Philips Xenium 9@9i

  • Released 2005, Q1
    104g, 25.3mm thickness
    Feature phone
    20MB storage, no card slot
  • N/A 94,868 hits
  • 10 Become a fan
  •  
    128x160 pixels, 7 lines
  • 1.3MP
    No video recorder
  •  
  • 1100mAh
    Li-Ion

Philips Xenium 9@9i - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPRS Class 10
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2005, Q1
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 89.7 x 46.5 x 25.3 mm, 95 cc (3.53 x 1.83 x 1.00 in)
Weight 104 g (3.67 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type UFB, 65K colors
Size
Resolution 128 x 160 pixels, 7 lines
 Second external monochrome display (80 x 48 pixels)
Screensavers and wallpapers
Downloadable logos
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 1000 x 5 fields, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 20MB
Main Camera Single 1.3 MP
Video No
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Games Yes + Java downloadable
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
 Predictive text input
Voice memo (up to 30 min.)
Organizer
World clock
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 720 h
Talk time Up to 8 h 30 min
Misc Colors Executive Silver, Superior Titanium, Royal Blue

Philips Xenium 9@9i - User Reviews

  • Philips Xenium 9@9i is a good quaility mobile phone. However, it appears to be difficult to buy a spare battery, e.g. my phone has battery type A20WBJ/0ZC. Also, any information about the battery substitute or equivalent appears to be unavailable.

  • I purchased Philips Xenium 9@9i about a year ago. It works well. The standby time is shorter than specified in my location, New York, NY, USA. T-mobile provider accepts this model. It was purchased at www.mkphones.com located in Hong Kong. This store does not offer accessories. The Philips in Honk Kong (852-2619-9663 Telephone, 852-2481-5847 Fax) was contacted for a replacement battery availability, Li-Ion, 1100mAh standard battery manufactured in China (Battery Type A20WBJ/0ZC); however, the battery appears to be unavailable (no responses from Philips). It has English alphabet and two Chinese "alphabets." The sound volume available appears to be on lower side in comparison with some other types of mobile phones on the market. Buttons on a unit side are often starting either the camera or the sound volume adjustment/setting, if the unit is not carefully held. The external quality and appearance of the unit can undoubtedly and easily be noticed. It will probably be surpassed by units based on the 65nm technology in the foreseeable future.

  • I have had the 9@9i for well over a year and a half. It is by far the best phone I have used in my area. I have used Motorola, Nokia, and even tried an Innostream...Blah!! Only at my home reception is poor. But this phone picks up signal where the others failed. Battery life is phenominal. Talk forever with no worries. Have transferred pics from phone to pc and visa versa. Picture quality is acceptable for a camera phone. My next phone will be a Philips. HEY PHILIPS!!!! SELL THESE IN THE U.S. I bought this from overseas and love it...

  • Have been usin the 4one 4 about 3 months. It has a very good bettery life and very easy to use.But it is just too poor-has almost nothing in it,i will give philips another try.

  • to : Tolga, thanks for reminding me. Not gona be easy but will try.

  • take care of your ears,martin k.Diminish calling time due to prevent cancer.Use your phone on good days.

  • I have the phone a few weeks now and not withstanding what one says, i can sms with it very well and fast. BUT you have to use the dictionary inl. the feature to put in new words. It is just a no nonsense phone with a surprising low price with only necessary featryres and eveything just WORKS. And gosh, don't need to become nervous if someone calls me for an hour or more.

  • good, i liked

  • I have been using this Philips 9@9i phone 2 months for my work where I use 1-2 hours talk/day and about 10 SMS a day. This are my conclusions: Battery last me 3-5 days - very good Call quality also very good Calculator is fast and easy to use. Slow startup Alarm clock has a error and comes back after a few min. and I'm not pressing Snooze !! SMS - a absolutely horror to work with, can only have 20 SMS in inbox and to delete must open each single one and go into menus or just delete all. You can't mark/select and then delete or copy. Text input is also slow Address book also bad interface if you want to copy contacts to SIM card. Generally a slow phone and interface/software far behind major brands in same price level. I really wanted to give Philips a try but I have to surrender, have to change back to Finish or Japan brand. But if you are a user which only need it for calling and receive I still recommend it.

