BenQ-Siemens EL71
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The BenQ-Siemens EL71 is a slider-type GSM triband mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

. Its name came about because of BenQ
BenQ
BenQ Corporation is a Taiwanese multi-national company that sells and markets consumer electronics, computing and communications devices under the "BenQ" brand name, which stands for the company slogan Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life .- Company :BenQ sells and markets technology products,...

's acquisition of Siemens
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....

' mobile communication division at the end of 2005; the Benq-Siemens brand is meant to be transitory, before all phones are produced under the BenQ brand.

The phone supports GPRS, EDGE
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM...

 and Internet access methods. Its dimensions are 90 mm × 46 mm × 17 mm, and it weighs 94 grams. The supplied battery has a capacity of 570 mAh and can last up to 300 hours in standby mode, or 300 minutes if the phone is used for calls. Other notable features of the phone include a QVGA display
Display device
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, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...

, a Java virtual machine
Java Virtual Machine
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 and 1.3 megapixel camera with LED
LEd
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flash.

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