BenQ Releases New E55 3G Phone in Taiwan

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:11:40 +0000

Available from end July in Taiwan , BenQ E55 is the successor of the BenQ E53 model. The clamshell phone support 3G data connection, comes with a 2 megapixel camera and able to play AAC, MP3, 3GP and MP4 media files. A secondary video call camera is built at the middle of the clamshell hinge.

With a simple and clean design, the BenQ E55 has a 1-inch 64k colors CSTN external screen with 96 x 64 resolution, good enough to display information like music song name, caller ID and phone battery status. The internal screen is a 2-inch TFT screen, supports 262k colors. Users with big thumb would be happy with Its big keypad design. The E55 will be priced at around 230 USD in Taiwan this month. Check out the phone specification below.

Specifications

Network: GSM 900/1800/1900, UMTS2100
Battery: 900 mAh Li-Ion Battery
GSM Talk Time Up to 2.4 hours
GSM Standby Time Up to 180 hours
3G Talk Time Up to 1.5 hours
3G Standby Time Up to 200 hours
2 megapixel camera
0.3 megapixel secondary video call camera
Display: 2-inch 176 x 220, 262 TFT-LCD
MP3, AAC, AAC+ music player
FM radio ( recording/playback)
Voice memo
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS
72-chord polyphonic ring tone MP3, AAC, WAV, AMR, MIDI
WAP 2.0
GPRS multi-slot class 12
USB 1.2
Java
45MB internal Memory
microSD Card slot extended up to 1GB
Dimensions: 94 x 48 x 19 mm
Weight: 95g

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