Siemens mobile

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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

Siemens cellular telephones were mobile phones produced by Siemens AG.

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]

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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 buy to Siemens AG Siemens mobile.
  • 2006 : sell the first models with BenQ-Siemens brand
  • 2006 : the German unit filed for bankruptcy.

[edit] Siemens Mobile Phones

These models no longer officially supported. While Siemens maintained them for a time after selling the mobile division to BenQ, at some point the mobile portal, support pages and accessories shop have been removed from the net. Benq hasn't incorporated them in any legacy section.

[edit] BenQ-Siemens Mobile Phones

[edit] References

  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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