Philips 968

  • Released 2005, July
    128g, 25mm thickness
    Linux
    40MB storage, SD slot
  • N/A 220,897 hits
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    240x320 pixels
  • 1.3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 1450mAh
    Li-Ion

Philips 968 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2005, July
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 95 x 48.7 x 25 mm, 115 cc (3.74 x 1.92 x 0.98 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio
 Swivel and rotate 90 deg
Handwriting recognition
Screensavers and wallpapers
Downloadable logos
Platform OS Linux
Memory Card slot SD
Internal 40MB
Main Camera Single 1.3 MP
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
 MP3/AAC+/MP4 player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Lunar calendar
Voice memo
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 240 h
Talk time Up to 4 h
Misc Colors Titanium Tempo, Black Bass

Philips 968 - User Reviews

  • This is very out fit look hand set,,i like thi color and also body corner,,

  • This is a great and powerful phone, Bravo to the manufaturer,great dsign,and good performance

  • and he said now that it slows down a lot

  • I think this is one of the greatest phones,and if need be,and opportunity given,I would'nt mind having it, Thank you, Danson

  • My mate has this phone he hates it so he is giveing it to me

  • Philips 968 is good phone but no irDA, bluetooth,HSCSD,3G

  • Neat looking fone but please oh please will all those nokia lovers please shut up with their "copy of "-statements (btw I own a nokia also but I am a free person =P)

  • this phone is good ,but nothing irDA or Bluetooth

  • hmmm...this phone is cute....i guess :))

  • copy of nokia 6260

  • yes u r right, Nokia always copying such sort of phones which are barly available in market

  • TO: "royal Blood". This phone was avaiable one year before n93 :) Don't forget it.

  • bah, tried to copy N90, and it even is not like it.

  • As everyone knows, this is linux OS embeded smartphone. Does everyone know can user either download linux software via network or internet, or instoll the software from SD card or computer? I saw user can download Java application, but I don't know about other application.

  • OH!This is wonderful a trial will surely convinced.Think i need one.

  • really cool! :)

  • this phone is ok but its so a nock-off of the nokia N92 or N93

  • beautifull and extra i want to have it

  • linux system,too hard for found 968 software...

  • Help! Why won't my 968 read my SD card?

  • if there is no flipping screen then it would be a perfect mushak wali tatti

  • No copy of nokia n90 at all, as almost everything is different. Yes, it lacks infra red and bluetooth, but do we need that when there is a sd card ? And the price is so much lower than the N90 and other feature rich phones. Philips wants to keep things useful and simple. And hey, suddenly even nokia is now starting wiuth touch screen features ........Philips phones are constituted in China and france while the parts come from all over the world. Just to call it a made in china phone goes too far.

  • man d600 rocks its far more better than this piece of junk.A friend had one for just a month because the touchscreen broke by a simple drop.(pls excuse my english)

  • hey frank I just buyed a se w800 and its the best phone of all it has a incredibly good camera and its walkman program is incredible

  • Philips 968 is the best. i love it so much

  • I am deciding which phone to buy. Philips 968/Samsung-D600/SE w800i/Inno a20. I know they are all different. Any suggestions? About the Philips 968, is the touchscreen good? I know it doesnt have Blueetooth. A shame. What about the applications? Does it have speakerphone? Can you play mp3s and movies? i appreciate your time, I hope someone that knows about this or has the phone could answer, since many people think they know about phones... but are more confused than myself. Thank you

  • Just got one and found out it has NO Bluetooth nor Infrared!!! Can't believe a so flagship phone without any of these!!! With both AND the SD slot inside of the phone instead of the big battary case it will be a nice one.....

  • i have 2 more questions.... how come i can't play any of the games that comes with the phone? and i cant get into the java manager either.... and my phone's memory capitcity is FREE 0MB, USED 0MB... -.-"

  • does anyone know how i can use other wallpaper other than the ones that came with the phone? i never got it to work...

  • ok, i actually own this phone and it's pretty nice. linux os does not get in the way of pc connection, philips has provided special 968 software. manual can be found on philips hong kong site, i english or chinese. java machine is webshere by ibm. it's ok, most stuff runs on it. anyone have real questions, email me. marc

  • Hi, Is this phone any good it says it has heaps of features and stuff but i dont have a clue????? please email me at [email protected]

  • Can anyone please post me the link to download the Online readable Manual pls since I am unable to find the user manual for this particular Philips model. I dont need Bluetooth or Irda or any of the EDGE gprs feature. I just need to know about this phone since its not yet available here

  • to the guy who said all philips phones are made in china.... wake up! almost all mobile phones are made in china. even sony ericsson and nokia. don't you see, China is a great place to build stuff and sell it cheaper than other countries cuz of cheaper labor and materials. try opening your phone... even though it's made somewhere else you can still see a couple of components made from China.

