Philips S900

  • Released 2006, June
    94g, 13mm thickness
    Feature phone
    10MB storage, miniSD slot
  • N/A 215,165 hits
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  • 2.2"
    176x220 pixels
  • 2MP
    Video recorder
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    Li-Ion

Philips S900 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2006, June
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 109 x 51 x 13 mm (4.29 x 2.01 x 0.51 in)
Weight 94 g (3.32 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 2.2 inches, 15.2 cm2 (~27.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 176 x 220 pixels (~128 ppi density)
 Screensavers and wallpapers
Memory Card slot miniSD
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 10MB
Main Camera Single 2 MP
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP
Games Yes
Java No
 MP3/MP4 player
Organizer
Voice memo
Battery   Removable Li-Ion battery
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 4 h
Misc Colors Silver

Philips S900 - User Reviews

  • i am use phlips s900 but my problem disple so i need disple my phone number 01738146520 plese share yor disple

  • im using this model almost 4 yrs, lastly the battery was condemm. so im looking for new battery but im failed...i kept it for longer time. what sholud i do? love this model.

  • absolutely rubbish, worst buy ever, totally useless, never ever buy anything from philip anymore, totally banned in my home!

  • hi, my s900's camera lense is broken. can any1 say dat where i can get a philips customer care centre ti repair it in Dhaka, Bangladesh? pls help.

  • i have Philips s900 its really good phone . but i want 2 know if there is possibility to download different language? thanks

  • Wow.... I cant say how much i suffered from this junk garbage hahah but now im all free its screen has totally blacked out so im gonna throw it into antarctica lol

  • i looking at buyn this phone . around 150 nz dollers is this worth it >

  • plz dont mind if i say s 900 is like as "jakes of all master of none".it containes poor battery life,unable to download any software or any games,it doesn't support any themes as well............ it will be a master funny joke if i say its a pda phone.................... wahid from BD

  • Its nothing but poor Camera phone. In a word, goodlooking phone with worst performance.

  • i was wondering if anyone could tell me if i can change the cover of this phone(philips S900)..please email me...thank you....

  • please help me to have a game in this cellphone becoz i dont know..pls email me @ [email protected]

  • This'is not a mobile phone, it's a damn pice of garbage! >:[ very very low class camera, no softwear, no keypad, no downloading from net, it often hangs, always shut down automaticly after few times of browsing, low battery, low speaker, low sound while phone call..blah blah this phone should be banned. please go after nokia or sony sony ericsson instead of useless philips. Thanks

  • this is a freaky cellphone i ever used!! i used the phone very carefully. With in 1 month it started making me irritated with its problem.Till 9month i was tolarating its problems!! but when the limit of my tolerance was over... i went to service centre!! within 9months i had to take it to service centre & they fixed(so called fixing i guess) the problems. then within next month it became a great headache for me. Anytime without any notice its hangs!! The problem is too irritating that sometimes i want to trowout the cellphone!!... i dnt understand why still "Philips" producing such nonsense kind of cellphone!! i noticed all of their cellphones becomes headache for each users within few days...!!

  • why is this phone called a pda i cant get?cause only touching the screen and openning files is not the pda,but the application like pda should have been there.i bought the phone to watch mp4s in a greater frame rate,but found very poor,the camere quality is the poorest,there is no 3gp function,and nothing could be downloaded from net of this generation. the authority must look for these fault nor it would be a great disasterous production of Philips ever.thanks...dr james from dhaka b'desh.

  • am intrested in this phone

  • I haven't buy this phone yet but interested to have one. It only miss 3g and wifi. I'm a samsung user now and happy to use it but the lack of battery life which sometime frustating me. I wish there's a phone outhere with Samsung features & design and philips battery life

  • dont buy this phone anyway.if u do so,u will do a serious mistake

  • Hi I'm basir from Bangladesh. Anyway philips s900 camera is so week. I use it one month but can't open wap. so its so so. Basir From Bangladesh.

  • i'm usin this fon 4 more than a month now.it works fine.i'm loving it. but i cant find ne new softwares of this fon.can any1 pls tell me where can i find softwares/games for this fon. thnx [email protected]

  • I agree with some commentary. The customer service of Philips is VERY bad. it is now more that 1 Month that I ask Philips were can I buy a battery charger for the phone (my was stolen) but I did not get any answer!!! The phone is nice but I can not use it now....if I could go back on the time I would not buy it again.

