Siemens Mobile

Not to be confused with Siemens Mobility.

Siemens Mobile was a mobile phone manufacturer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG. Siemens sold Siemens Mobile to the Taiwan-based BenQ in 2005.

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History

BenQ-Siemens

In 2005 the Taiwanese company BenQ acquired the financially bleeding mobile phone subsidiary from Siemens and gained the exclusive right to use Siemens trademark for 5 years. Before transferring the mobile phone subsidiary to BenQ, Siemens invested 250 million euros and wrote down assets amounting to 100 million euros [1]. Siemens also acquired a 2.5% stake in BenQ for 50 million euros. BenQ subsequently released mobile phones under the BenQ-Siemens brand, from its German unit.
In 2006, this German unit filed for bankruptcy.[2][3]

Phones

Siemens Mobile Phones

BenQ-Siemens Mobile Phones

Cell phone reusage

Cell phones' life is rather short, and hackers often reuse their LCD units Siemens devices are quite diffused and this is a list of their LCD controllers

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ^ www.newratings.com: Siemens sells mobile phone unit to BenQ
  2. ^ BenQ Mobile – end of the story for Siemens
  3. ^ Heise Online - The end of BenQ Mobile
  4. ^ Siemens A52 - Full phone specifications
  5. ^ http://www.gsmarena.com/siemens_m55-407.php , http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/siemens/m55.html