Keeps Going, And Going: Philips Xenium 9@9
Philips isn’t a big player in the cell phone business, but it has a big idea: Make phones you don’t have to charge up every day. Or every week.
These latest Philips Xenium phones are said to last 40 days and 40 nights. Now, your battery life will vary depending on how much talking you do. But this kind of freedom would be great for people who don’t have access to wall outlets or cigarette lighter outputs in a car.
Earlier versions of these long-lasting phones had old-fashioned black and white LCD readouts, to conserve power. But as you can see, these latest versions have color screens. The model pictured in the center has a 1.3 megapixel camera, and the model on the right has handwriting recognition capability and a miniSD card slot, and an mp3 player.
As long as you have to wait for these phones’ batteries to go dead, you’ll probably wait even longer for any U.S. carrier to pick them up. Just makes you wonder why, if Philips can make ‘em go this long without a charge, why can’t other manufacturers do the same?
Philips Xenium 9 @ 9, extended battery life
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