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.
[Mobile-Review via Unwired View]