Guest Paul (MVP) Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Chinese mobile site 'PhoneDaily' has some great pics of the forthcoming Windows Mobile Smartphone from Benq (what, they still exist?), the E72. The 13mm thick device, which apparently packs some serious new cost-saving technology under the skin, features Windows Mobile 6 (of course), a 2 Megapixel Camera, microSD expansion, WiFi and some nice looking UI customisations. Although the PhoneDaily article is in Chinese (not my forte), it's well worth a look for the photos and screenshots alone. I personally like the styling, the photos taken by the device look more than acceptable, and Benq's own tweaks look interesting. Sadly, I would be surprised to see the device get released outside of Asian markets, but here's hoping for a rock bottom priced release over here eh? ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ypocaramel Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 I've been reading through the Chinese, and admittingly I'm not the best reader, but the only real substance is far is about the camera. It's okay, they say, with a little red bias, and has a oil painting effect under insufficient lighting. The rest of the vitals you can actually gleam from the English / Arabic numerals. I'm probably too lazy to slog through the rest for such a phone that really isn't so exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 (edited) Some specs: TI OMAP 1030 260MHz QuadBand Windows Mobile™ 6 standard Integrated Camera 2.0 megapixels Dedicated key for audio message and voice commander Display: 240X320, 2" , 65K color TFT LCD GPRS multi-slot class 10/EDGE WLAN 802.11b/g Bluetooth® 2.0 w/ EDR USB 2.0 Java MIDP 2.0 Memory: Internal memory: 128MB Flash ROM + 64MB DDR RAM Extended memory: microSD™ Card supported up to 2GB Dimensions: 108 x 46.3 x 13.8 mm Weight: 90g And most important: Qisda to start shipping UMA-compliant smartphone to Europe Edited October 15, 2007 by alpineone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uniqlo Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 i've got a testing sample on hand. it's a very good smartphone indeed. i have been testing it for nearly 1 month. it's fast, it's thin, and it's light.... only if benQ can include M$ Office to E72 will be perfect. (anyway, it isn't difficult to find one using google... ;) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 i've got a testing sample on hand. it's a very good smartphone indeed. i have been testing it for nearly 1 month. it's fast, it's thin, and it's light.... only if benQ can include M$ Office to E72 will be perfect. (anyway, it isn't difficult to find one using google... ;) ) What about display - ist't too small? Can you post some fotos of e72? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I'm actually quite looking forward to trying one of these! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uniqlo Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) What about display - ist't too small? Can you post some fotos of e72? sorry, i'm a bit hurry, and cannot upload to my flickr album... so, pls click the link to view the photos first. see whether i can take more photo tomorrow... http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640321 http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640320 http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640319 http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640318 i will add some description to the photos later... have to go now... Edited October 23, 2007 by uniqlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Is the screen QVGA? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Is the screen QVGA? P Yes. http://benq.com/products/mobile/?product=1...=specifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 sorry, i'm a bit hurry, and cannot upload to my flickr album... so, pls click the link to view the photos first. see whether i can take more photo tomorrow... http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640321 http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640320 http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640319 http://www.uploadhouse.com/viewfile.php?id=640318 i will add some description to the photos later... have to go now... Thx for photos! Any chance for more? or maybe small review? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uniqlo Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 Thx for photos! Any chance for more? or maybe small review? ;) my testing unit has been sent back for final firmware update, it seems, it will be launch soon. for the last firmware i've got, some surprise i've found: 1) it has fizz traveller built-in 2) facade also built-in so, besides the good looking flash homescreen, i can just copy facade homescreen templates and use them directly. saves me some $$$... the battery life is quite good, unlike the graphite, i can charge it every 2.5 days, even for heavy usage, it can last at least 1 full day. its size is very very small, even smaller than my wife's sonyericsson phone. though it's not a 3G phone, the speed when using EDGE is excellent!! one disappointment: it didn't have M$ office built-in, anyway, it didn't bother me much, finding a M$ office is easy, thanks for google!! BTW, i've got another BenQ smartphone on hand... guess what it is?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 (edited) so, besides the good looking flash homescreen, i can just copy facade homescreen templates and use them directly. saves me some $... Is there a possibility to disable flash homescreen and using the standard wm6 appearance? BTW, i've got another BenQ smartphone on hand... guess what it is?? BenQ T80? Edited October 28, 2007 by alpineone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uniqlo Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Is there a possibility to disable flash homescreen and using the standard wm6 appearance? BenQ T80? 1) of course you can!! 2) :) ;) :D :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Let's hope this comes out soon, and CHEAP (which is the idea behind the handset). T80 looks interesting too. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uniqlo Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Let's hope this comes out soon, and CHEAP (which is the idea behind the handset). T80 looks interesting too. P E72 will launch soon in Asia, the price is around $350 - 400us. for T80, it's a special machine... with a special feature!!! NFC.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 E72 will launch soon in Asia, the price is around $350 - 400us. A bit cheaper than SPV E650. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 for T80, it's a special machine... with a special feature!!! NFC.. "The BenQ T80 phone is the world's first handset to store NFC applications in the Secure Digital Memory card. The microSD card will host a range of NFC applications for mobile wallet, transport ticketing and security to be stored on the embedded, highly secure NXP SmartMX chip." - http://www.slashphone.com/104/8195.html This feature? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alpineone Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I've found one of these on ebay http://tinyurl.com/yrvm99. Cheap, only 349.80 USD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Not bad! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest panzik Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 hello, you can find my experience with this phone here: http://www.modaco.com/content-page/264113/benq-e72-unboxed/page/20/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest znial Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 i just bought my e72... but inside there is NO homescreen like that with the boat ad seashore... whare to find it? please. tyia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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