BenQ Siemens’ pop-up slider on sale on eBay - BenQ Siemens SL98
By Will Park on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 1:03 PM PST In BenQ Siemens, Devices
BenQ Siemens churned out some interesting handsets in their final days as a legit manufacturer. One of our favorites was the BenQ Siemens SL98 reverse slider - rather than sliding the screen upwards to reveals a keypad (like the more traditional sliders that we’ve seen), the screen pops up out of the body.
Now, you won’t be able to grab a BenQ Siemens phone from the defunct company, but this here BenQ Siemens SL98 popped up on eBay’s German site. The auction has, sadly, already ended - but it’s nice to see that the prototype will live on and carry the BenQ Siemen legacy into the future.
Aside from the unique form-factor, the BenQ Siemens packed in a lowly a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD card slot, and QVGA display - so there isn’t much to be desired. Still, it would have been cool to have show off this one-of-a-kind handset at our next office Holiday-party.
[Via: Unwired View]
