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The deceptively simple Philips Xenium X312 will have a month of battery life, according to this render’s front screen. The few other specs to leak out include a modest QVGA display, Bluetooth, FM radio, 2 megapixel camera, and a microSD memory card slot. It’s likely to only have 2G, which probably contributes to its truly righteous battery life.
Although a month is impressive, this is about on par with Philips’ Xenium X810, X550 and X520, which could also last a month on standby, only the latter ran on a AAA battery. What’s hilarious is that the X630 goes even further and can last 50 days in standby, or 12 hours of talk, and the 9@9 goes a solid two months and 17 hours of talk. I really dig the strategy here: never mind doing a wide array of moderately-successful features… Get the basic stuff down pat, then do one thing really, really well (in this case, battery life).
As usual, this one likely won’t be coming to North America, and will stay floating around Asia and Russia, but it remains an interesting brand tom watch, if only from afar.
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
