Germany is not always the best, I would say yes, germany makes good quality of products, but the thing is their phone does not make any profits for them, and why siemens products do not make money for them? dare you say all the products you have are all made in West? If you were not happy with the design of EF91, please don't judge it with races.

  • copy? ..gosh ..its nothing like sharp ..3.2mp camera isnt that rare anymore..

  • i think this phone will be a very very very good phone (i just read about HSDPA and it actually can provide a data transfer speed at 1,6 Mbps!!!) that's amazing.. and it is so compact and small with 3.2 MP camera. Im gonna love this phone eventually.... good work Benq-Siemens.. looking forward for you guys

  • its way smaller than the sharp 903, so why its a copy? because it have a 3.2mpx camera?

  • This phone does not look like a siemens phone or even a german phone !! sorry guys but this is an asian phone and am not into this kind of phones

  • "Stupid BenQ !!! this phone is a photo copy of Sharp 903 the only difference is the design !!! Ultra stupid !!!" it is a joke or you must go to hospital.

  • 3.5G. it is really nice .why "stupid"

  • Stupid BenQ !!! this phone is a photo copy of Sharp 903 the only difference is the design !!! Ultra stupid !!! ======================================== Totally agree , BenQ already killed siemens

  • I like the EF81 more than the EF91 coz of the design and 2mp as a phone cam is enoough for me,but hey this phone rocks!!,just hope it's stable

  • wow i want!!!!!

  • Very nice phone, very good design - I am considering buing it. But why nothing is said about battery life?!?

  • BenQ are going to get the mobiles in Europe get improved so much its going to get mobiles top class models an i have just seen on www.mobile review .com. theres another model coming out soon that looks brilliant an will challenge the nokia N80 i can"t wait to see peoples reviews when the BenQ-siemens mobiles are available an hope they don"t let us down like Siemens have been up to now

  • VIDEO RESOLUTION?? Why doesn't gsmarena.com give video recording resolution for all their phones, that's the most important thing now since 3.2 or 5 or 8 megapixels doesn't matter any more. It's unbelievable, some phones have qcif resolution, others are literally 16 times bigger and twice as fast, or 32 times better video, which is VGA resolution at 30 fps or TV or DVD quality. Everything else is terrible, and will STAY TERRIBLE as long as nobody gives any notice to phones that come out with good video. And gsmarena and every other spec sheet on camera phones thinks it's more important to talk about everything EXCEPT video resolution??

  • LOL It's like saying that every 1.3 Mpx, Bluetooth enabled MP3 phone is a copy of Samsung, or Nokia, or Motorola... whatever. They are going to be SO many models with same features, as there are so many similar models now. BTW: Nothing compares to the V903SH as yet, give this baby optical zoom and we'll talk. Skater42

  • very good yes

  • pictures

  • sharp 903 isn't pocketable, doesn';t have external screen, doesn't support HSDPA, and doesn't have bluetooth 1.2 (only 1.1) ...so how is it a copy of sharp 903?

  • I like it

  • I don't know why people keep comparing all the new 3.2MP cam fones 2 the sharp 903? for a start it's huge and way too expensive and on top of that you can only get it on vodafone! with more fones like this coming to the market a lot of people can afford a 3.2MP fone on their own network and not feel as if they'r carrying a small child in their pocket!

  • Is it a photo copy of Sharp 903?? I don't think so! It's really a nice phone.

  • Stupid BenQ !!! this phone is a photo copy of Sharp 903 the only difference is the design !!! Ultra stupid !!!

  • Nice phone!!!! can't wait till it comes out!

  • @ANDY ===== I'm sorry to say, but Sony Ericsson's & BenQ's "AutoFocus" won't do much unless lenses can actually move. Its the same crap like Digital Zoom, how can you focus with "imaginary" pixels? The lense is still and has only ONE focus, the rest is digitally calculated and interpolated to say the least. The SHARP 902 & 903 have incorporated Optical Zoom & real Autofocus by making 5 lenses that could shift. This is real optical zoom, very similar to modern slim-line digital cameras. Other than that I'm VERY IMPRESSED with this model as I expected HSDPA models to be much bigger!!!! Well done! Skater42

  • great* functions. average looking design. if only they have a similiar one that looks like EF81 and has the same functions. ^^ just asking, what would the price range be like?

  • Looks very cool & nice look forward to buy one....

  • really cooooooool!!!!!!!!

  • This mobile will make the other like Nokia an Motorola an Samsung realise we want top Quality camera mobiles in Europe with Auto-Focus on them.Sony Ericsson showed them up now BenQ will make them add this functions on there cameras or they will lose out to these two easily.Nokias cameras have been rubbish for so long they will PANIC!

  • Wow, great features BenQ-Siemens doing well.

  • what is hsdpa???

  • Wow 1st 3.5g gsm phone with 3.2mp camera with auto focus. Nice!!

  • No more complain about camera guys. Its 3.2MP..cheers!

  • it is very very good telephone !!!!!!!!