Looks like BenQ has taken a leaf out of Motorola’s notebook by launching a slew of products in just one day! The company has now unveiled its new mobile phone, the BenQ-Siemens E71 which promises to be the right blend of style and performance. The E71 not only looks good but has all those functions which today’s mobile buyer wants and expects. The E71 first has EDGE connectivity which has now become a must in any phones portfolio. Then there is the all important camera and here also the phone doesn’t disappoint with its 1.3 mega pixel camera with 5x zoom. Users will also dig the mobile phone’s music capabilities and this phone also has a MP3 Player with a Micro-SD card slot.

According to BenQ, great care has been taken when it comes to design and was inspired by ‘naturally fluid forms’ (whatever that means!). The phone sports a novel non-stick coating of the color variant “Dark Silver”, which combats fingerprints which are usually found on metallic finish phones. There is a FM radio too and the battery provides you with up to 400 minutes of listening pleasure via the stereo headset. PC to Mobile transfers can be done easily thanks to the included SyncStation DSC-100 which also moonlights as a charger.

Apart from an 1.3 Megapixel camera, the phone also includes a video recorder which records and plays video sequences in mpeg4 format. BenQ has also equipped the handset with a brilliant QVGA display (262.144 colors, 320 x 240 pixels) and an intuitive interface. The keys are slightly elevated so that users are comfortable using them and some other features found on the phone include a moon calendar, alarm clock and currency calculator, games like Sudoku and “Ice Age 2. The E71 will be available in “Dark Silver” and “Onyx Black” from September 2006 in Europe and Latin America, and from November 2006 in Asia. No word on pricing but for more info head over to BenQ