communication & multimedia 1 founded december 2001 headquarters taipei taiwan area served worldwide key people k.y. lee chairman ; conway lee ceo and president number of employees 100 000 2015 parent qisda corporation website www.benq.com benq traditional chinese simplified chinese transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin m ngj di nt ng qisda traditional chinese simplified chinese transcriptions benq joybook u101 at taipei it month benq joybook 8100 benq corporation b n kju ; chinese is a taiwanese multi national company that sells and markets technology products consumer electronics computing and communications devices 2 under the benq brand name which stands for the company slogan bringing enjoyment n quality to life . its principal products include tft lcd monitors digital projectors digital cameras and mobile computing devices . benq s head office is located in taipei and the company operates five branch offices in the asia pacific europe china latin america and north america and employs over 1 300 individuals . the benq brand is present in more than 100 countries worldwide . contents 1 history 1.1 benq siemens 1.2 after siemens 1.2.1 smartphones 1.3 corporate restructuring 1.4 acquiring zowie gear 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit benq was originally spun off from acer in 2001 to provide a separate branded channel . in 2006 acer disposed of its remaining shares in benq . 3 benq s first mobile phone was the m775c from 2003 . during q1 2004 eight new phones were announced ranging from bar and clamshell phones to windows mobile smartphones . a further seven phones mainly clamshells came in 2005 . benq siemens edit main article benq siemens on october 1 2005 benq corp. acquired the mobile devices division of germany s siemens ag becoming the sixth largest company in the mobile phone industry by accumulated market share . the acquisition results in a new business group benq mobile of benq corporation entirely dedicated to wireless communications . mobile phones of the new group are marketed under a new brand benq siemens . 4 in late september 2006 the mobile devices division of benq benq mobile germany announced bankruptcy when benq corp. discontinued its funding . as a result benq mobile was effectively placed under the supervision of a state appointed bankruptcy administrator . in february 2007 benq mobile was finally disbanded as a suitable buyer could not be found . an estimated 2000 benq mobile employees lost their jobs . 5 on august 24 2006 benq announced plans to spin off its manufacturing operations in early 2007 separating contract manufacturing and own brand divisions . 6 after siemens edit after benq siemens collapsed benq continued to make phones primarily aimed at the asian market although one was released in europe too . this is a list of benq phones during the post benq siemens period t33 t51 c30 e72 windows mobile smartphone . also released in europe m7 t60 e53 c36 e55 after a hiatus benq resumed production of smartphones under its own brand in 2013 . 7 smartphones edit dell venue pro qisda corporation a subsidiary of benq manufactured smartphones for dell which were marketed under the venue pro name and which ran windows phone 7 . 8 the phone was made available in limited quantities on november 8 2010 with the launch of windows phone . 9 delivery of the phone met severe setbacks it was riled with numerous hardware issues 10 and the device was discontinued as of march 8 2012 . 11 android benq a3 made for the asian market runs android 4.1 jelly bean benq t3 benq f5 ram 2gb runs android 4.4.2 kitkat ee uk starting in 2015 benq manufactured the harrier and harrier mini android smartphones for the uk mobile telecoms provider ee . corporate restructuring edit benq dc c800 benq dc c1030 eco . on august 24 2006 benq announced plans to spin off its manufacturing operations in early 2007 separating contract manufacturing and own brand divisions . 6 in april 2007 considering that the branded business has achieved sufficient profit and scale to sustain and grow its operation independently benq announced the plan to spin off its branded business . after the spin off benq corporation was renamed qisda corporation which will focus on integrated manufacturing service business and the spun off company has succeeded the name of benq corporation which is a 100 % owned subsidiary of qisda corp. 12 on september 3 2007 the newly spun off benq corporation commenced its new operation to continue selling and marketing products under the benq brand name . 13 acquiring zowie gear edit on december 10 2015 benq announced that zowie gear would become their new gaming division . 14 their newer products include mice mouse pads sound cards monitors and other gaming accessories . see also edit list of digital camera brands products of acquired siemens mobile division list of companies of taiwan references edit acer spins off peripherals unit . news.cnet.com . 5 december 2001 . retrieved 7 august 2011 . plunkett jack 2007 . plunkett s advertising & branding industry almanac 2007 advertising . plunkett research . retrieved 20 october 2009 . acer cuts benq s cord . zdnet uk . 18 april 2006 . retrieved 7 august 2011 . xinhua english . news.xinhuanet.com . 2005 06 08 . retrieved 2015 02 26 . ex siemens subsidiary flops benq bankruptcy causes furor spiegel online . spiegel.de . 2006 09 29 . retrieved 2015 02 26 . a b nystedt dan 2006 08 24 . benq to spin off manufacturing operations . infoworld . retrieved 2015 02 26 . benq rejoins the smartphone market with two tepid android models . engadget.com . 2 december 2013 . retrieved 1 july 2014 . imei lookup . imei number.com . 31 march 2012 . ziegler chris 8 november 2010 . dell venue pro on sale at microsoft stores but good luck getting one . engadget . aol . retrieved 21 july 2012 . beren david 12 november 2010 . dell fesses up to venue pro wi fi issues will reship november 19th . tmonews . phonedog . retrieved 21 july 2012 . bishop bryan 28 march 2012 . dell retires venue and venue pro in the us future smartphone plans unclear . the verge . vox media . retrieved 21 july 2012 . benq is dead long live ... qisda . wired . 2007 06 21 . retrieved 2015 02 26 . 1 dead link zowie by benq on twitter . twitter . retrieved 2016 05 23 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to benq . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title benq & oldid 724090462 categories companies established in 1984computer hardware companiesconsumer electronics brandselectronics companies of taiwandisplay technology companiesphotography companiesmobile phone manufacturersportable audio player manufacturerscompanies listed on the taiwan stock exchangetaiwanese brandscompanies based in taipeihidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from february 2015pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing traditional chinese language 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