Gigaset has branched out from home phones to bring us three Android smartphones which are worth your attention. Here's our hands-on review with the Gigaset Me, Me Pro and Me Pure.
You probably only know Gigaset for traditional DECT home phones, if that, but the firm has launched a trio of Android smartphones at IFA 2015. Here's our hands-on review of the Gigaset Me, Me Pro and Me Pure. See also: Best smartphones of 2015
We're not the biggest fans of the name but the Gigaset Me range was one of the surprise announcements of the show here in Berlin. We say that because we're not looking at a trio of boring plastic handsets with basic specs. It marks 'a new chapter in the second century of the company’s history'.
It's a little vague at the moment but the Gigaset Me range with be available in Europe and China this autumn. So we can expect them to hit shops in the UK soon.
The Me Pure is the cheapest of the three with an affordable mid-range price of £249. Then comes the Gigaset Me which will cost £349 while the Me Pro is the highest end device available and will set you back £399.
Those are all good prices when you look at the kind of specs you're getting.
One of the first things which surprised us about the Gigaset Me range of phone was how well build and premium they all feel. To be perfectly honest we weren't expecting great things but we couldn't have been much more mistaken.
Even the cheapest Gigaset Me Pure feels good in the hand with its aluminium design while the regular Me and Me Pro have seriously nice stainless steel frames with a brushed finish. It's the kind of finish normally only found on phones which cost £500+ from the big names.
They do look something like a cross between the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 but that's hardly a bad thing with these priced significantly lower.
An interesting design element that you might not notice straight away (we didn't) is that none of the phones have a ear piece. You might think that you'll have to make one-way calls but the firm is using surface conduction technology so that you can place your ear anywhere on the front and still be able to hear the other person. We couldn't try this out at the show so we'll have to try this out at a later date.
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