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My mobile may be vintage but it's a good 'un!

Advantages: Durable, simple to use
Disadvantages: Would not appeal to those liking a trendy phone

Review of Siemens A50 mobile phone The phone The Siemens A50 is a basic model. It is a slim, deep blue phone with a fairly large screen and easy to see and use buttons. No fancy gizmo's or gadgets grace the A50's layout and no clamshell style openi ...

brittle1906 25.04.2009 · Read full review
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Its a mobile phone, NOT a Gameboy...

Advantages: The features (except for WAP), the phone/phonebook customisation, EMS, predictive SMS, large memory capacity and vibrate alert!
Disadvantages: No FREE ringtones/logos from Siemens, simple games, WAP, the thin phone cover and the lack of a phone cover, as standard! No ringtone editor.

I purchased this phone in December of last year, from The Link (for only £39.99) and I'm really glad that I chose this one over the Nokia 3210. Mainly due to the fact that it has more interesting features and also because of the smaller size. It may b ...

fenerg 30.01.2003 · Read full review
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Siemens Speak into my Ear

Advantages: It is just a phone
Disadvantages: It is just a phone

Pity the poor shop assistant who gets to serve me an electrical goods store, I know exactly what I want and exactly how much I want to pay for it, and if you don't try to sweeten the offer then I walk. Anyway down to phones about 18 months ago my old P ...

Champ666 19.03.2004 · Read full review
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Oh pleeease I just want to make a phone call.

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: short battery life / sticky keys

Those of you who know me will already know I am a carer for the elderly in their own homes, this means that as well as visiting them for several hours a day I am also on 24 hour response and as three of them are linked to the Careline system (a little but ...

kimking 17.12.2003 · Read full review
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Natty Phone with cartoon ducks

Advantages: Stays charged for 5 days
Disadvantages: only basic features

I bought a phone a Siemens A50 phone just before Christmas 2003. I did so as I had no home phone and I so wanted a mobile, but one without a monthly rip off charge. Previously I had been charged mad money on my Barclaycard for a phone I had never used m ...

jonkelly 11.06.2006 · Read full review
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