The smartphone also houses a fingerprint scanner and has USB Type-C port as well.


Philips has launched its new smartphone in Russia, which is named as Philips Xenium X818. The smartphone is priced at 23,990 Russian rubles, which is approximately Rs 25,628 and is available for purchase through Philips' Russian online store. The Xenium X818 comes in Champagne colour option.The Philips Xenium X818 has a glass metal unibody design and features a 5.5-inch full-HD (920 x 1080 pixels) display with SoftBlue LED technology. It is powered by a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor, paired with Mali-T860 MP2 GPU. The smartphone comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage capacity,with option to expand the storage via MicroSD card. It runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and is backed up by a 3900 mAh non-removable battery.On the camera front, the Xenium X818 has 16-megapixel autofocus primary camera with Dual LED flash, and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies and video chats. It also houses a fingerprint scanner, which is embedded on its home button and has USB Type-C port as well. Besides, the smartphone offers Hybrid Dual-SIM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g / n), Bluetooth 4.1, and GPS/AGPS/GLONASS. The handset measures 153.5 x 76 x 6.95 mm and weighs 167 grams.