Siemens SL42

  • Released 2001
    88g, 17mm thickness
    Feature phone
    MMC slot
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  • 1.5"
    101x80 pixels, 7 lines
  • NO
    No video recorder
  •  
  • 540mAh
    Li-Ion

Siemens SL42 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
GPRS No
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2001
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 105 x 46 x 17 mm, 69 cc (4.13 x 1.81 x 0.67 in)
Weight 88 g (3.10 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Monochrome graphic
Size 1.5 inches, 24 x 29 mm, 7.1 cm2 (~14.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 101 x 80 pixels, 7 lines (~86 ppi density)
 Navi key
Memory Card slot MMC, 16 MB included
Phonebook 500, 14 fields each
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
 100 SMS messages
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Monophonic ringtones, composer
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS
Browser WAP 1.1
Clock Yes
Alarm Yes
Games 7
Languages 20
Java No
 MP3 player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Stopwatch
Reminder list
Voice dial
Voice memo (150 min)
User profiles
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 540 mAh battery
Stand-by up to 200 h
Talk time up to 4 h
  Slim Extended
Stand-by up to 350 h
Talk time up to 7 h
Misc Colors

Siemens SL42 - User Reviews

  • One of the best mobiles at the time. Also, it was one of the first with MP3 player ability. Unfortunately, it had no 3.5" jack, and no stereo headphones were bundled with the phone. Soft-modding was very popular, with additions like Java or switching the firmware to SL45i.

  • I think you got better deal ass me. I got this telephone for 300 dollar, becource i need music telephone. Now i now this was a rip off..stil i like my telephone. Best in the market today!!

  • Best GSM phone ... upgrade fubu for SL and you can use MMC up to 1Gb or maybe 2Gb

  • I just bought one of these for 1209$, the guy said me that this is a luxury phone and he gave the special headset for this phone for only 69$ (the real price is 99$ XD). I luv it, and all the people is jelaous of me because of it

  • I have one and I love it so much. In my country there's a club for people who is using this phone. They also mode something else for this phone. I my self made some. It's great phone. Especially the MP3 player function. The sound quality is great. Love it.

  • i love this siemans sl42 and i which i could have money to buy it but unfortunately there is no money to buy it and the most thing i like in it is that of it talk time and phone book capacity

  • This was one of my favourite phones until it began to develop software bugs that would cause the display to fade. Avoid this phone. I was not the only user who had this problem. It has made the phone useless to me. Buyer beware!

  • I think that is the best gsm which i had seen!

  • How do I get the mp3 player working?

  • It is really a cool phone that can be relied on by professionals!!

  • Hello I want pics for mi siemens sl42. If you can to send me i thank you

  • Ilove it .He`s like a friend .

  • waaanderfull

  • sent me the priz of siemens model "SL42" n "c35".

  • The best mobile I ever have.

  • I bought a SL42 but haven't been able to get hold of the SL42 Original Data Exchange Software. Twice I've been sent software for the SL45 which doesn't seem to work. Can anyone help.

  • This phone is user unfriendly, and quickly developes hardware and software problems. Zero reliability, go for a scandanavian phone!

  • Siemens Data Exchange Software doesn't work with my Windows ME. What should I do? Anyway SL42 is great phone!

  • Sl42 is an excellent phone!

  • Hi. I bought the phone 2 weeks ago. It`s a very cool looking phone, a lot of features.... just relaxed!

  • Very good phone.MP3 player,117 minutes Dictaphone,superb display.All for $244. It's really worth it.

  • Fantastic phone! Pros: size, design, MP3, Memory card, Outlook sync, looks... Cons: no HSCSD/GPRS.... I got a SL42e on Orange and added a 64MB MMC and phones for around 1hrs music.... superb. Works as modem with laptop and Handspring (only 9K6 :-( ). Everyone loves this phone!

  • I want to buy sl42, so I got some questions; Is it true that with sl42 I don�t get cable for PC, handsfree and headphones? If that�s true I will rather buy sl45 instead of sl42, with all needed accessories, btw thnx.

  • good phone

  • yes.yesyes.yesyes.yesyes.yyes.yesyes.yeses the siemens sl42 has got an mp3 plaer i hav this fone and i hav loads of music on it os anyone who says it hasint got one then you are wrong i say ur wrong !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!go to www.my-siemens.co.uk and read the info on this fone it will tell every thing you want to know

  • I think the SL42 is on of the best siemens out to day coz it has a mp3 player internet,and good value for moye i hav got this very nice phone BUT if u havint got it GO AND GET NOW!!!!!!!!!

  • How about SL42 and SL45 ?It just the size of MMC 16MBFor SL42 And 32MB for SL45 ,isn't it? Who Know please help me answer this question? Could we use SL45 version for upgrade to SL42?

  • it's a very good phone.i had in the past S6, S9, S10, S25 and now i have sl42, it's the future in greece this mobile. bravo!!!!!!!!! (sorry but my engish knowledges isn't good ..... sorry...)

  • Can you direct to straight to the web site I can buy a multi-media card for the sl42

  • ME again!!!! i transformed the sl42 to sl45i and it works perfectly very good you only need the cable and the software http://216.239.35.120/translate_c?hl=en&u=http:/­/www.siemens-upgrade.de.vu/

  • I heard different stories about the MP3 Player in this phone... so does it have a MP3 player? Many thanks

  • best phone everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • if you want anything about siemens sl42 please e-mail me and ill answer all the questions AND HOW TO PUT JAVA IN SIEMENS SL42

  • i love this phone and i want it!!!what the cheapest price i can get it for on pay as you go??? please help!!

