BenQ-Siemens EF61 Mia Review

Overall Rating

Looks nice, good design, lots of features on it such as the MP3 player and camera, good pictures for 1.3 pixels. Zooms in before you take photo, extra bonus. Can have the phone shut while listening to MP3 player and can use controls on outside.
Comes with a mini SD card for extra storage.
Good speaker on back for music, and 3D sound.

Battery only lasts a day or so, my old nokia 3200 can last at least 4-5 without charging.
Can't use MP3's as message tone.
Pouch that comes with it, is allegedly to put your phone in - it doesn't fit.
Signal was terrible, same network as the said Nokia, but in places I could get it on my old one, I couldn't on this. Kept cutting out when I was calling, and it doesn't make a sound when it does, so you end up talking to yourself.
Has problems setting up MMS when I first got it - had to phone Virgin numerous times as it wasn't set up correctly.
Every so often all the keys in the middle from top to bottom wouldn't work, so I couldn't type a number in or text.
Surface of outside of phone very shiny, so slippery to hold.
Because screen doubles as a mirror, it is shiny, so when you're trying the use it and it's sunny, it's hard to see the screen.
When you text, it shows you all the characters of the button you're using along the bottom of the screen, very annoying.
Bit expensive for what it does.

A nice looking phone, nice design, and good features on it, although you won't use the mirror as much as you might think.
Good that it has an SD card for extra memory, and good speaker for playing music.
Lots of space for messages, good camera on it.
Overall, I was very excited about getting this phone, even though many people told me of bad experiences with Siemens phones. After this experience, I won't be buying another Siemens phone, as one I bought my boyfriend also didn't work properly even after swapping it for another, again including a problem with the battery holding charge.
I managed to get it cheaper than £79.99 as I got staff discount, but if I hadn't been able to get a discount, I wouldn't have bothered getting it as it was a bit expensive for what it is.

Members' Comments onpinkbassgirl's Review

• amy01 on 24th May 2007

  Hi I have just ordered my MIA a day ago for £30 and I am not sure I want it know because the reviews sound bad. should I refund it?