...Firstly, this was the only Siemens i have ever purchased and so the layout and usability was completely new to me - although picking it up is not difficult (its a phone!). Ive always felt Siemens as a company were below the competition in phone manufacture. Companies such as Nokia, Samsung and Sony-Ericsson are by far more advanced in their development and this shows in the internal 'brains' of the SL65. The menu is much like a newer symbian Nokia ... ...to via the joystick, although a list view is possible by changing a few settings in Profile.
The speed of accessing the features is nothing to wow at, and the actual usefulness of some features is highly questionable. For instance, it has a virtual fitness trainer which provides instructions for working out - completely useless if we are being realistic as to the phones real use.
As a dial phone, the model does the job well, the volume is adjustable ...
ReeVIEW 29.06.2005
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Advantages: lots! Disadvantages: had to be replaced due to serious fault
...Being a great fan of Siemens mobiles I expected an easy to use, reliable phone. I got the phone on contract so didnt technically pay for it but it was valued at £299 for insurance purposes (from dialaphone). The phone has a colour screen, MMS, GPRS, infared, digital camera and many more features but these in particular are the most important and what attracted me to the phone. I have found the camera to be superb. You can choose from a variety of ... ...you can make adjustments to the light to suit the environment you are in. the picture quality itself (on the premium setting)is great.The images are sharp and it picks up light and colours really well. You can also record some short video clips with the camera but these are not very good quality and ive found that the sound always comes out really loud.
The coulour screen i would rate at the same level of quality as the camera. Unfourtunately I ...
seamonkey27 12.12.2005 (21.12.2005)
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Advantages: Easier to use than SL55 Disadvantages: A lot
...alarm clock etc.
The Siemens SL65 comes standard with three games, which are: Bubble Boost (a platform game a bit like rayman), Golf Pro 3D and Siemens Rally all of which can be quite addictive if you start playing them. It also comes with some applications, Download Assistant (a program that searches the WAP internet for content for your phone), Fit & Mobile (an exercise program), Life Manager (a program that lets you set reminders for yourself), ... ...can send your photos to Siemens website), and Photo Editor ( which does exactly what it says on the tin).
The phone also has a calendar feature as well as a dictaphone to help you remember those all important dates!
The WAP internet function is quite good, I have found it to be faster than my old phone and easier to use as well. To start the internet you just need to press one of the soft keys when it is on the main screen (no scrolling down huge ...
happycamper 10.05.2005
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Advantages: Small and Lightweight, Lots of Features, Attractive Disadvantages: Battery life could be longer...
...Boost, Golf Pro 3D and Siemens 3D Rally), comes crammed-full of little animations and pictures, and has a lot of cute little polyphonic tones.
Handling-
In my opinion the SL65 is quite easy to use. It has a little joystick that looks small and prone to mistakes, but is actually quite a cool little addition that's easy to handle. Writing texts is quick and easy, and even faster if you switch on the 'T9 Input' ( a litle thing that writes words very ... ...different views. All your things are very easy to find, in the menu you have: Address Book, Call Records, Surf & Fun, Camera, Messages, Organiser, Extras, My Stuff and Setup.
Those little extras-
The phone comes with a lot of nice extras, such as an easy-to-use personal organiser, an alarm clock (with a loud ring that's sureto wake you up) a sound recorder (that can record exceptional quality sound), a calculator and even a unit converter!
Applications-
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PeterCucciniello 10.05.2007
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Advantages: Good looking,nice sliding action easy to navigate. Disadvantages: Poor camera,easily scratched screen turns off in your pocket.
Had this phone 18 months now so this review is a bit over due.
But you can still buy the phone new or second hand, so it must be popular to have lasted this long as phones seem to be continually moving on. If their no good they just get discarded and replaced with a newer model, that doesn't always mean better.
Prices for this phone range from, £150 to £200.
But it is also available on a cantract.
Mine came free on a Vodafone contract with manual, ... ...open all i wanted to do was try this phone, it looked and felt fantastic, but as with all new phones you have to charge the battery for about 17 hours. This is such a disappointment, mobile phone companys should pre charge the batteries so you can be up and running as soon as you open the box.
I'm not a manual reader and jumped straight into the deep end and started filling the phone with numbers. The manual is very straight forward and all in English. ...
oldwasp 22.03.2006
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Advantages: Small, lots of little features, camera, attractive Disadvantages: Battery doesn't last a huge amount of time
...spend hours over!) and the Siemens 3D Rally which, as you may've guessed, is about racing.
Sounds and Pictures and that-
The Siemens SL65 comes preloaded with many fun tones and sounds, aswell as still and moving little animations. It also includes pictures of beautiful sights, such as a pretty tiger and a mountain.
Some other little things-
Aswell as all those great things, the phone also comes with all those other little features that make ... ...an alarm clock, a sound recorder, a calculator and a unti converter.
Ease of use-
Don't judge a book by its cover. Just because the joystick on the phone looks small, in my opinion it is quite easy to use, and very manageable. Quick texting? Forget about it- you'll write a text with this phone faster than you can say 'I need more credit!'.
Quality of Sound-
The quality of sound is very much acceptable, but not totally flawless. Sometimes you ...
PeterSarandon 09.05.2007 (10.05.2007)
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Advantages: Small, Sexy, Light, User friendly Disadvantages: Screen scratches quite easily, camera not great.
...when i got this phone. Siemens have done it again! The Siemens Sl65 is everything i would ever want in a phone and more. It is amazingly easy to use, very small and has a very sexy design. I absolutely love the way it slides, it comes with many sounds and a few awesome games. The only thing i was a bit dissapointed with was the camera, it does have a x5 zoom and a lighting control, but the pictures never come out great. But to be honest if i ever ...
picklesrocks 05.03.2006
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Advantages: Nice looking+1 megpix camera Disadvantages: Complicated to use
...my son had an older siemens phone i did'nt like.I did not like it because i just could'nt get my head around it,like finding the ring tones in less than 10 min and when i did find the ring tones could'nt remember how i got there it was just as bad with settings. To my horror this new nice looking siemens is as bad if not even more complicated to use. I have had many phones that i have soon got use to using with out bothering with the manual. but ... ...in.If you have had a siemens before and was happy with using it then i would say this phone is is tops but if you are use to the nokia,samsungs or motorola phones the siemens will confuse you. If you want to consider this to buy i can only say try before you buy because this will challenge even the brightest of brains. Its not a simple lay out and may be ok for a user with time to work it out and a good memory.Unlike the humble nokia or samsungs, ...
kazzer30 28.10.2004 (29.10.2004)
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Advantages: Stylish slim design Disadvantages: The sliding mechanism is a little disappointing
Overall i was quite pleased with this phone. Apart from looking gorgeous the phone has loads of features. To start with its really quite small which is really handy for carrying it around (and looks pretty cool ;) ) However, this means that the keys are pretty tiny really so its sometimes a bit awkward to text. The sliding mechanism is also not as smooth as i would've expected. The phone does has a pretty good camera, which if taken in good lighting ... ...real camera. It also takes small video clips and the quality is ok, if a little jumpy. It's also packed with things to play around with, such as a photo editing feature, which is lots of fun or the fitness manager, which even shows you exercises to do! Also the games are pretty good and you can download more onto the phone, although i havent tried this yet. The GPRS and infrared are also quite good although I have had a few problems with the infrared, ...
becks22 30.01.2006
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