Philips 659

This is a continuation of Philips 630. Differs in the absence of radio and the presence of an external OLED-screen. A typical middle segment solution.

• Class: fashion
• Position in the line: above Philips 630
• Rivals: Siemens CF62, Motorola v220
• Test based description

• General features
  • Announced in September 2004
  • GSM 900/1800
  • Graphical display with the resolution of 128x160 pixels, 65K (TFT), shows up to 7 text lines + two service lines; external screen with the resolution of 96x64 pixels, OLED, 3 colours
  • Battery type Li-Ion 600 mAh
  • Battery life:
  • standby time up to 300 hours
  • talk time up to 3 hours
  • Body colors - several variants
  • VGA-camera, recording video in MJPEG format
  • Dimensions: 89.2x45.6x23.3 mm
  • Weight: 89 grams

   

• Memory
  • Phone book for 500 entries (up to 5 numbers, e-mail address, a text note, address, IM number for a name). Several users' groups
  • Memory for 100 SMS, a possibility to protect them with a password
  • Call log of last 10 incoming, outgoing and missed calls
  • 1.2 MB of memory for MMS
  • Organizer memory for 30 records

 

• Call management, ringing tones

• Vibrating alert
• 32-tones polyphony
• 30 melodies and ringing tones, 20 of them are preset and up to 10 are loadable
• In addition to the three voice codes (HR, FR,EFR) a new code AMR.
• Profiles

• SMS
  • Predictive text input Т9
  • SMS, EMS
  • Templates
  • Icons

   

• Connectivity
• GPRS(4+2)
• Wap-browser 1.2.1
• Synchronization with PC via a cable

 

• Organizer and extras
  • Ditaphone, 3 records for 30 seconds
  • Biorhythms
  • Clock or a graphical image as a headband
  • Organizer
  • Date, time, alarm clock (up to 3 alarm clocks)
  • Calculator, currency converter
  • Games - Reflexes, Smartmove, Snake, Mine, Breakout, LuckyStar

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published — 24 October 2004

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