  • Philips is an dutch organisastion, everything of philips is in dutch(many in china too *Cheap for philips*) But in the dutch here i never see phones like this just some old models thats sick :'(

  • what is the point of this thing? looks like a pda, sells itself on a 2" screen an is only 176x220 pixels, waste of time!

  • dis mobile phn is disgusting 2 use ever. camera quality is bad,morever edge is not dere.. i cant even chat usin gprs, no chatin software, cant even instal opera mini. so wht is da use of buyin it.. if i would known earlier. i woud not buy it..

  • Philips, The video on file is that of 960 not of S900. Please replace video. Thanks.

  • what am i meant to use the phone for when the only form of data tranfer is gprs? where's all the edge and 3G? philips, you can do better than this.

  • How could it's camera be so poor. 2MP does not really mean anything....I am sure its camera can not ever produce the wallpaper which comes as default...isn't it cheating? I am not going to recommend anyone to buy this (master of none) phone.

  • How could it's camera be so poor. 2MP does not really mean anything....I am sure its camera can not ever produce the wallpaper which comes as default...isn't it cheating? I am not going to recommend anyone to buy this (master of none) phone.

  • Best cell phone in this world..go and get it now..

  • Scandor, Thanks for the info. I appreciate it very much. The foremost reason why I would buy a cellphone is its batt life. I hate charging every other day like most of the brands and bringing charger if you'l go away for a couple of days. I have waited long for the 960 but was dissappointed by its batt performance. My distributor have replaced my unit twice in a row already but the batt life is nowhere near around what is written in the tech spec/manual reason why I'm looking for an upgrade. I'm even contemplating to downgrade to Xenium 9@9a but it's nowhere to be seen here in PI also. I look forward to your next update. Regards, George

  • I didn't buy it yet. I read all your comments. But I think, one should not buy a phone with so much controversial comments from the users. True, it is cheap for all the specifications that it offers. But I think it's better to be deprived from the gain than to have a constant headache with it. Take Care. Fida from Bangladesh.

  • Well after reading all opinion abt S900......NO WAY MAN , I was abt to buy this fone now i decided not to and its always better to wait instead of instant buying , thanx to all and now im going for p990 i from sony ericsson........chus

  • Dear Georges: this model is not yet available in the philippines. I just got a demo unit to try it out. I can't say yet that its an upgrade to the 960. Will advise you in a later stage. It certainly has much bigger screen, saves pictures faster, works flawless, has much louder mp3 through the speaker boxes (2) than the 960. But batterylife is less than of 960. Regarding phonebook, i can't see anything wrong with it. i also copied it from my sim, and all is perfectly well in alphabetical order. 1000 entries and very easy to find the name you need through 'search'. Certainly this phones works a bit different, therefore : READ YOUR MANUAL !!!

  • I bought S900 for its features. However, after one week of using it, I regret my purchase. The phonebook is a mess to work with until u download yr sim card phonebook. Yr nightmare begins. First of all, if u key in new contact via the phone, yr new contact does not arrange in alphabetical order. This is as good as nothing bcos u hv to search for it instead of scrolling thru the alphabet. In times, there will a duplication of contact. U will find the same contact from SIM and Phone appears on phonebook. It will be worst if yr fren insert his Sim and yr phonebook will be crowded with his contacts as well. U could not save missed calls in yr phonebook by a click too. Secondly, the phone turn off by itself. And not to mention short battery life, 710mAh. I bought it from AD. Brought back to AD for service, they claimed they were not trained to service the phone and give me another number to call. I received the same reply from the another number as well. I wrote an email to Philips, received a call from them but "TALK NO ACTION". The guys agreed to call back but found missing in action. I would rather trade in and buy a new phone. Philips is the worst phone that I have ever used. Bad in terms of product and customer service.

  • I was looking for value and bought s900 regardless of brand. The major letdown of this phone is the basic phonebook. The essential phonebook does not arrange your contacts in alphabetical order and erases contacts. It mess up your SIM and phone entries. This is a nightmare for me. Secondly, u can forget about hand writing input. Using the virtual keyboard is much faster. Chinese hand writing recognition is very good tho. User interface is responsive. Speaker is good. Battery life sucks. Service centre also sucks. Reception wise is loud and clear. Screen is beautiful. For those like me who use touch screen the first time, using one hand to on this phone is impossible! Unless Philips improve on the phonebook, otherwise i will be getting K750i soon.

