BenQ-Siemens EL71 review

What is it: Sleek looking slider with generally average features

What we think: Music playback is this handset's best feature, though it is a reasonably good all-rounder

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6.9

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3.5

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	BenQ-Siemens EL71	Sony Ericsson W760i	Apple iPhone	Sony Ericsson W902
Review date	12 Jul 06	4 Jul 08	30 Jun 07	31 Oct 08
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Review summary	BenQ-Siemens gives the EL71 a disadvantage by not supplying a headset or PC data cable and by not augmenting the built-in storage with a free flash memory card. One or more of those extras would lift it from being an average handset. As it is, the feature that achieves that is rather good music playback Read full review	The Sony Ericsson W760i is the best Walkman phone to date with so many features it rivals non-music phones like the N95. The lack of a standard headphone socket is its biggest flaw, but other than that, it's going down as one of our all-time favourite Sony Ericsson phones -- and not just in the music phone category Read full review	Despite some important missing features, a slow data network and call quality that doesn't always deliver, the Apple iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated mobile phone and MP3 player Read full review	The W890i's successor -- the W902 -- offers the best camera we've seen on a music phone, with a decent interface and a solid, attractive design. It loses marks for not having a real headphone socket, but if you want a full-featured music phone, it's one to check out Read full review
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