Xenium9@9++ (Philips Xenium 9@9++)

Member Name: jaseco

Product:	Philips Xenium 9@9++
Date:	20/04/05 (448 review reads)
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Advantages: Build Quality, Battery Life, Ease of use

Disadvantages: Not a UK release

I have had this phone for over a year now.
The battery life and reception are fantastic.
It is a basic phone without the flash power sapping stuff that you hardly ever use.
I had to get mine from Germany as is was never officially released here in the UK, my servis provider gave me a camera phone but I never used it as you had to charge the thing up every 3-4 days instead of 3-4 weeks with the Xenium.
If you get tired of having to recharge your phone all the time or if you travel around then this is the phone for you.
All the functions work well (appart from the e-mail, but that's more to do with orange than the phone), it has a simple menu system, clear screen, is light and not too smal.
It has a feel of robust quality about it.
I don't know why Philips didn't release this phone here in the UK, or the better phone within it's range. But they should and they ought to be still making this phone as not everyone wants a colour screen or a low quality camera phone, most people just use there phone for calling and the odd text message, if that is you then this is the phone to get!!!!!!!

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