Live Pics of the Philips X800; File Under “What Were They Thinking?”
Some things in life just can’t be explained. Bush’s presidency… Ryan Seacrest’s popularity… And the Philips X800. Sure it’s an iPhone designer impostor but plenty of manufacturers are going that route. The spec read out on this puppy is what confounds the mind and warrants a viciously loud “WTF!?”
- General: 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
- Display: Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
- Size: 240 x 400 pixels (Wide QVGA), 2.9 inches
- Data: GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
- HSCSD: No
- EDGE: No
- 3G: No
- WLAN: No
- Bluetooth: v2.0 with A2DP
Ok, so GSM 850 is missing but we’re used to that. Ok, the touchscreen display is nice and big but only supports 256K colors. All that is WTF-able but it can be worked through. The real marvel here is the connectivity. No WLAN, no 3G and no EDGE! That’s right people, this sweet-looking handset is limited to GPRS Class 10 data with a whopping ~ 48 kbps cap. We also notice that a flash for the camera has been omitted, but perhaps Philips presumed no one would notice thanks to the rest of the specs. Supposedly there is a higher-end Xenium X-Connect model in the works that will resolve many of the connectivity issues facing the X800. If that’s the case, why even bother with this model? The look is high-end but the specs are emerging market; someone might just get fired over this.
Tags: Handsets, leaks, mistakes, Philips, Rumors, X-Connect, X800, Xenium
A phone for people who don’t know what they’re buying.
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if this has no 3G why is there a front facing camera?
Something smells fishy here BGR
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what TareX said.
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Do you guys remember all the hoopla about the cheap Phillips plasma’s bout a year ago. Now you see what I was talking about. Their brand is junk. pure and simple…
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This device was meant to be a hit… 3 yrs ago.
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i think it’s a phone for people who don’t like phones or hate themselves.
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The lack of even EDGE says one thing: this phone is meant for China, as Chinese-bound phones doesn’t have 3G, doesn’t have EVDO, doesn’t have even EDGE, only GPRS and 1x (if it’s meant for Unicom’s network). So I don’t understand why Zach’s astonished.
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man you might as well put lead in it while your at it
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leave Bush out of this
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yeah zach you keep the politics aout your beginnging to sound like some far left loon
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Is this supposed to come to lesser known central american countries
And damnit Ryan Seacrest deserves his popularity…..
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Bush is a moron, good on you Zack for slagging him off. Obama will be in power soon anyway!
Why on earth would anyone vote Republican, we Brits think your bonkers!
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lol to bad his talk sho floppe but then again it was on UPN
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“Bush” is the measure of all things clusterfucked!
Don’t hate Zack for being correct.
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Yea I know, its amazing Bush didnt get more votes, guess they are only so many people that actually understand how government works.
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I will buy this phone for my grandma
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