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Philips Xenium X800
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Posted: 30 May 2008
Market Status: Released
Release date: 24 Sep 2008
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Philipa Xenium X800 is a tri-band GSM candybar sporting a 2.8" touchscreen display, long battery life (up to 10hours of talk time and up to 1 month of standby), 2-megapixel camera with video capture in 352x288 pixels, music and video players with multiple supported formats, Bluetooth with A2DP and microSD(HC) memory card slot.

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Philips Xenium X800 specifications

Pros

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Cons

Low pixel densitiy screen, below 180ppi (167 ppi)
Slow data means slow Internet browsing (EDGE)
It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.64 inches)
Low resolution display (240 x 400 pixels)
Resistive touchscreen technology means its display is less sensitive than you would like it to be
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Low-resolution video capture
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
Dimensions:
- 3.98 x 2.06 x 0.64 (101 x 52.4 x 16.3 mm)
Weight:
- 3.49 oz (99 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.80 inches
Resolution:
- 240 x 400 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 167 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144
Touchscreen:
- - Resistive

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 10.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 30.0 days (720 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 1250 mAh

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 47 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD, microSDHC

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Features:
  - Multi shot, Digital zoom, Night mode, Self-timer
Camcorder:
- - 352x288 (CIF)

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - WAP 2.0

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- EDGE

Phone features

Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, Calculator

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - Yes
USB:
- - USB 1.1

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (64 voices), Vibration, Speakerphone
- Voice recording

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