Beginning with 2006 the electronics producer Philips from Holland does not work on the mobile phone market. This department was sold to Chinese China Electronics Corporation (CEC), and a new brand Philips Xenium appeared on the oriental market producing rather high quality models. But the contact about the sale of the mobile department Philips included besides all other points one according to which the new owner had the possibility to use the Philips brand until 2011. The Chinese decided to use this possibility and come to the European market with the cheap mobile phone Philips 192. It's assumed price is 40 euros. According to the Check internet magazine Idnes this cheap mobile phone will appear in Portugal first.
The cheap mobile phone of the beginner level Philips 192 supports 2 GSM diapasons (900/1800 Mh), resolution of the display is 128x128 pixels, the number of colors is 65 thousand. The mobile phone can work about 10 days in the stand by regime. Ten days it is not bad for cheap mobile phones. The comfortable size of Philips 192 is 104,5x45x12,8mm and the weight is 59,7 gr. The new owners of the mobile department of Philips Corporation hope to win the market by selling accessible cheap mobile phones
