Siemens Mobile was a German

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manufacturer and a

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Siemens AG Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

. Siemens sold Siemens Mobile to the Taiwan-based

BenQ BenQ Corporation (; ) is a Taiwanese multinational company that sells and markets technology products, consumer electronics, computing and communications devices under the "BenQ" brand name, which stands for the company slogan ''Bringing Enj ...

in 2005, subsequently becoming

BenQ-Siemens BenQ Mobile GmbH & Co. OHG was the mobile communications subsidiary of Taiwanese BenQ Corporation, selling products under the BenQ-Siemens brand. The group, based in Munich, Germany, was formed out of BenQ's acquisition of the then struggli ...

and succeeded by

Gigaset Gigaset AG, formerly known as Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, is a German multinational corporation based in Bocholt, Germany. The company is most active in the area of communications technology. Gigaset manufactures DECT telep ...

. The last Siemens-branded mobile phones, the AL21, A31 and AF51, were released in November 2005.

History

The first Siemens mobile phone, the Siemens Mobiltelefon C1, was launched in 1985. In 1994 the

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phone was launched. In 1997 Siemens launched the first phone with a colour screen, the Siemens S10, with a screen capable of displaying red, green, blue and white. In the same year Siemens launched the first " outdoor" phone, the Siemens S10 Active, with enhanced shock, dust and splash protection. Siemens launched the first slider phone, the

Siemens SL10 The Siemens SL10 is a sliding mobile phone with a four-color screen (red, green, blue, and white). It was the second mobile phone with a multicolor screen after the Siemens S10 and the first sliding mobile phone A mobile phone, cellular p ...

, in 1999. Siemens acquired the mobile phone division of Bosch in 2000. In the same year Siemens launched one of the first phones with an MP3 player and external memory card support ( MultiMediaCard), the Siemens SL45. In 2003 Siemens launched its first phone running on the

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operating system, the Siemens SX1. The phone featured hot swappable MultiMediaCard. In the same year Siemens launched the Xelibri range of fashion phones. In 2005 Siemens launched the first phone with real

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support, the Siemens SXG75. As of Q3 2000, Siemens had an 8.6% mobile handset market share, putting it behind Ericsson,

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and

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. For the calendar year 2003, Siemens was again fourth behind

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, Motorola and Nokia, with a figure of 8.5%. In 2004 it decreased to 7.2%. Siemens Mobile was making large losses and plummeting sales at this time. By the first quarter of 2005, market share was down to 5.6% as it fell behind competitors LG and

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. Their Xelibri range of phones, which was the company's answer to the fashionable handset trend at the time, became a costly failure. On 7 June 2005, the Taiwanese company

agreed to acquire the loss-making Siemens Mobile from Siemens, together with exclusive right to use the Siemens trademark on its mobile phones for 5 years. Before transferring the mobile phone subsidiary to BenQ, Siemens invested 250 million

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s and wrote down assets amounting to 100 million

s. Siemens also acquired a 2.5% stake in BenQ for 50 million euros. BenQ subsequently released mobile phones under the

brand, from its German unit. In 2006 the German unit of BenQ filed for bankruptcy. Siemens restarted the production of mobile phones under the

brand name.

Products

Classifications

Depending on their name, the Siemens mobiles have the following classifications: * A series: low-cost phones with basic functionality. * C series: mid-range phones. * M series: phones with military specifications for outdoor activities. * S series: flagship phones * U series: UMTS devices manufactured in 2003 by Motorola Mobility, USA and rebranded under "Siemens" name. * Secondary alphabet position initials * xF Cradle phones * xL Sliding phones. (Exceptions: Siemens SL45 , Siemens CL75 ) * xX Phones with advanced features. * xK Phones with a full QWERTY keyboard ( Siemens SK65 ) Within a class, the numbers have the following meaning: * The first digit (1-9) denotes the level of functionality of the phone. * The second digit indicates the generation of the phone. The phones are also of the first generation of the model, containing the numbers 1, 6, 8.

List of products

*Siemens A31 * Siemens A35 * Siemens A36 * Siemens A40 *

Siemens A50 Siemens A50 is a mobile phone manufactured by Siemens Mobile. It was one of the best sold mobile phones from 2002. The phone was announced in October 2002. The phone included a WAP browser and two games: Stack Attack and Balloon Shooter. Extern ...

: one of the most popular Siemens phones, Shares same hardware as C45 and can be upgraded to C45 by firmware flash. * Siemens A51 *Siemens A52: monochrome, GSM 900 / GSM 1800, no GPRS, no USB, IrDA or Bluetooth. Same as A55/A56 *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, no GPRS, 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 Mobile was a German mobile phone manufacturer and a division of Siemens AG. Siemens sold Siemens Mobile to the Taiwan-based BenQ in 2005, subsequently becoming BenQ-Siemens and succeeded by Gigaset. The last Siemens-branded mobile phones, ...

