BenQ Z2 MP3-phone

Juniper Foo | Jul 05, 2005

BenQ, hopefully through the acquisition of Siemens, may yet introduce its own-name phones here on our sunny little isle. For now, we can only admire from afar the newly launched Z2, the latest MP3-phone to join a growing heap of music-capable mobiles, some of which we caught at CommunicAsia2005. Interestingly, BenQ's chosen a shape less common, specifically a cube. We all know what happens to odd-shaped phones (think N-Gage and Xelibri). Hopefully, the Z2 has a longer shelf life as it sounds promising enough on paper. There's triband support, 58MB usable internal memory, miniSD memory card slot, a 1.5-inch, 128 x 128-pixel, 256,000-color LCD screen and built-in 1.3-megapixel camera. And, of course, there's MP3 playback with lyrics display, six equalizers, shuffle, ID3 V2 function, 3D surround sound and an FM tuner.

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Price: N.A.
Availability: BenQ
Device: MP3-phone
Basic specs: 3-5 hr talktime, 85-150 hr standby, five directional navigation keys, specially designed numeric buttons, changeable shells (front/back-- pearl white, mustard green, sapphire blue, to sparkling pink casing), Java, Repeat 1, Repeat All, and Shuffle, preset equalizer for Normal, Bass, Rock, Fashion, Jazz and Classic, voice recorder, point-to-point repeat playing function, 66 x 66 x 20mm, 106g

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