Key features and review of the Philips 655

Simple to use the Philips 655 has a standard clamshell design. The phone is measuring 45 x 85 x 24 mm and weighs 85g. This is compact and lightweight handset and feeling to hold a nice phone. The phone is powered by a Li-ion 600 mAh battery that will work up to 400 hours in standby mode and 4 hours of talks. The Philips 655 comes with TFT 65K colors display with the resolution of 160 x 128 pixels, which is standard resolution for a mobile phone. A second external mono display of resolution of 80 x 48 dominates the front cover, where you can view battery status, network status, missed calls and messages alert and date & time.

Philips 655 is not only a mobile phone; even it can also capture still images by in-built VGA camera. Just after opening the front cover you will get a numeric keypad with good placed keys making the phone easier to dial. You can also find four-way navigation button center below the display. Philips 655 supports for Tri-band GSM 900/ GSM 1800/ GSM 1900 MHz for network connectivity as well as supports Infrared and GPRS for data transfer.

Other features of the phone are WAP browser, Java, Polyphonic ring tones, facility to download new ring tones, vibration alert, SMS, EMS, MMS, Alarm, Clock, Calculator, Calendar, T9, Photo editor, Organizer, Built-in handsfree, photo call, Call history and Phonebook allowing user to store up to 500 phone numbers of your family and friends. The phone also has 6 MB of internal memory.

Overall, the Philips 655 is a great phone at an affordable price. It doesn't provide advance features, but if you are looking for a simple phone for communication purpose only, go for it.