Smartphone W6500 Philips: review of the model, customer reviews and experts

At the end of last year, Philips presented the world its new smartphone W6500. Philips - a company engaged in the production of household, digital and other equipment - has managed to create an excellent gadget with a modern design and quite impressive technical characteristics. The public quite easily accepted the phone and is already ready to draw conclusions about this model. So, let's take a look at the Philips Xenium W6500 smartphone, whose reviews , by the way, are very positive, and will be convinced of their truthfulness.

Introduction: a bit about the phone

Considering the latest models of phones in the price category from seven to ten thousand rubles, we can say that Philips is distinguished by its bright and modern design, excellent capacitive display, ergonomic body, excellent camera and many more indicators. And despite all this, it remains an excellent phone for every day. Smartphone Philips W6500 - quite smart in operation, all programs and games work without braking and do not make the user nervous and regretting their purchase.

Compared with such models as the Nokia Lumia 630 or LG G3 S, our smartphone is almost inferior to them for any indicators, not counting the screen size of LG, the diagonal of which is more by 0.7 inches and is 5 inches. Philips W6500, whose characteristics by some parameters are much better than those of competitors, is quite competitive and sold on the market of mobile equipment model.

Equipment

The phone is sold in a small box of dense impact-resistant cardboard. She will protect the phone on delivery, for example, to a house or work. The accessories of the Philips W6500 are almost standard, in addition, it includes an additional removable panel. The kit includes:

• phone;
• battery;
• Charger to the phone;
• USB cable (micro);
• Wired headset;
• Additional back panel.

The quality of the components is at a sufficiently high level. The standard headset of this company boasts a fairly good sound. It is equipped with a microphone and is designed for connection to a 3.5 mm jack. The USB charger meets all European standards and has a charging voltage of 5V. The cable itself is not bundled, it is disconnected from the charger, to charge the phone you will need to connect the cable to the adapter.

Design and ergonomics

The exterior of the phone is quite modern and attractive, immediately striking. Not looking at the name, you might think that this is another phone from the Lumia series. However, coming closer, we immediately understand that they made a mistake.

The case is made of high-quality and practical plastic. The model is sold with two removable color panels - a bright yellow and more practical gray back cover. This allows you to reflect the mood of a person, and also in some ways his style.

The phone is comfortable enough in the hand due to slightly sloped corners. The case has a classic rectangular shape. The screen is protected by glass, so scratches to him are almost not terrible.

Display

Smartphone W6500 Philips has an excellent capacitive display diagonal of 4.3 inches. This screen has a medium resolution, it is 540 by 960 pixels, and it turns out that one inch the pixel density is 256 points. The capacitive sensor allows you to process up to 5 touches at a time.

The IPS technology used to create the screen makes the sensor incredibly sensitive, and the viewing angles and clarity of the colors are quite comfortable for the reviewers from the side. The brightness of the screen has a good adjustment range, which helps to eliminate the lack of brightness when tilting the screen. By the way, the angles of inclination do not affect the color level at all. Anti-glare protection helps to keep the image, leaving it clear enough on a clear, sunny day.

The display has the usual settings for Android system settings. In addition to brightness, functions such as button illumination, backlight timeout, wallpaper change and auto-rotate of the screen are available.

operating system

Philips Xenium W6500, whose review we are currently running, runs on the Android operating system in version 4.2.2 of Jelly Bean. This version works smoothly and without special drawbacks, in comparison with the previous one, there are no special changes, except for power saving and changing the design of some menus. Now the system allows you to work the phone longer, and this, as we know, is a huge plus for smartphones of this type. It is very simple and soft in its control, so the user will take great pleasure in using this version of the operating system.

Performance and battery

This smartphone has good performance due to the powerful hardware installed in it. The phone became the owner of the quad-core Mediatek MT 6589 processor with a clock speed of 1.2 MHz. In conjunction with the installed operating system and a powerful graphics processor Power VR SGX544M, this gadget produces very good performance. The phone can "pull" such powerful games and programs as Real Racing 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Solar Walk or NASA APP, but it is not able to "pull" Full HD, but it was understandable, looking at the resolution of the Display. Thus, it turns out that the maximum resolution that the graphics processor can reproduce is 720p.

As the battery shakes, there is a company's branded battery with a capacity of 2400 mAh. The volume of it is enough for exactly 24 hours of use in the non-stop mode. The phone can play continuously: audio recordings - up to 55 hours, video, if Wi-Fi is off, - up to 10 hours. Of course, the manufacturer could install a battery a little more powerful, at least 3500 mAh, like a competitor Lenovo P770, but this was not done. Such power was not considered necessary for this phone.

Phone memory and memory card

Looking at the performance of the phone and its hardware, it's not at all difficult to guess that it is equipped with 1 GB of RAM. It's not very much, but it's quite enough for a smartphone like the Philips Xenium W6500. The review of this model shows that this volume is quite enough to simultaneously sit on the Internet, listen to music and play some kind of not very serious toy. And this is a good result for phones of this price category.

The internal memory of the phone, designed for data storage, has a capacity of 4 GB, but with the installed system, drivers and standard programs, the user remains only 3.2 GB. But also it does not matter, since this model has a slot for a micro SD memory card. It is capable of withstanding the physical load of a card up to 32 GB. Thus, inserting a high-speed memory card and switching settings to the automatic application of this card, you can not touch the internal memory of the phone at all, leaving it empty.

Camera

Two cameras are installed in the smartphone Philips Xenium W6500, reviews about them are quite twofold. The main camera of this phone has a resolution of 8 MP, which allows it to take excellent pictures during the day, as well as shoot high-quality video at a resolution of 720p at a speed of 30 fps. As for photography and shooting at night, things are much worse here. The presence of LED flash does not help much in the dark - photos and video are slightly blurry and not very clear, although, on the other hand, what else can you expect from the phone? The main camera is equipped with automatic autofocus and catcher up to 10 persons at a time. Also there is the presence of macro photography - the minimum distance from the subject is 5 centimeters. The location of the main camera is very convenient - it is at the top of the back of the smartphone, clearly in the center.

In addition, the phone has a front camera with a resolution of 1.2 MP. It is perfect for shooting selfy and talking on video, for example via Skype or Viber. The front camera is located unusually for smartphones of this category - on the left, not on the right.

Multimedia

In the Philips W6500, the review of which we carry out, standard Android 4.0 video and audio players are installed. They are no different in the new versions of the system: all the same design, ease of use, limited sound settings in the equalizer, etc.

The equalizer of the phone has 11 settings, at the change of which the sound does not change very much. There are also functions for amplifying frequencies and creating a 3D sound effect.

In addition to the players, the phone has an FM-receiver. It differs in its reception power of frequencies, with inserted headphones, the search for active radio waves is much better than that of its direct competitors. It operates in the frequency range from 87.5 to 107.8 MHz.

Expert opinion and owner feedback

Philips Xenium W6500, according to experts, is a high-quality device created by Philips. The phone has all the necessary functions and is even capable of more than its competitors in this price category. They also argue that such a filling with another brand, such as HTC or Samsung, will cost much more than the current W6500 Philips. Reviews of the owners say the same. Many owners express this opinion: "Why spend more when you can buy exactly the same product for less money?" And you can agree with them.

Experts were able to identify only a few not very significant for this model flaws - it's not enough to fit the removable rear panel and the quality of night shooting of the main camera phone.

Model W6500 Philips received a positive evaluation not only experts in the field of telephony, but also the owners of this gadget. It is regarded as a very high-quality, multifunctional product with small and almost imperceptible shortcomings. Thus, based on feedback, it was possible to identify the main pros and cons of this model. The pluses are:

• Multifunction gadget;
• High performance (the phone is quite powerful for its price category);
• Reliability (reliable assembly speaks for itself, the quality of materials at a high level);
• Full HD support;
• An acceptable price - only about eight thousand rubles.

The biggest disadvantages are:

• Small amount of battery;
• Creaky back panel.

Model W6500 Philips, reviews about which are quite positive and warm, has become very popular among women who literally go crazy with the bright yellow version of the phone. Yes, and the ability to change the color of the panel (under the mood or outfit) is very appreciated among the fair sex.

Conclusion

After considering the model W6500 Philips, we can say that the phone turned out to be quite successful and sold. Excellent performance, combined with a pleasant design - this is a great combination for our days. Of course, not from the first days, but he found his customers who were satisfied with the Philips Xenium W6500 (reviews speak for themselves). Excellent assembly, convenient location of the keys allow the phone to be convenient, and most importantly - to lie ergonomically in your hand.

The apparatus made an excellent impression on the public and experts. Even such cheap competitors as "Lenovo" or Highscreen, will not stand in this model on the way. They have more weight, and overall dimensions, but what sways characteristics is that they are much weaker.

In this price category, Philips has become the best phone for two SIM cards in 2014, and you can not argue with that. He went around everyone. And then we make conclusions ourselves, since no one has the right to decide for you. Good choice!