New Phillips Cell Phone to Run on Standard AAA Battery

Press Release - April 4, 2007

European electronics giant, Phillips, is planning to introduce a new cellular phone designed to avoid the ever-present hassle of battery death.

The Xenium NRG handset will have a special compartment for a standard AAA battery, which would kick in whenever the phone’s own battery runs out, allowing for up to three additional hours of usage.

Many phones come with backup and replacement batteries, but this will be the first to run on a common AAA model, available for next to nothing in any mall or drugstore.

The new device is expected to hit the consumer market sometime next year. Information has yet to be provided on where it will be available, or how much it will cost.