The BenQ-Siemens EL71 is a slider bar GSM triband mobile phone. The phone supports GPRS, EDGE and Internet access methods. Its dimensions are 90 mm × 46 mm × 17 mm, and it weighs 94 grams. It has got 16 MB internal memory which can store upto 1000 phone book entries along with 100 call record facility.
Though the handset doesn’t include any camera device, but for entertainment purpose it has incorporated mobile games. The battery has a capacity of 570 mAh and can last up to 280 hours in standby mode and supports upto 4 hours of talktime. Other important features of the phone include a QVGA display, Bluetooth connectivity and a Java virtual machine. The Bluetooth device enables the users to talk over the phone while they are driving cars. It is also useful for high speed data transfer. You can send or receive SMS, MMS and emails through the mobile phone. This also allows web browsing facility.