* Siemens A60 * Siemens A62 * Siemens A65: CSTN 101x80 display, Triband (900 / 1800 / 1900) *Siemens A70, last Siemens with monochrome display, Triband (900 / 1800 / 1900), completely unrelated to the A55/C55. *Siemens A75 *Siemens AF51 *Siemens AP75 (Developed by BenQ, same with BenQ M580) *Siemens AL21/AL21 Hello Kitty (TFT 130x130 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, no camera (same as CF110)) *

Siemens AX72 The Siemens AX72 is a mobile phone introduced by Siemens in October, 2005. It weighs 79 g and its dimensions are 105,6 x 46,8 x 17,5 mm (length x width x depth). Its display a CSTN 65K colors LCD. The phone's battery powers the phone ...

*Siemens AX75 (taking pictures supported when connected with the QuickPic IQP-500 external accessories camera module like S55, S57, CF62 etc.) * Siemens C1 *

Siemens C2 Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

* Siemens C3 * Siemens C4 *

Siemens C5 Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

* Siemens C10 *

Siemens C11 Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

* Siemens C25 * Siemens C28 *Siemens C30 *Siemens C35 *Siemens C35i *Siemens C45 *Siemens C55: monochrome, GSM 900 / GSM 1800, with GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth. One of the most popular Siemens phones *Siemens C56: monochrome, GSM 850 / GSM 1900, with GPRS, no USB, no IrDA or Bluetooth. *Siemens C60 *Siemens C61 *Siemens C62 (Co-developed with Sony Ericsson sameness platform with T600, T610i) * Siemens C65 *Siemens C66 *

Siemens C70 Siemens AG ( ) is a German Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal ...

: Identical hardware to C65 *Siemens C71 *

Siemens C72 The Siemens C72 is a mobile phone based on the Siemens C65, C65. It features a built-in Phone camera, camera capable of taking pictures in VGA resolution (640*480 pixels), but is not capable of recording videos (with possible workarounds). Extern ...

* Siemens C75 *Siemens CC75 (cancelled) *Siemens CF62 *Siemens CF65 *Siemens CF75 (CF65 based) *Siemens CF110: TFT 130x130 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, no camera *Siemens CFX65 (the first Siemens clamshells form factor with built in VGA camera and flash. CFX65 is the only model of Siemens that had a torch, you close the flip and double press volume the up key to start the torch.) *Siemens CL50 (Developed By Arista) *Siemens CL55 (Developed By LG Electronics ) *Siemens CL75, CL75 Black Edition, CL75 Poppy Edition *

Siemens CX65 Siemens Mobile was a German mobile phone manufacturer and a division of Siemens AG. Siemens sold Siemens Mobile to the Taiwan-based BenQ in 2005, subsequently becoming BenQ-Siemens and succeeded by Gigaset. The last Siemens-branded mobile phones, ...

: TFT 132x176 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, VGA (640 x 480 pixel) camera, IRDA (Based on M65) *Siemens CX66 (minor changes for some countries) * Siemens CX70: TFT 132x176 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, VGA (640 x 480 pixel) camera, IRDA (Identical hardware to CX65) *Siemens CX70 Emoty (in the CX70 family’s) *Siemens CXV70 (in the CX70 family’s for Vodafone) *Siemens CXT70 (in the CX70 family’s for T-Mobile) *Siemens CXO70 (in the CX70 family’s for O2) * Siemens CX75 *Siemens E10 *Siemens M30: one of the most popular Siemens phones *Siemens M35 *Siemens M35i: one of the most popular Siemens phones *Siemens M45 *Siemens M50 *Siemens M55http://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_m55-407.php

/ref> Scorpions *Siemens M56: GSM 850 / GSM 1900 version of M55. Note that it is not triband. * Siemens M65 *Siemens M65 Rescue Edition * Siemens M75 * Siemens MC60 * Siemens ME45 *Siemens ME75 (C75 Based) *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 The Siemens S55 was a mobile phone which was introduced by Siemens Mobile, Siemens in late 2002. At the time it was a high end phone and one of the first colour phones by Siemens, with a 256 colour screen, Bluetooth and Infrared Data Association, ...

(Fully wireless connections with Bluetooth 1.1 and IrDA port) * Siemens S55 Formula One *Siemens S56 *Siemens S57 (Only IrDA port supportable) * Siemens S65 *Siemens S65 DVBH, SXX65 (Concept phone) run on LINUX *Siemens S66 (Minor-changes for some countries), S66 or S65 (for Xingular) *Siemens S68 (rebranding and selling in BenQ-Siemens S68, the SP65 successors) *Siemens S75 ( FE75 Internal pre-models) *

Siemens SF65 The SF65 was a mobile phone made by Siemens and launched in 2005. This project had been developed with Philips' Mobile division (France) for launching a "swipe displays form factor" called "Philips 760 Twists & Shots". It had various advantageous f ...

