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The Siemens S65
The Siemens SX1
The Siemens S55
The Siemens M65
The Siemens MT50
The Siemens AX72
The BenQ-Siemens S68
The Siemens M55
The Siemens A52
The Siemens C35
The Siemens MC60
The Siemens A50
Not to be confused with Siemens Mobility.

Siemens Mobile was a mobile phone manufacturer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. Siemens sold Siemens Mobile to the Taiwan-based BenQ in 2005.

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[edit] History

  • 1985 : sell Siemens Mobiltelefon C1
  • 1994 : sell Siemens S1, a GSM phone.
  • 1997 : sell the world first phone with a colour screen, the Siemens S10, with 4 different colours (red, green, blue and white), that could be displayed, and the first "outdoor" phone (the Siemens S10 Active, with enhanced shock, dust and splash protection).
  • 1999 : sell the first slider phone, the Siemens SL10.
  • 2000 : Acquisition of Bosch mobile phone division.
  • 2000 : sell the probably first phone with an MP3 player and external memory card support (MultiMediaCard), the Siemens SL45.
  • 2003 : sell Siemens SX1, the first Siemens phone running Symbian OS. This phone featuring hot swappable MultiMediaCard.
  • 2003 : launch the Xelibri range of fashion phones
  • 2005 : sell the first phone with real GPS support, the Siemens SXG75
  • 2005 : the Taiwanese company BenQ bought Siemens AG's Siemens mobile.
  • 2006 : sell the first models with BenQ-Siemens brand
  • 2006 : the German unit of BenQ filed for bankruptcy.

[edit] BenQ-Siemens

In 2005 the Taiwanese company BenQ acquired the financially bleeding mobile phone subsidiary from Siemens and gained the exclusive right to use Siemens trademark for 5 years. Before transferring the mobile phone subsidiary to BenQ, Siemens invested 250 million euros and wrote down assets amounting to 100 million euros [1]. Siemens also acquired a 2.5% stake in BenQ for 50 million euros. BenQ subsequently released mobile phones under the BenQ-Siemens brand, from its German unit.
In 2006, this German unit filed for bankruptcy.[2][3]

[edit] Phones

[edit] Siemens Mobile Phones

  • Siemens A31
  • Siemens A35
  • Siemens A36
  • Siemens A40
  • Siemens A50
  • Siemens A51
  • Siemens A52: monochrome, GSM 900 / GSM 1800, no GPRS, no USB, IrDA or Bluetooth. [4]
  • Siemens A53
  • Siemens A55: monochrome, GSM 900 / GSM 1800, no GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth. Shares same hardware as C55 and can be upgraded to C55 by firmware flash.
  • Siemens A56: monochrome, GSM 850 / GSM 1900, noGPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth. Shares same hardware as C56 and can be upgraded to C56 by firmware flash.
  • Siemens A56i
  • Siemens A57
  • Siemens A60
  • Siemens A62
  • Siemens A65: CSTN 101x80 display, Triband (900 / 1800 / 1900)
  • Siemens A70
  • Siemens A75
  • Siemens AF51
  • Siemens AP75
  • Siemens AL21: TFT 130x130 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, no camera (same PCB as CF110)
  • Siemens AX72
  • Siemens AX75
  • Siemens C1
  • Siemens C2
  • Siemens C3
  • Siemens C4
  • Siemens C5
  • Siemens C10
  • Siemens C25
  • Siemens C30
  • Siemens C35
  • Siemens C35i
  • Siemens C45
  • Siemens C55
  • Siemens C56: monochrome, GSM 850 / GSM 1900, with GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth.
  • Siemens C60
  • Siemens C61
  • Siemens C62
  • Siemens C65
  • Siemens C66
  • Siemens C70
  • Siemens C72
  • Siemens C75
  • Siemens CC75 (cancelled)
  • Siemens CF62
  • Siemens CF75
  • Siemens CF110: TFT 130x130 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, no camera
  • Siemens CFX65
  • Siemens CL50
  • Siemens CL55
  • Siemens CL75
  • Siemens CX65: TFT 132x176 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, VGA (640 x 480 pixel) camera, IRDA (Based on M65)
  • Siemens CX70: TFT 132x176 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, VGA (640 x 480 pixel) camera, IRDA (Identical hardware to CX65)
  • Siemens CX70 Emoty
  • Siemens CX75
  • Siemens E10
  • Siemens M30
  • Siemens M35
  • Siemens M35i
  • Siemens M45
  • Siemens M50
  • Siemens M55[5]
  • Siemens M56: GSM 850 / GSM 1900 version of M55. Note that it is not triband.
  • Siemens M65
  • Siemens M75
  • Siemens MC60
  • Siemens ME45
  • Siemens ME75
  • Siemens MT50
  • Siemens P1
  • Siemens S1
  • Siemens S3
  • Siemens S3 COM 1995
  • Siemens S4
  • Siemens S6
  • Siemens S10
  • Siemens S15
  • Siemens S25
  • Siemens S35i
  • Siemens S40
  • Siemens S42
  • Siemens S45
  • Siemens S45i
  • Siemens S46
  • Siemens S55
  • Siemens S55 Formula One
  • Siemens S56
  • Siemens S57
  • Siemens S65
  • Siemens S66
  • Siemens S75
  • Siemens SF65
  • Siemens SFG75
  • Siemens SG75 (cancelled)
  • Siemens SK65: TFT 132x176 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, IRDA, Bluetooth, QWERTY keyboard
  • Siemens SK65 Burlwood
  • Siemens SL10: sliding mobile phone with a four-colour screen (Red, Green, Blue and White)
  • Siemens SL42
  • Siemens SL45
  • Siemens SL45i
  • Siemens SL55
  • Siemens SL56
  • Siemens SL65: TFT 130x130 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, VGA (640 x 480 pixel) camera, IRDA, slider form factor
  • Siemens SL75
  • Siemens SP65
  • Siemens ST55
  • Siemens ST60
  • Siemens SX1
  • Siemens SX45
  • Siemens SX56
  • Siemens SX66
  • Siemens SXG75
  • Siemens U10
  • Siemens U15
  • Xelibri X1
  • Xelibri X2
  • Xelibri X3
  • Xelibri X4
  • Xelibri X5
  • Xelibri X6
  • Xelibri X7
  • Xelibri X8

