Exterior
Just like Philips 9@9U, the subject of our review, 9@9W, also has a nice design. In order to ensure brand identity they’ve tried to stick to the original design. They’ve probably used a Hummer to run over 9@9U in the test labs and then decided that they won’t be paying for a new design, but keep this one. So the phone is wider and taller than U, but it’s rather flat. The materials and the colors are similar to the ones on the predecessor, although W has the top of its back panel made of metal. Under this we can find the 920 mAh battery, which is a bit weaker than the one in 9@9U.
On the front there is the landscape TFT display with a nearly 2” diagonal and 262 thousand colors at the average resolution of 176 x 220 pixels. The colors are bright and readability is acceptable in sunlight. The speaker is on the top of the front, it has the V-shape we’ve seen on other models as well. Below the display there is a metal part, just like on 9@9U, but this time it has a bronze color, it makes the phone look elegant. The keypad on the bottom is another copy-paste from the predecessor. The bottom of the handset, below the keys, becomes thinner, making the phone quite razor-like. On the top of the back there is the camera with a shiny circle around it, there is no label telling us the resolution. Below, on the shiny plastic metal part, there is the handsfree speaker and a dual-SIM label.
On the left we can see the volume control keys, while midway there is a discrete “Bluetooth” logo. Does one really have to print this on a phone in 2009? On the right there is the miniUSB connector, which has no cover this time, but above the microSD slot there is a small door, just like on Samsung phones.
The assembly quality is again all right, the case won’t be cracking or wobbling. The thickness of 12 mm is impressive, even more since we are told to have a standby time of a month and there is dual-SIM support. The materials have been improved, now the designers have used real metal as well. The whole thing is so okay, that we can feel something is fishy…
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