  • Does anyone know, if I can get Microsoft Outlook or if I can syncronize this phone with my computer and use it like a PDA? Thanks.

  • well TKbP ... u need to resize ur pic b4 u want to use it as wallpaper on ur mobile!! the size can be 176x220 or smaller than this size...! well can anyone give me any link where i can get free java games to download in my mobile by USB cable?? oh ... sorry4 da comments i made b4.after using it for few days now i realize that its cam quality is not bad ;) but its battery life need to b more! The mobile is soo cool :D ...sometime it makes trouble but those r OK!!

  • Hi to NIRW, you can't see the image because the image size is different. it has to be exactly 170x220. So it's best to crop the images to the right size before you upload it to the Philips phone

  • i just go tthe phone also.. and i was trying to send it to the US time cuz i got this phoen in asia.. but everytime i adjust the clock seetting it tends to fast forwawrd an hour by itself after like 30 minutes... does anybody know what's going on ?

  • i want to ask... why i send my photo to philips from sony ericsson can't use at walpaper?

  • Yes I got the phone today, Realy its Amaging, I am lovin it.Great .....

  • philips nr.1 brand

  • well...i bought that mobile last day.So now i know how is it!! let me tell u something ... if u dont want a camera on ur mobile then u may buy it without any hasitation.Bcz it got world's lowest quality camera.dont ask about it just know that its quality is lower than a 3rd class webcam!! :( and Battery Life??plz dont ask!! its bad again!! hmm..but its sound quality is good! definately u can buy if u need a music player! Takecare & keep smillin:( ---Its me YASIN(O_o)

  • This is Fahim from Bangladesh, I am very excited that I am goona get this touch pad phone today.This is simply stylish phone.I like it very much.

  • Well...i guess i m gonna buy this mobile! i Live in Bangladesh (its in south Asia) & here it is availabe at nearly US$228 ... and all the other call phones i compared in market & still its the best!!who can give a touch screen with 2mega pixel camera?? oh...i m getting 128MB free memory with it;) so why should i buy it?? Takecare & keep smillin ---Its me YASIN(O_o)

  • the phone is being launched in HK retailing at HK1990. Yes handwriting recogniion but has a delayed effect (as compared to o2mini). Its faster to just tap the keyboard. Oh it does not have a phone pad (like 02) hence you need to use 2 hands while sms-ing. But in terms of the size & 2pix picture. Its has a good size & weight.

  • I was just wondering if anyone knows if this phone opens or slides, or it doesnt open or slide at all?

  • i am thinking of getting this phone.. i am looking for a luxury looking w/ built-in handsfree phone.. "but" i only own macintosh computer, so i was wondering if it support it pls tell me if anyone knows! thanks

  • scandor, where did you purchase your s900 in PI? im looking for this phone. i would like to upgrade my 960 to s900. do you know any distributor/dealer who accepts trade-in? many thanks in advance!

  • the price in the philippines will be about u.s. $ 250.-. So very affordable and indeed, who needs 3G ?? I think this is complete enough. I down load my isp emails and answer them several times a day with my philips 960. Costs almost nothing, certainly not battery life.

  • Can anyone post price here for this phone?? And also i wold like some info regarding other language that this phone comes with...

  • ugly n cool

  • Tirke I advise you to buy the philips xenium 9@9T when you want to change your ozeo for something complete, sturdy and with metal finish and because you fancy the long battery life.

  • More photos of S900 found on this China website

  • After contacting Phillips, I have found out that this phone will definately NOT be released in the UK. This is because it is aimed at a Japanese/ Korean market so therefore the phone will have software such as a language converter- eg. from korean to english. Therefore it would not be appropiate to release the phone in the UK.

  • Looks great hope that battery is 300h in standby. I am still using Philips Ozeo... and still rocks fine after 4 years (when I bought HIM battery lasted for 7 days after hard talk) but I am ready for new thing from my Philips. I adore long life battery, that is reason I like Philips.

  • Am i the only one who finds this very strange, but we have 120 people here on this board, who gave average score of 8.2 for this phone features and performance. Ok i can see design is easy to rate, you see it you like it. But performance???? Ok none of you had phone in your hand, or even in 10 m proximity of your left foot, so how do you rate performance. Hmmm, i really didnt like the email features but Calendar was cool, a bit slow for my taste. Ok now does anyone knows where on the web should this phone be sold. You know i live in US, and we only have b/w, no-bt, no-ir clam shell phones, that come from one of the big 4 companies.

