Description
The BenQ-Siemens S88 is a stylish & highly useable camera phone which comes in two attractively sleek colours which are brilliant black & brilliant white. The handset comes in a classic bar design which measures 99 x 47 x 17 mm which is a compact & thin shaped handset. The handset is 105 grams in weight which provides a solid weight to the S88.Benq-Siemens S88 is tri-band GSM bar phone with 2-megapixel camera and music player. It has dedicated camera key and LED flash. The internal 16mb memory is expanded through microSD cards that can store music in MP3 and AAC formats.

Features
The BenQ-Siemens S88 is a Tri-band GSM phone with GPRS. The phone is equipped with a high-contrast 262K color 2-inch OLED screen and a 2.0 mega pixel camera with auto focus lens and 16x digital zoom. MPEG4 video capture is also supported and a high brightness LED flashlight is provided for low-light conditions. Photographs can be touched-up using the built-in photo editor software and the phone supports PictBridge, which sends an image to a photo printer. The S88 has an internal user memory of 16 MB, expandable with the microSD (TransFlash) card slot. A built-in music player is compatible with MP3, AAC+, and AMR formats. The lithium-ion battery is claimed to provide 3 hours and 20 minutes of talk time and 200 hours of standby time. Other features include Bluetooth 1.1 connectivity, USB interface, WAP 2.0 and xHTML browser, 64 polyphonic ring tones with 3D surrounding sound, vibration alert, voice memo, games with changeable games, T9 predictive text, currency converter, and a clock with a stopwatch.

Specifications
The specifications of BenQ-Siemens S88 include; Network: Tri-band GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz, Data: GPRS (max data speed 32 - 48 kbps), Internet: WAP v. 2.0, xHTML browser, Screen: 176 x 220 pixels OLED 262144 colours, (31 x 39 mm), Camera: 2 Mega pixel (1920000 pixels) 16 X digital zoom, built-in camera light (flash), Size: Bar form factor internal aerial99 x 47 x 17 mm / 105 grams, Bluetooth, No Infrared (IrDA), Ring tones: 64 chords (voice) polyphonic MIDI, True tones, Built-in ring tone editor, ring tones and mobile fun downloads for S88, Java: Java™ MIDP v. 2.0, Java Games for S88, Battery Life:Li-Ion 920 mAh, talk time 7.5 hours / standby time 200 hours.