  • You guys are kidding me, right? I don't recall the N90 having touchscreen, including handwriting recognition. Besides that, this phone (although a bit large) has been available for a couple of months already! The video playback and recording features are awesome!

  • 968 is no good ! what's wrong with the media player (Sound) ? Cant seperate files into folders and playlist is consequently a problem..............poor management. Does anyone know how to fix it ?

  • I just bought my 968 here in China. Problem 1.:I cannot connect it thru USB cable to my computer becouse windows cannot find the driver. Does anybody has this driver or any tip on this matter? Problem 2.: I cannot store may photos/movies directly on the SD cards, as well as, I cannot transfer the files to it. Any suggestion? Thks, Durval

  • hey guy, even your TV is make in china. You know what i mean?

  • First i confuse with what u guys talking, u guys said that this model of philips twin with N90, in my opionion this tipe of philips is totaly different with nokia N90. you could se from the camera potition, dan keypad. also color ornament , it is very different. And philips 968 focused it's video reocord capability, the swing concept first time made by samsung. and the os philips using linux and nokia using symbian is totaly diffent. i have see the 960 with the linux os, it is cool. You could change the themes, including the animation icons and other color and background like using the real desktop linux. and give u a different felling. for the first use when u change the theme , u like a changing the os :D fully costumize :D...

  • All Philips phones are produced in China.

  • As I know, Philips 968 is made in Shenzhen. I remain conservative to the QC and production of China. What would the existing users say about this ?

  • why is owner of nokia's phone, saying that philips has copied the design of the n90, i don't think nokia had this design first anyway, LG had this design first, so who's copying who.

  • use real operating system an not the crappy windows.Windows is a joke of operating systems

  • i think u guys are mistaken . nokia and philips have the same owner now u know what i mean :)

  • i have philips 968 ,wish can have the settings of the gprs .at least general settings please..

  • i see the phone uses os linux. does that mean that if i want to connect the phone to my pc wich is a windows, it wont work?

  • Does it hav infra red or bluetooth because if it hasn't it is bad for philips??

  • on the post below, i meant nokia N90, not N91

  • If you consider this as a copy and paste of Nokia N91, then the Nokia N91 is a copy of Samsung SCH-V4400 which has the same form factor with the camera facing outwards and a rotating screen like a camcorder; that phone was released 2 years ago...

  • I dont think so that Philips copy and paste N90... and cmon guys.. Not everyone like Nokia and give some space for new comers.. dont always compare it with "nokia, nokia, nokia..." the keypad are different and camera also different coz n90 could rotate and philips couldnt. I believe one day Philips could improve their features.. go for it Philips.. get urself upgrade into better soon...

  • Copy and paste of the N90, althoughh it does not mathce in in design, feature and performance. Low end copy.

  • very ugly phone.... they try to copy the nokia 6260 and the N90 but the result is a stupid phone

  • What are you guys on about?!? Seriously, I think Philips quality is bad, I'm not a real fan, but is ANY flip-phone nowadays a direct copy of the N90 or is the N90 really just NOKIA's go at flip-phones... You guys are so narrow sometimes, swivel screens are so common and the design is not anything near the N90. Neither in size or shape/form factor. You guys just need to pick on it thats all, the specs are pretty decent anyway.

  • Damn... Copy paste the N90 here... Message to Frits himself; keep focussing on video 2000 my friend... Aaaight?!

  • I think you will find that SE were doing this even before Nokia

  • O No..!!!! you did't again, now you (philpis) make a direct copy of the nokia N90?! the fanancial going bad i think :S

  • no external display? thats too bad :/ everything is nice though

  • No external display no BT no IR no fm radio NO a lot of things Thats too bad :(

  • hmmmz this phone seems a lot like the n90 :P the 2 phones r twins or what??? :D

  • hay guys how r u.This is a cool Phone by design the colours an Pixels are also good but what about infrared and bluetooth these are imPortant in an exelent Phone.this is like a camcorder Plz give this one some sPecial thing so that we can say this is an exelent one ok take care bye.

  • people from gsm arena! Difficult to believe thet this phone will be based on the Linox operating system and will have neither infrared nor bluetooth! Pay more atention pls to the data you put on the net

  • the design is ok just as is being shown on the web,but am afraid that it may not be more marketable,since there is no infrared nor bluetooth.something should be done b/4 putting it into the market.

  • Neat design and very good specs but doesn't hv infra red ??? philips products are v. good. my first phone was fisio 121. although it lacked a lot of specs cos it was made a long time ago , I had very little problem with it for about 2 yrs. BIG UPSS PHILIPS !!!