  • I have heard the SL42 may be transformed to SL45i. How to do it?

  • the siemens sl42 is in my opinion, the dogs dangly bits. cheaper than is big brother (the sl45) with all the same spec. as long as you get the stereo headphones the mp3 player works a dream. the mmc (multi media card) is a great way to store data (and so much of it), all i would say is get yourself a larger mmc and a usb mmc reader/writer as the data cable and docking station is a little slow (but still works ok!). so anyone who thinks this phone is a pup needs their head examined, and should get a nokia as they cant apreciate the finer things in life!.

  • how can I compose my own ringer tone on my A35?

  • WARNING: If you need loud ring volume - DON'T GET THIS PHONE. completely hopeless, the volume goes to about 4/10. Can't hear it at a bar/in my bag/in another room, etc, etc. AND YOU CAN'T TRY IT OUT IN THE PHONE STORES! livid. - and i'm stuck with the sucker for two years. swap with me??

  • does anyone know where you can get the MP3 player software for the phone, other then orange accessories hotline??? Please help me!

  • its a gud phone but the bad thing is that you got to buy all the accerisers after you get it

  • verynice

  • SL42 is an excellent phone, the best i've had so far! but the lack of accessories provided is very poor. For example no MP3 accessories.

  • You are wrong guys !!! SL42 does have an mp3 player !!! Yes it DOES !! :)

  • I have a Siemens SL42 and it does have an MP� player! sort your facts out!!!!!

  • LISTEN UP PEOPLE, THIS IS VALUEABLE INFORMATION TO ALL OF YOU WHO WANT A SL42, SL45, SL45i The best deal is get a SL42, it is cheaper than Sl45. You then need to get a MMC READER for about $30 and headphones for about also $30 and a 64 MB MMC for $60 ... all and all you then got a SL45. The Sl42 is the same as the SL45 which means it can be upgraded to a SL45i and it has been done.

  • i have an SL42 and i must say that its a COOL fone. IT HAS AN MP3 for those who think that i doesnt, its just that the pkg of the SL42 doesnt come wid a headset or a datacable unlike the Sl45 and also the MMC that comes wid the SL42 is only 16mb. anyone who can say im WRONG??!!!!!

  • Selling my sl45. FANTASTIC condition. NO SCRATCHES, NO NICKS, CLEAR PLASTIC PROTECTOR STILL STUCK ON SCREEN. comes with accessories + 2 extra batts, additional charger + rare Original Siemens JETCASE.. mail me [email protected] if ya interested.

  • Actually, the SL42 DOES have an MP3 player but it won't work without the Siemens earphones. All that is required to enable this is the Siemens earphones (SL42 is not supplied with earphones) .

  • I purchased an SL42 last week and I can only say one thing....... this is the COOLEST mobile I have ever owned!!! No wonder it was recently voted "Best Mobile Phone". So many features, I'm still learning to use them all !! Go out and get one today....

  • Well, abou the phone I just purchased one the other day and I see that the performance is perfect so far. Unfortunately, theirs only one thing that has really inconvenienced me and that is the fact that I use two sim cards and unfortunately my kid had played around with the setting on the preventing other sim cards and put a password. He finally forgot the password and used up all the three chances and the phone locked up. So I cant put in a different sim card apart from the one that was inside the phone. Please advice on the process we can use to open up the phone now that we have the code that was used before it locked. I need your desparaet help and please inform me on what I can do to egt this problem sorted out. Thanks in Advance, Mike

  • i have heard so many different stories about does the sl 42 have a mp3 player or not could someone please tell me so i can pick between the sl42 and the sl45 thanks

  • This phone does not support MP3.

  • This phone is really cool. Put your own music on and listen. MP3 and stuf like that really great

  • can somebody tell me the price of this handphone, n where can i get it, coz in here, malaysia, they didn't launch this type...thanks anyway

  • i luv all your fones i fink their great and i want a job workin 4 u cos i fink seemans is brilliant. ive got a c25 n i fink it is a baaaaaaaaaaadddddddd fone especially the mp3 player. if possible i wud like a bit more information about everyfing siamens do cos i luv u all n i is gunna call me kid david. David is gonna be a futballer an he is gonna be wicked an it will all be becoz of your shit ot microwaves coz they is getting mi semolina just 2 tha right temperature, wicked man it is bubllin hot just like ow me mam used 2 mak it.booooooommmmmmmmmmm shakalakalakalaklaka booooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!keepin it real on a west yorkshire tip ragga man know wot I is sayin dudehead. what about dat roundabout shit man what tha fuk is that all about me is going around and around dat fucker all daylong man. wow i is so dizzy that i puked my cake n crisps up there was people starin at me an everyfing double bad man real haevy. i is opin u as got as much joy readin this as i as ritin it, ritin it, ritin it, ritin it, ritin it like that. askudjrouifdgbdm lets bo till we drop do we like seemans r they, r they wicked likin it, likin it, likin it poohead

  • don't they have designers anymore? Recycle an old phone and declare it on exhibitions as a new one: bad, Siemens!

  • whats the prise of sl45i

  • It's really look like SL45....