(co-development with Philips N.V. (France), the same models with Philips 760 twists) *Siemens SFG75 (Developed by BenQ, same with BenQ S80 UMTS) *Siemens SG75 (cancelled, in the same family with SXG75) *Siemens SK65, SK6B and SK6R (Co-development with The RIM BlackBerry and run parallels between “Siemens_X65 platform” and “BlackBerry 3.8 OS“. Select BB Icons on Main Menu then press “Option”-> “About” for the BBOS version pre installed info.) *Siemens SK65 Burlwood Editions *Siemens SP65 (S65 without Camera) *Siemens SL10: the world firstly sliding mobile phone with a four-colour screen (Red, Green, Blue and White) *

Siemens SL42 The Siemens SL45 was the first mobile phone with memory expansion and an MP3 player, which debuted in 2001. An improved version, the SL45i, was also the first phone to have a Java virtual machine. In addition to the MP3 player, SL45 offered othe ...

* Siemens SL45: the worlds first phone with an MP3 Player * Siemens SL45i *

Siemens SL55 The Siemens SL55 is a slider mobile phone released by Siemens in 2003. The phone has a sliding design, and features a WAP browser, Java support and T9 predictive typing. Camera functionality can be added by connecting the clip-on cam. The colour ...

*Siemens SL56: the American version of the

, available only on

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. *Siemens SL65: TFT 130x130 display, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900, VGA (640 x 480 pixel) camera, IRDA, slider form factor *Siemens SL65 ESCADA Edition *Siemens SL75/ SL7C *Siemens SL80 (re-branding and selling in BenQ-Siemens SL80 Hello Kitty Edition) *Siemens SLV140 (re-branding and selling in BenQ-Siemens EF81) *Siemens ST55 (ODM Developed By Arista) *Siemens ST60 (For T-Mobile) * Siemens SX1, first and only smartphone developed and produced by Siemens AG, run on Symbian OS *Siemens SX2 (cancelled) run on Symbian OS *

Siemens SX45 The Siemens SX45 is a PDA mobile phone released by Siemens in 2002. It was one of the first Pocket PCs with mobile phone functionality. Because of its size and the fact that phone calls could only be made using a headset, it was not really in the ...

(Developed by hTC, run on Windows Mobile 2003 Edition) *Siemens SX56 (Developed by hTC, run on Windows Mobile 5.0 Edition) * Siemens SX66 (Developed by hTC, run on Windows Mobile 5.0 Edition can upgradable to WM 6.0 Edition) * Siemens SXG75 (The first Siemens with BrewOS by Qualcomm and build internal GPS real-time functions.) *Siemens SXX75 (Concept phone, Full touchscreen-slides platform. runs on BrewOS by Qualcomm) *Siemens U10 (UMTS)(The first Siemens UMTS (3G) model’s run on Moto Linux platform A and it was developed by Motorola Mobility.) *Siemens U15 (The second Siemens UMTS (3G) model’s run on Moto Linux platform A, and it was developed by Motorola Mobility.) * Xelibri X1 *Xelibri X2 *Xelibri X3 * Xelibri X4 *Xelibri X5 *Xelibri X6 * Xelibri X7 *Xelibri X8

Gallery

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Siemens MT50 Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

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File:Siemens SLV140.JPG, Siemens SLV140 (Rebranding and selling in BenQ-Siemens EF81) File:Mobile phone - Siemens ME75 - Amazon Green.jpg, Siemens ME75 (based on Siemens C75) File:Siemens ST55 mobile phone.jpg, Siemens ST55/60 (ODM by Arista) File:Siemens CF75.jpg, Siemens CF75 File:Siemens CX75 model.jpg, Siemens CX75 File:Siemens CXT70.jpg, Siemens CXT70(T-Mobile), CXV70 (Vodafone) and CVV70 (CX70 family) File:Siemens S75.jpg, Siemens S75, The 2005 Flagship Model. File:Siemens SL65.jpg, Siemens SL65, SL65v (Vodafone) File:Siemens MC60.png, Siemens MC60 is the direct competitor with Nokia 3220 File:Benq.siemens.s68.jpg, Siemens S68 (rebranding and selling in BenQ-Siemens S68, The SP65 successors.) File:BenQ-Siemens Phone Store.jpg, The new brand is called “BENQ-SIEMENS” with slogans “Keep Exploring”

References

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