Siemens SL75

Siemens SL75 Specification & Features

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Display	Type	TFT
	Size	132px X 176px
	Colors	262144
	2nd Display
Camera	Type	1.3 MP
	Zoom	5
	Flash
	Video
Organiser	Alarm
	Calculator
	Calender
	Predictive Text	T9
	PC Sync
	Speaker Phone
	Voice
Messaging	SMS
	MMS
	EMS
	IM
	Email	SMTP, POP3
Multimedia	Java	MIDP 2.0
	Ringtones	Polyphonic, mp3, aac, aac+, aac++
	Music Playback	mp3, aac, aac+, aac++, real audio 8
	Video Playback	mpeg4, h.263, Real video 8
Connectivity	GPRS	Classs 10
	EDGE	Class 10
	WAP	2
	Cable	USB
	Infrared
	Bluetooth
	Wifi
Extra	Radio
	Touch Screen
	QWERTY
	Others	Video ringtones, 3D Java engine, 3D phone pilot, speaker dependent voice recognition.

Siemens SL75 Review

The handset is one of the best in its class considering the design, mechanics and keypad quality. At the same time the screen is rather middling. Considering the software, we find a logical continuation of traditionally strong Siemens' points like the phonebook, organizer, and added unusual and quite pleasant functions. A set of preinstalled functions is very wide, which forms a great advantage also. Unfortunately, minuses are obvious - traditionally unstable software, which developers will probably improve at least within a year, because it is new. The current problems vary greatly, and even during the first hour of dealing with the handset I managed to find about a dozen of trifles and serious drawbacks. For instance, after dialing a number I spoke on using the headset well, but at incoming calls the device kept on vibrating even after I answered the call on the headset. So I had to remove the battery. When you send files to an unauthorized device, you are asked to enter the auth code; however the window is instantly replaced with a load indicator. Certainly you can't start loading without the code, which is logical. During a call, the sound is not transferred to the headset automatically, to tell the truth, I failed to understand the implication of this. Averagely transferring a 5MB file will take about 10 minutes. Data download over the air or using a cable is a real torment, this is awfully slowly. But note that "data" does not mean applications; they can be downloaded only via wap. Generally, it's a thankless thing to describe all S75/SL75's problems, and the list now contains more than 150 items. These problems are partly improved in the 13th version of software, for instance, a user's photo at a call is shown in normal proportion, but its size got much less, which seems a mockery. Bear in mind that there are no examples when Siemens' programmers corrected mistakes fast. The best result belongs to the 65th series - it took a little more than a year. In a year models became relatively stable and many problems went away. However now in a situation when the platform is new and the company takes part in this race of launching as many new phones on new platforms as possible, it becomes clear that too little power will be given to necessary development of existing products. That means users will have to solve their problems by themselves. Now Siemens SL75 costs 420-430 USD, which makes the model uninteresting. It will have moderate demand first because Siemens constantly loses loyal customers, and second due to unclear promotion. In particular, a TV advertisement resembles Motorola PEBL too much. However the conclusion which questioned people made is completely opposite to the efforts, which Siemens' marketing specialists obtained. In fact, people start thinking about the rival product.

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