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Siemens SL65 ESCADA mobile phone review
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 Siemens SL65 ESCADA is announced in 2004
Design
The classic style of Siemens design in areas of shape, colour and design, weighing in at 94 g and measuring 0 x 0 x 0 mm, the SL65 ESCADA is petite and relatively lightweight. A perfectly adequate 65,000-color display is bright and crisp, and is a far step above the dim 4096-color versions on even the most recent Siemens models.The display resolution 130 x 130 pixel ideal for small and smart phone.
The left side of the unit holds a spacious volume rocker, while on the other side we find a dedicated camera button.There is nice LEDs which notify users of new messages, active network and missed calls. This is not common for all Siemens handsets and is not necessary to pick up and activate the device to see whether any alerts are waiting.
Ergonomics
The SL65 ESCADA lies well in ones hand.While the big display a numerical keypad placed on a small space offers appropriately-spaced keys and are not pleasantly comfortable in use.Sporting a simple and user friendly menu in style with other recent Siemens handsets.The plastic keypad has good placed keys, with the shrunken center keys for no apparent reason, make the phone harder to dial than necessary.Unfortunately, the keypad of the Siemens SL65 ESCADA emits excess noise, but on the bright side its keys have been comfortably spaced and sized. We're not entirely happy with the design of the navigational pad and its adjacent buttons, however, as distinguishing between these less easy than it ought to be.And last,but not least, a five-way navigation buttons centered below the display.
Features
In the WAN department, the SL65 ESCADA boasts healthy support for Tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz, as well as GPRS, SMS, and a range of applications such as WAP , Email client, Java MIDP 1.0, 40-channels polyphony, FAX/Modem, Loud Speaker, all of which laptop and handheld users will be pleased to learn is a breeze to utilize either by means of infrared old wireless device,GPRS support is the fastest way to download files with your mobile, and spacious phone book.
As previously mentioned, the SL65 ESCADA is also equipped with a 0.3 megapixel camera support for picture-taking and audio/video recording and when it comes to storage the SL65 ESCADA offers 11 MB which is dynamically shared between images and J2ME applications. MP3 and MPEG4 are both formats which can be stored for playback on the Siemens SL65 ESCADA.
Performance
Audio quality on the SL65 ESCADA was crystal clear, and signal quality was good. The removable 700 mAh battery is rated for 4.3 hours talk time or 230 hours standby, which is quite low given the battery's theoretical capacity. Charge time is about 105 minutes.
Availability
The Siemens SL65 ESCADA is now available throughout Europe in some language version.
Conclusion
Siemens SL65 ESCADA is a beautiful phone to hold and use, and it's quickly won our hearts. The typical Siemens design flair is present in abundance, with all the requisite consumer features to back it up.But love doesn't notice such little flaws. |
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