Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: Siemens SL65, A Forgotten gem?

  1. #1
    HEXUS webmaster Steve's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2003
    Posts
    14,283
    Thanks
    293
    Thanked
    841 times in 476 posts

    Siemens SL65, A Forgotten gem?

    Overall, a bit of a surprising package. Sure, it has its weaknesses, like any mobile, but if you are looking for something really small, to make and take calls and the odd picture you could do far worse than the SL65.
    http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD0xNDA4
    Last edited by Steve; 07-08-2005 at 10:26 PM.
    PHP Code:
    $s = new signature();
    $s->sarcasm()->intellect()->font('Courier New')->display(); 

  2. #2
    Eosamite Rhyth's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    1,210
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked
    5 times in 5 posts
    From a sellers point of view it was a crap phone. The software was terrible in terms of layout, colour-tones and bugs. More than one came back out of the ones we ended up selling. Also it's quite chunky for a vga slide not small at all, especially when you compare it with an e800 vga slide which is now the same price. For the extra cash towards a D500 you will get 8 times the memory, a mega pixel camera, a smaller handset that displays 200 odd more colours and actually has a god build quality. There was a reason that certain gem was forgotten... Black magic? Black plastic and not much else to be honest. I can understand why there is a load still needing to be bought up by reluctant retailers as distributors are left with crates of the crappy things that have been superseded. You want to know a real forgotten gem from siemens? The SL42 remember that? What a handset! One of the first to sport mp3 player with upgradeable SD card memory (which wouldn’t catch on for a year or two) and was solid as a rock! One of the best phones I’ve ever had or sold in the last 5 years.
    Last edited by Rhyth; 08-08-2005 at 10:09 PM.
    Rhyth is selling:
    Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 XR Di ll LD Aspherical (IF) £230 +pp
    Canon 50mm 1.8 II £50 +pp
    Proven good copies.

    Those who look out dream, those who look inward, awake. Jung

  3. #3
    AKA Chrispynutt Gunbuster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2003
    Location
    Fife
    Posts
    1,627
    Thanks
    69
    Thanked
    68 times in 56 posts
    • Gunbuster's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Aorus AX370 Gaming K7
      • CPU:
      • Ryzen 7 1700x + Scythe Kotetsu MK I
      • Memory:
      • 32GB: 4x 8GB HyperX Fury 2400mhz CL15 DDR4
      • Storage:
      • 2x Sandisk Ultra II 960GB, 1x Crucial MX100 512GB SSD
      • Graphics card(s):
      • MSI Gaming GTX970
      • PSU:
      • EVGA Supernova G2 750w
      • Case:
      • Cougar Panzer S
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Home Premium
      • Monitor(s):
      • DGM IPS-2701WPH 27" 1440p IPS Monitor
      • Internet:
      • Aquiss Fibre
    My boss had that one before his first XDA, it was a nice phone. I can remember Siemens started their fall from then on in.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Siemens SL65 - A forgotten gem?
    By MD in forum HEXUS News
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 27-07-2005, 04:04 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •