Key features and review of the Philips 659

Stylish and compact the Philips 659 is a beautiful clamshell phone. The phone is measuring 43 x 79 x 21 mm and weighs 82g. Battery power of the phone is excellent that gives 300 hours of standby time and 3 hours of talks. The phone is equipped with a TFT 65K colors display of resolution 160 x 128, a common resolution for more mobile phones. A second external 3 colors OLED display of resolution 96 x 64 pixels dominates the front cover. You can also find a separate four-way navigation key centered below the display to control various menu options.

In addition to general communication features the Philips 659 has many advance features. The phone can captures still photograph with in-built VGA camera while composer can create new ring tones. The phone offers beautiful polyphonic ring tones that you can set from 20 pre-loaded ring tones. The phone has vibration mode that will alert you when you are busy and unable listen to ring tones when someone calling.

For better network connectivity the Philips 659 supports for Dual-band GSM 900/GSM 1800 MHz as well as GPRS for data transfer. The phone offers various features such as Java, WAP browser, 1.5 MB of shared memory, SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Alarm, Clock, Stop watch, Games, Calculator, Calendar, Picture Editor, T9, Organizer, Built-in hands free, Voice memo, Photo call, call history and phonebook.