Siemens MC60

It has been through a lot... at one point I dropped it in a lake, and I had to dive in and get it, but guess what? It worked again straight away. I once left it out on my shed roof overnight when there was a storm, and the next day it was in the middle of the garden, sodden wet, and the cover had come off, but it still worked. So this phone must be the most durable phone in the world. Kudos on that. However... the camera... poor. You cant really tell what it is the picture is of. The display is terrible as well, with only 4000 colours, if you try to display anything it looks like a mess.

I've been stuck with my Siemens MC60 for three years now and even now I cant get to activate its MMS.

I received the Siemens MC60 mobile phone for my birthday one year ago, and when I got it out, I thought "wow, a camera" so I tried it, and it was rubbish.

You can hardly make out what you have actually taken a picture of. As for sending a picture that barely resembles the object, you can only do this by MMS, which will cost you at least 30p.

I do not recommend buying this phone, and if you do, you've gone and wasted money that you could have used to buy an equally priced phone such as the Sony Ericsson K300i, which has tons more features and a good camera.

The camera on the Siemens MC60 mobile phone takes poor pictures. It has a small memory, and it is virtually impossible to download things to the computer for printing and editing.

I first had this phone in May 2002, and within a week the screen went faulty, so back to my old Nokia. The phone was changed (losing all pictures) - this took over a week. The sound in calls is either on or off. You can't hear the call, or everyone within 20 yards can. The battery only lasts a day or so. Still using my old Nokia 6110, purchased in 2000, no camera, b&w screen, mono ring tones, state of the art 6 years ago, original battery (lasts 7 to 10 days) battered and bruised but works great.

I would love to be able to back-up the calendar on my Siemens MC60 mobile phone! Has anyone else been able to?

I need to be able to to properly use all its features.

I first recieved my Siemens MC60 mobile phone about 2 years ago because "the Nokia 6600 was too expensive". Inital impressions were good; a nice style, with camera and a handful of other decent features. Sadly as time wore on, so did the phone. Once so responsive, the buttons have become sticky and unresponsive, also the battery life has dropped dramatically, even though I charge it roughly every night.

Screen Quality:

The screen, to be blunt, is a complete joke. At only 4,000 colours, it can't hold a candle to the Nokia 6600 or one of those Sharp flip phones. The screen is also very small and often unreadable, even in minor sunlight.

Overall 3/10

Battery Life:

A tale of two halves, while in the first year the battery life is perfectly fine, after a while it slowly starts to depleat, until eventually it requires charging every night. A half-success story.

Overall 7/10

Features:

Those looking for quality mobile gaming are advised to avoid this phone like the plague. Of the three games loaded onto the phone (it is almost impossible to download others onto it), one is a photo editing package that only allows you to crop your images, another is one of those pathetic slide puzzle games, and the third (the obinously named "Contest Arena") is one of the worst games ever committed to mobiles. The game takes in excess of 2 minutes to load a single level, and even when it does, you are left wishing it hadn't loaded at all; one of the worst fighting games ever.

The other main feature, the integrated camera, is terrible. Even on the "Premier" quality setting, the pictures are fuzzy, dark and downright shoddy. It doesn't help matters that the viewfinder is placed on the back of the phone without any protection or cover whatsoever. Add into the mix a complete lack of video, zoom, flash, or decent editing facillities, and you have a camera more akin to the corridors of hell than a mobile phone.

This phone does not feature internet access, yes I know the box says it does, but it doesn't. It only thinks it does. Unless you are interested in checking out the Tesco mobile download site (a bubbling cesspit of overpriced downloads and shoddy celeb news), then I suggest you leave the internet access alone, as well as the games and camera

Overall 3/10

Oh dear, it's not looking good for the little MC60 is it? A plastic box with poor battery life, and a camera lifted from the old testiment. It gets even worse as well, as this phone seems to have a particular liking for crashing (especially when on the internet) and freezing. Considering you lose all your messages if it crashes, it is advisable to take care.

There are some positive points shining through the gloom of all the bad points. The menus are nice and clear, and more importantly, it is incredibly tough. Once I tried to climb a particularly large tree, and when I reached about 18ft this phone slipped out of my pocket and smashed into the ground. Surprisingly the phone still worked perfectly, so for those who want a phone that can take a lot of punishment, Olympic wrestlers for instance, this could be the phone for them, but the rest of us would probably be better off with a Nokia 6600 or something similar.

One final point, I appear to have left the charger for this phone in our French holiday cottage, so it lies idle in my bedroom while I await the imminant arrival of a Samsung D500 for christmas. I can't wait.

Siemens MC60 - I would recommend, it's a good phone and battery lasts a lot.

DO NOT BUY. The camera is very dull and under pixelled, the screen is small and of low quality.

Read the other points above - you get the idea...

The Siemens MC60 phone is quite good overall. The camera is also realy good but its the screens fault. Nearly all other camera phones have a 65k screen but this one has something like a pathetic 6,400 screen! So it's not the cameras fault. A much better phone is the Siemens CX65 with a 65k scren and video recording and its also v.cheap @ £70. The other features on the MC60 make it better, with high quality sound and easy to use menus. It's just a shame about the screen.

Some tips to show you that the Siemens MC60 takes really good pics: 1. After you make the pic try to press 'show'. The pic wil be better. 2. If you want good pics, send it to computer. 3. Try to set the light to maximum. If you think the pics with it are bad is that because of display.

Anyway, this phone may be slow sometimes but his operating system can't take any virusses. For more tips&tricks post a comment here. I'll make this phone to look the greatest even for those who hate it. Just tell me the problem.

I admit that the display is the prob. for bad pics. But try to set it's light at maximum. It is a great phone.