[edit] BenQ-Siemens Mobile Phones

  • BenQ-Siemens A38
  • BenQ-Siemens A58 (cancelled)
  • BenQ-Siemens AL26
  • BenQ-Siemens C52 (not presented)
  • BenQ-Siemens C81
  • BenQ-Siemens CF61
  • BenQ-Siemens CL61 (not presented)
  • BenQ-Siemens CL71
  • BenQ-Siemens E61
  • BenQ-Siemens E71
  • BenQ-Siemens EL71*
  • BenQ-Siemens EF71*
  • BenQ-Siemens EF51
  • BenQ-Siemens E81
  • BenQ-Siemens EF81
  • BenQ-Siemens EF82 (not presented)
  • BenQ-Siemens EF91
  • BenQ-Siemens M81
  • BenQ-Siemens P51*
  • BenQ-Siemens S68
  • BenQ-Siemens S81
  • BenQ-Siemens S88
  • BenQ-Siemens SF71 (not presented)
  • BenQ-Siemens SL80
  • BenQ-Siemens SL91 (cancelled)*
  • BenQ-Siemens SL98 (not presented)

[edit] Cell phone reusage

Cell phones' life is rather short, and hackers often reuse their LCD units Siemens devices are quite diffused and this is a list of their LCD controllers

  • A52-A55 family is controlled with a PCF8812
  • AX72 has a LDS183
  • Siemens CX65,M65,S65 and SK65 have 132x176 pixel resolution with 16 bit definition based on 3 different chips:
  • - If module is called LPH88xxxx the controller is an Hitachi HD66773
  • - Module LS020xxx owns a Sharp device
  • - L2F50 is controlled with an Epson L2F50 chip

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

  • C65 phones have a 130x130 pixel resolution with 16 bit LCD controlled by a Philips PCF8833
  • M55 uses hm17cm4096 - LM15SGFNZ07

[edit] References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Siemens
  1. ^ www.newratings.com: Siemens sells mobile phone unit to BenQ
  2. ^ BenQ Mobile – end of the story for Siemens
  3. ^ Heise Online - The end of BenQ Mobile
  4. ^ Siemens A52 - Full phone specifications
  5. ^ http://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_m55-407.php , http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/siemens/m55.html
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