Philips 198 and 199 coming to Europe and Asia
By David Gonzales on 20 May 08A far cry from its incredibly sexy “edge to edge” touchscreen phone, the Xenium X800 e2e, Philips introduces a new low-end handset that’s as basic as it gets. Not only does this phone do nothing else but facilitate calls and text messages, it also lacks a camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and obviously, a touchscreen.
The Philips 198 and Philips 199 are two variations of this new low-end handset, with the Philips 198 as the default handset model while the Philips 198 is the souped-up version featuring an inbuilt FM radio. Very high technology right there, eh?
The Philips 198 and 199 are going to have exactly the same design, measuring 99 x 42 x 13.5 mm and weighing only 65 grams. It has 3 embedded games to keep you company after meticulously typing away at its simple keypad with 4-way navigation key.
A miniUSB connectivity option is provided, although I can’t see why plugging this into a PC would help since it doesn’t have removable storage or any PC-related applications anyway. I ascertain that this could also be used to charge the 800mAh battery, though.
The Philips 198 and 199 should be available in a few months for about $62. Pretty affordable, if I may say.
Via Softpedia
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