Philips Xenium 9@9 Long-Life Mobile Phones

Philips is making a jump back into the mobile phone market, bringing us something that all mobile phone owners want - super long battery life. With the introduction of the Philips Xenium 9@9 series of phones, users can expect it to last 40 days and 40 nights in stand-by more before having to recharge. Or, for the talkative amongst us, you can babble incesantly for 10 hours before you need to charge it up again.

Philips Xenium 9@9a:

The first phone in the series is the Philips Xenium 9@9a, which has the longest battery life of the bunch. It's a very basic model that works on GSM 900/1800 networks. In standy-bye mode it lasts for 40 days and nights, and has a talk-time of 10 hours. It is not packed with all kinds of features, but it does support SMS, EMS, MMS, and WAP. It has a 1.5-inch OLED display (65k colors), 2MB internal memory, and supports polyphonic ringtones. The phonebook can hold up to 1000 entries The phone measures 99.7 x 43.5 x 19.2mm, and weights 86 g.

Philips Xenium 9@9d:

The Philips Xenium 9@9d is the next phone in the series, and is a step-up from the 9@9a model phone. This phone has some more features as well, and therefore the battery life is slightly less, but still impressive. Stand-by time is one month, and talk-time is 8.5 hours. Features include a 1.3-megapixel camera, USB 1.1, Bluetooth, JAVA 2.0 support, IrDA connectivity, and 18MB of internal memory. The 9@9d model phone has a 128x160 screen with 65k colors. The phone measures 108 x 45 x 18.5 mm, and weights 96 g.

Philips Xenium 9@9t:

The Philips Xenium 9@9t phone is higher-end model in the series, and could easily be considered a "smartphone." It has more features than the mid-level 9@9d model, but retains the impressive battery life of 850 hours stand-by and 8.5 hours of talk-time. This model features a 128 x 160 Touchscreen with 65K colors, MP3 palyer, handwriting recognition, stylus, and a miniSD card slot for expandable memory. The Xenium 9@9t lacks, however, the Bluetooth and IrDA support that the 9@9d model features.

There's been no word on pricing or availability at this time. Hopefully the great battery life of these phones will inspire other mobile phone manufacturers to start incorporating such features themselves.