Two new economy handsets by Philips


Philips has unveiled two economy mobile phones — Philips 198 and 199. These handsets are similar to each other with the only difference being the FM Radio feature in Philips 199 model.

The handsets will be rolled out only in Asia and Europe initially.

Features and specs:

• 1.5 inch CSTN colour display
• 128 x 128 pixel resolution with 62K colours
• 4-way navigation key
• 65 grams
• 99 x 42 x 13.5 mm
• SMS and MMS
• T9 predictive text
• Polyphonic ringtones
• 3 embedded games
• MiniUSB
• 800 mAh battery
• Dual-band GSM 900/1800 with GPRS

Price:

Philips 189 will retail at Rs 2400 approximately and Philips 199 will retail at Rs 2700 approximately.