Siemens Phone Division

Has Siemens sold there Hand Set division? they had something about it in Bild the other day, pictures of a bunch of workers but I couldn't really figure out what it was saying. The only thing Ivé read in the English papers is something about a joint venture.

They're selling their mobile phones division to BenQ (just how do you pronounce that -- on German telly I've heard both "benk" and also "ben-queue"...?)

Link to The Guardian article: Siemens mobile arm goes to Taiwan

Hmm, giving someone around EUR 350 mio to take your "asset" is not what I define as "selling" I'd more call it a very expensive gift (but still cheaper than keeping it).

Henrik

It's pronounced Ben-Queue.

Phew! Thanks, Adi. Now I can sleep soundly.

Siemens people will start to notices some changes in the way business is done once BenQ get their hands on the company. The Taiwanese way of doing business is much different to the German model.

true .. they are more than prepared to work in excess of 37 hours and 15 minutes a week... and not claim overtime if they do put in the odd extra 10 minutes!

Is it just me or are Siemens mobile phones really crap? Would certainly explain why the arm of the business has been making a loss for so long and has now been dumped onto someone else.

I have one of those dinky SL55 models with the sliding open keypad thingy - So far it's lost every number in the phone book and SIM card twice, the battery only manages a day's standby time and it keeps turning itself off for no reason at all!

I've given up with trying to get them to fix/replace it under warranty and have ordered a Motorola Razr V3 instead - Shame 'cos I really wanted to like Siemens handys.

Ho hum

I've had lots of Siemens phones, and never really had any problems with them. The one exception was the S25, which gave up the ghost after about 3 weeks - phoned Siemens and had a replacement in the post 2 days later, and that one had no problems, used it for 4 years, and it still works.

Got an S55 2 years ago which still does 100 hrs standby, if the bluetooth isn't activated and you really are standing. The standby goes down quite a bit, if you are driving a lot without using a power-cradle, as the phone needs more transmission power to communicate with the cell-stations.

I think the lack of profitability has more to do with the cost of manufacturing not leaving enough sales profit to finance the development needed to stay in the market, rather than poor quality of the phones (everybody I know with a Siemens is quite satisfied).