Philips X800 gets reviewed, GPRS makes it hard to care

Reviews of Philips' new X800 touchscreen phone are starting to hit the wires ahead of its release, and while it's a plenty attractive phone with a lovely 2.9-inch WQVGA display, the relic of a GPRS radio -- you know, the same kind your great grandparents used during the Crimean War -- makes it very difficult to care, unless you happen to be in an area without EDGE or 3G, nor the hope of either technology making an appearance in the forseeable future. On the plus side, that very same black mark on the X800's record should lead to a pretty aggressive pricing strategy for a form factor typically associated with the highest of the high end, and we suppose that's a good thing.

[Via GSM Arena]

[Omagus Posted Jul 3rd 2008 5:20PM]

Yeah, but...even with aggressive pricing, exactly how much can you do with a full touchscreen phone if you're maxed out at GPRS?

[PEZ Posted Jul 3rd 2008 6:02PM]

its like, a chromier version of feces!

[derX Posted Jul 3rd 2008 9:01PM]

If they had at least given it WiFi, it could've been given some consideration. But, what the hell do you do with this? If want a basic cell phone, get one. This phone's limited in its usefulness, though I suppose one can enjoy its non-data related functions--multimedia playback, messaging, placing a call (but who uses phones for that nowadays), etc....
Idk, I just equate touch screen with great data experience.

I would say it's a wait-and-see sort of thing, but it's just too full of Mehhhhhh-sauce, I just don't care.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 4th 2008 12:30AM]

Who makes phones with just GPRS anymore when HSPA+ is on the way and HSUPA is out now like really EDGE is barely acceptable.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2008 6:26AM]

Well phones with nothing more than GPRS are definitely not for the American or even the European market, but here in Lebanon 3G is non-existent which makes this phone so acceptable.

On the other hand I haven't seen a Phillips branded phone other than the one my Dad had more than 10 years ago and the phone is not that much of a looker in the picture above. Not gonna sell that much I guess.