The Philips Xenium X530 is a recent flip top phone to come out in the Xenium phone series. The difference now is that this is the first mobile phone associated with the said brand after its mobile phone division was bought by a certain Chinese company. But despite the changes, it is still an attractive mobile phone worth a second look.

The main attraction for this Philips Xenium is, initially, by how it looks. An attractive design makes the Xenium X530 worth considering. This, along with its long lasting battery life that is now associated with the Philips Xenium phone series. This mobile phone can last up to 850 hours of stand by time and 8 hours worth of talk time. Read the rest of this entry »

The Xenium X810 is a brand new phone from Philips and this one comes with a touchscreen. It’s a 240 x 400 pixels TFT touchscreen display with 262K colors and a touch-sensitive navigation pad.

Here’s the rest of this X810 features:

• Quad band GSM connectivity with EDGE
• 3.2 MP camera with flash
• Media player
• Bluetooth
• USB
• 45MB of internal memory
• MicroSDHC card support
• Up to one month of stand-by time
• 104 x 52 x 14.4 mm
• 100 grams

There’s no official release date yet but it’s suspected that China will be getting it first.

We have a new Xenium X530 phone from Philips. And it’s a flip phone too. Besides the obvious long-lasting battery which will get you 8 hours of talk time or 850 hours of stand-by time you’re going to get the following:

• Tri-band GSM/EDGE connectivity (900/1800/1900 MHz)
• 2.2 inch internal TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels and 262K colors
• 1 inch OLED external display
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• Music player
• FM radio with RDS
• 2MP camera
• NXP 5210 chipset
• 99.1 x 47.1 x 18 millimeters

The phone has just been approved by the FCC so it should hit various markets soon.

Philips unveiled new versions of its widely popular mobile phone Philips Xenium 9 @ 9q, as a special offering for the holiday season. The newly-announced models are called Dragon and Phoenix, and the exquisite drawings featured by the shell are rather meant to turn the device into a stylish accessory.

In addition, the phone also comes with a discreet external display that has been added on both of its flip sides, which have been designed so as to offer users an easy way of checking out information like unread messages, missed calls, as well as remaining battery power.
The low-to-mid-range Philips Xenium 9 @ 9q Dragon model has also been equipped with indicator icons on the outside of the top flip. These indicators are meant to inform the user of any new SMS messages as well as of incoming and missed calls, and they can also indicate the level of battery power.
The phone is also reported to feature support for microSD memory cards (up to 2GB), which also allow for high-quality video and photo shoots. Moreover, the model sports Bluetooth support with A2DP and comes with a TFT 176h220 point (262144 colors) display.
Of course, the specs that made the Philips Xenium 9 @ 9q so popular are also present, namely the up to 8 hours of talk time and 1 month of standby time, which means that the two models are rated amongst the longest-lasting fashion-centric phones available today. This feature is nevertheless complemented by their snazzy designs, emphasized by the subtle light-up indicators situated on the outside of the clamshell.

According to news on the web, the new Xenium 9 @ 9q Dragon and Xenium 9 @ 9q Phoenix would feature a retail price of around $172, or about 5,000 rubles.