Siemens SX1

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The Siemens SX1 was announced months ago back in Februrary 2003, and most people's first reaction was: where the heck did the keypad go?

The designers at Siemens have certainly come up with something inspired and interesting to look at with the SX1, with a unique styling, featuring the number keys arranged on either side of the handset.

It's not just the Siemens SX1's keypad that's unusual, the large colour screen measures a whopping 176x220 pixels (more than twice the pixels of most of the competition). It also has a built-in digital camera, FM radio, MP3 player and more crammed into it.

The Siemens SX1 measures 109x56x19mm and weighs 110 grams. In size and weight terms it's broadly similar to the Nokia 6600, and indeed it has a similar set of features too. The SX1 offers up to 4 hours talktime and 12 days standby.

In network terms, the Siemens SX1 offers WAP over GPRS, tri-band support, an XHTML web browser, POP3 email support, Bluetooth and USB connectivity and all the usual things that a phone of this type usually offers.

Internal memory is 24Mb, and the SX1 supports Java (great for games) and can take video clips with the inbuilt camera.

The Siemens SX1 is certainly an impressive phone in terms of features, and it's clearly pitched up against the Nokia 6600. Probably the key difference is likely to be looks.. the Nokia 6600 looks elegantly conventional, the Siemens SX1 looks radical and futuristic. Both phones are excellent models though.

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