  • 109 Votes, desigh 8.3 Fet. 8.1 Perform. 8.1 has Blue tooth ... so anti-Xenials i have only ONE word for u : "Posting Rule # 2.Be polite & Use COMMON Sense."

  • 300 h standby for a 2.2" size display ?! if this is true,it will be a best-seller.

  • The Philips s900 comes with hand writing recgnition, bluetooth and MP3. Cant complain for the price its retailing.......there is always a market for High tech phones but nicely priced......i am definately getting this one and understand that it will be launched in Mid of July 2007!Value Buy is what I am looking for and not paying for brands that just ask too much without content! Keep up the good work Philips!

  • Gbenga ..can you tell me please in which country you hope the S900 will be ~ 150 eur ?? give me an e-mail plsssss..!! the phone is verry atractive ..has touchscren and a good quality of sound..i would like to buy it as soon as possible..

  • As a very satisfied xenium user I am very excited to see this phone from Philips, I will definitely go in for it as and when it is launched in India as I feel Philips phones are much better that Nokia,Motorola and Sony ericsson

  • Does anyone know whether or not this phone will be released in the UK? Because I heard it will only be available in Korea and I really want to buy it. Thanks.

  • I'm a fan of xenium series. Hope Philips will make this kind pda-phone look with xenium battery life in the near future. And if it's a WCDMA/HSDPA phone and have WIFI, that's just a very big plus. Xenium is just getting better and better ;)

  • will this model support "handwriting recognition" feature? thnks

  • totaly depends on price of dis mobile wedr it is going to b hit or not

  • Simplicity, boldness and a sense of business as ussual is present in this phone. Great stuff

  • What's up?! a phone without OS?!!! these phones needs powerful OS like Windows Mobile05. I think this phone is a unuseful phone and make problems for his/her user.

  • hey,most of you people dont lyk this fone,just check its slim ness and stye.. its sleek n smart. if the fone is a symbian then it would not respond quikly, n 3g is a waste of everything.this fone will be cheap n possibly rule/lead the market for sometime.and listen,,the SE P910i was not a symbian not Windows mobile 5.0 n not 3g, nor edge but it boosted the market.but p910i was expensive n this will be cheap Catch ya later!!!

  • Great phone, who needs 3g anyway??? Is a battery life waste, pure battery life waste! I hope it hits the market soon, its very annoying wait soooooo much time for some cool phones!

  • They should stick with making lamps...not cellphones

  • I meant to say "why such a [large] TFT screen"? Yeah, I know that most phones have TFT screens, duuhh...

  • Beside that what this phone don't have 3G or Symbian or WM2005 or FMradio,(mg. someone like this function)this is verry usefull mobile phone. Just to be priced around 150� and it's best buy!!!

  • aurangzeb is wrong. there IS bluetooth

  • looks good but that's all i can say really. Have a Motorola A1000 which is now 'old' but compared to this its 'cutting edge'. What is the point of this - no 3G, now simbian or windows!!! give us a clue

  • what do you mean aurangzeb when u said why have a camera phone with a TFT screen most phonese these days are on TFT screen its just the res size is low 176 X220

  • no bluetooth, no radio, no edge. its not a phone. just a crap . a bi waste

  • Looks good, but what's the point? No EDGE, no WLAN, not 3G compatible? No mobile Windows 5.0? It's bizarre that anyone would make a phone in this day and age without the aforemenioned features. Why make a camera phone with a TFT screen? Extraordinarily disappointing, if I may say so.

  • Why this site doesnt contain any thing about Fly mobiles

  • a good move by philips but the resolution is very low and no radio, edge just wasting time and money for development of such a stupid phone

  • wow cool

  • no wifi WHY???

  • this is a good phone...lack of edge shows..... the 262k display i cool

  • No Fm radio behind then Nokia Or Se Nothing important in it but look wise beautiful

  • DISASTER !!! i mean.. come on !!! 176 x 220 ???? is it color ?!?!? (it wouldn't suprise me if it isn't)

  • This is the phone I have been waiting for finally! It is great,originally I wanted the Sony Ericsson M600 but it had no camera, but his phone has one, it is touchscreen and it looks great. Hope to get one soon. And by the way how can you work out if it will be released it the UK?

  • first one!yesss:P