BenQ Siemens S68 Ceramic Limited Edition
11th August 2006
BenQ Siemens unveils a new limited edition phone in Germany. The S68 Ceramic edition, which has a body made up of different materials. The front body is made up of steel whereas the rear is made up of ceramic which is burnt at 1350o Celsius. This type of ceramic is used in automobile brakes and the company believes that it can make up a good resistant against scratches. The display is also specially coated for prevention of scratches. The phone will be selling in August at a suggested price of 499 Euros ($635) with no change in technical specifications.
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August 12th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
BenQ-Siemens S68 Ceramic Limited Edition
Benq-Siemens has unveiled a limited edition phone in Germany. The S68 Ceramic edition phone has its body made up of different materials. The front is made of stainless steel whereas the back is made of superheated Ceramic at 1350 degrees….
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BenQ-Siemens S68 Ceramic Limited Edition
BenQ-Siemens S68 comes in stainless steel (front) and shiny ceramic (rear) body. It’s a limited edition Germany-only phone that uses the same type of ceramic as used in automobile brakes, which is formed at 1350 degrees celcius, so that it can…
September 11th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
[...] (Via Tech Ticker:) “BenQ Siemens unveils a new limited edition phone in Germany. The S68 Ceramic edition, which has a body made up of different materials. The front body is made up of steel whereas the rear is made up of ceramic which is burnt at 1350o Celsius. This type of ceramic is used in automobile brakes and the company believes that it can make up a good resistant against scratches. The display is also specially coated for prevention of scratches. The phone will be selling in August at a suggested price of 499 Euros ($635) with no change in technical specifications.” [...]
May 27th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Fantastically looking.
Even looking at this phone two years after it was released (with the iPhone being out) it still looks great.
There is nothing better than ceramic for stuff like this.
Greg Sallavas