  • does anyone know that this handset can locate the external card @ memory card???

  • Thanks to er,GBU

  • Both are the same except the cosmetic. Your choice will be your eye preference.

  • To: er Which one u suggest for me?9@9e or 9@9i?Tq

  • This phone has got infrared

  • no infrared? bluetooth?

  • does this phone have MP3 player?

  • i like this model a lot. it looks nice!!!

  • how bout its cam?does it looks good on computer screen after its transfered?if it compared to nokia7610 or siemenscx75? pls let me know thx

  • Yes, you just need to archive your SMS. But be ca

  • do this phone support to move sms from sim card to phone, i can't move it......

  • You can't copy your contact from phone to SIM due to the fact that phone allow you to have several informations per contact which is not the case for the SIM. However, you can use Mobile Phone Tools (the inbox SW) in order to save all your contacts on your computer. Once it is done, make a preparation with an excel file and ensure that each contact will have only one number, change the selection of the phonebook to be synchronyze, import your excel file in a new MPT contact list and inject the contacts from the excel file into the SIM directory.

  • I can't copy contact from Phone to SIM Card How can I copy ? Thank

  • is there any phillips mobile fone that is mp3 capable or atleast have radio and or bluetooth. i'm looking for a nica cam fone with atleast a fm radio and infrared or bluetooth. thanks. i'd really apprecaite ur help/ opinion.

  • It's a shame that Philips phones have had low demand! OUR SOCIETY IS SO BRAINWASHED AND NOT MATTURE AT ALL. 9@9i Is a great phone! -Basic Phone -Not overloaded with useless crap -Looks like a phone -Great battery life WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED FROM A PHONE? Philips: Please bring your long lasting battery life phones to U.S.!

  • i heard philips has slow respond in menu?thats right?But the model is futuristic!!

  • Incredible PHILIPS Nr.1 brand

  • It has 1.3MP built in camera

  • Philips! you put camera in and you ruin everything :(

  • Sorry... but I'm a litte bit confused... I live in Indonesia and recently I went to a Philip mobile phone exhibition, and they told me that these 9@9i's camera quality is VGA not 1,3 mp. their brochure said also that this phone is using VGA camera... do Philips sell different spec of 9@9i in Indonesia??

  • Great phone! Replay on the US available question: Philips mobile phone division is recovering from some loss in Europe. They are realy selling their mobile phones in asia and russia, but even here in the Netherlands (home country of Philips) it is very hard to find a Philips mobile phone. In the US the introduce only their new High Tech audio/video products. The phone market is alreasy devided. I think they don't want to burn their hands again. It's a shame because they make real good phones!

  • this phone is retailing for RM799 in malaysia which makes it a steal since the 9@9c is now selling at RM699 and was still RM832 only a month or so ago. paying RM100 more for a bigger internal memory of 20 mb and and 1.3 megapixel camera makes this phone a real good deal. of course, however, there is no video recording and mp3 player on this phone and the measly display resolution of 128x160 pixels is a real letdown. an alternative to this phone would be panasonic's vs2 which selling at RM899 which allows video recording (but only for 1 minute 45 seconds or thereabouts if i remember correctly) and has a mp3 player and the incredible display resolution 240x320 pixels and 16 million colours and can store up to 500 sms (versus 300 for the 9@9i) although its phonebook (1,000 names versus 500 for the vs2) and battery life (370 hours standby and 6 hours talk time) loses to the 9@9i which hold the record for the longest battery life.

  • Why doesn't Philips release this and other Xenium series phones in the United States? The 650 (9@9c) and this phone are very good looking flip phones.