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Bought a E71 - anyone wanna share any experiences?
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Posted by: Moto_VJ

I recently became intrigued by the BenQ-Siemens brand, so I decided to purchase one to see if the phones were any good. I have limited experiences with Siemens, and while the handsets seemed sturdy, they were mostly low-end and so they paled in comparison to what was available from Nokia, Motorola, Samsung etc. The UI software was also awfully structured and very buggy. I stayed away from Siemens for the most part, becoming a loyal Motorola customer.

So out of curiosity, and my desire to give the (now ailing) brand another chance, I bought an BQ-S E71 from GermanMobilePhone.com. It should be arriving in about a week or so. Does anybody who owns this phone want to give me a heads up on what to expect from it? I promise to post up a review once I receive it.

Posted by: devarshi84

very few have the phone as of now. Please let us know your experiences though.

Posted by: Moto_VJ

Hey are you the same devarshi84 from Club-Siemens.net?? I'm xx_surfer1dude_xx over there!

Posted by: thajones

Hey, just got my E71 this week for $220. I love it, the screen is awesome and the GPRS/Edge connectivity is great.

My only problems so far has been buying accessories. Because it's so new, and not even sold in the US (other than Ebay), I had a hard time buying a case for it to protect that lovely casing (Dark Silver); ended up trying a bunch in a mall kiosk before I found one I liked. I had to go to the UK ebay sellers to get a car charger for it, and have not found a spare battery anywhere.

The only thing I don't like about the phone itself is no voice dialing. But it IS updateable firmware-wise, maybe they'll do something about that. I'm sure slowly but surely there will be more options for it. Such is life for an early adopter.

Posted by: Moto_VJ

Hey are you in the US? Where in the world did you find it for $220? Brand new? And was that the total price? I paid $280 for mine, but there was $60 of shipping. I got it from GermanMobilePhone.com through the webshop at Club-Siemens.net. I also have it with T-Mobile and I love it. I'm working on a video review of it but school and work are killing me. Maybe over the weekend.

Posted by: thajones

Yep, in the US. I needed it ASAP since I had NO phone, paid $36 shipping for next-day air, total of $256. Brand spanking new. Here's the seller ....... and here's the auction

Posted by: Moto_VJ

I see... you got it from Simservice. They're in Brooklyn, which explains why your shipping was so much cheaper (and faster). I didn't know about Simservice until after I bought my phone

.. the place I got it from is in Bassum, Germany.

Either way, I thought Simservice only had the black one. Now I know.

Posted by: mitchy_mitch

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Originally Posted by thajones

Yep, in the US. I needed it ASAP since I had NO phone, paid $36 shipping for next-day air, total of $256. Brand spanking new. Here's the seller ....... and here's the auction

You can also try their sister company which is in CDN dollars. http://www.cellulararena.ca/