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Claim Your BusinessPhilips has a rating of 3 stars from 4 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Philips ranks 601st among Electronics sites.
I had no idea that Phillips is big in the sphere of projectors. For me it's the company that makes awesome trimmers and Ambilight TVs. However, the fact of the matter is that if you are looking for a great 4K projector then I can recommend the Screeneo U5. I have a Screeneo U4 and for me it's more than enough.
Philps was once a great company, and had excellent products. Today having spent 3 days, they have given up on creating anything and now buy cheap products and place their names on it. Their main website has a broken email address for support. Their only form of support is via email (broken) and a phone number that is only open 9-5 Mon-Fri. If you plan to buy a cheap product and don't care about warranty or support go for it. I'm sure it won't be bad. If however you need software updates or warranty support then stay away. They have chose to segregate each country so support is not global. If a product is not sold in your country then you can not get support in any format include their website. Registering a product means nothing. The only response I have been able to get is via the *******@philipscare account, the main tweet account will not reply. Their response has been not my country can't help. They also take no responsibility that their website is broken and so is the search which returns all products in just their USA catelog. Again if you want support or expect warrant, avoid Philips, they have clearly given up. I bought the philips programmable gaming mouse, but they don't supply the software a all so the features can't be used. This also indicates that they didn't product but just stick their logo on it.
Philps was once a great company, and had excellent products. Today having spent 3 days, they have given up on creating anything and now buy cheap products and place their names on it. Their main website has a broken email address for support. Their only form of support is via email (broken) and a phone number that is only open 9-5 Mon-Fri.
If you plan to buy a cheap product and don't care about warranty or support go for it. I'm sure it won't be bad. If however you need software updates or warranty support then stay away. They have chose to segregate each country so support is not global. If a product is not sold in your country then you can not get support in any format include their website. Registering a product means nothing. The only response I have been able to get is via the *******@philipscare account, the main tweet account will not reply. Their response has been not my country can't help. They also take no responsibility that their website is broken and so is the search which returns all products in just their USA catelog.
Again if you want support or expect warrant, avoid Philips, they have clearly given up.
I bought the philips programmable gaming mouse, but they don't supply the software a all so the features can't be used. This also indicates that they didn't product but just stick their logo on it.
Tip for consumers:
Avoid unless your looking at $5 items that you don't care about
Products used:
Philips Gaming Mouse, but without software of any kind the programmable buttons aren't programmable.
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Don't! It's a "Mining The Internet" scam.
At: https://www.supplierinnovation.philips.com/
Or at any of at least a dozen url's that contain the word "Innovation," or "Innovation Challenge."
The following is long and involved; so for those of you that would rather, I have included a short synopsis at the bottom.
I was studying these ppl (amongst others) to see who and what they are, and if I might want to send them something myself. You might see in my profile that (amongst other hats) I'm an inventor.
But it's "Us" and "Our" with No answers at all to the obvious question, "What do I get out of this?" except cozens that you will be "Challenged" and part of the Team to Save The World. Everything is Join to help US create a better future, and Join to help stop Covid-19, a cynical and obvious ploy.
I searched the internet for reviews, and found Only employees, all 4+ stars, and some "Innovation School" (connected to them) student reviews from Bangladesh! All totally Negative.
NOTE that the following paragraphs are written as if it's with English as a Second Language. I have yet to find their source country (as well), but considering the above you can pretty much bet it's Bangladesh. That's pretty irritating itself, yet actually quite telling, when you find that most of the Philips url addresses start with "usa" dot. Why? No American company ever starts with that. Why is because it's another cozen to make you believe they Are American. Well sorry Philips, I'm not buying it.
My comments on all this are in parentheses (). They are all the way through what you will find behind this button: Their propaganda.
https://www.supplierinnovation.philips.com/content/about-spice-frequently-asked-questions
Once you get there you'll find the button below (here) can Only be used if you JOIN. One of the reasons, besides that there simply isn't any, that I couldn't find any background (or any other) info on these people except their own.
Philips users can download specific guideline for Philips users here.
(Notice the bad English: "Philips users" used twice in the same sentence, and "guideline" with no plural)
(This next is their come-on):
About SPICE & Frequently Asked Questions (no punctuation here, and missing words)
Sourcing Program for Innovation & Collaborative Entrepreneurship
(And "Sourcing" is certainly right! This "Program" is their source of new products. As far as I can see their only source; so if you get hooked into this, you too will be amongst those suckers they've ripped for another of their hundreds, maybe thousands of products they sell)
The Philips SPICE program aims to identify innovation opportunities and initiate innovation collaboration with several different innovation players: Philips existing suppliers, new potential suppliers (e.g. SMEs or startups), (their parentheses) research institutes, universities, or individual inventors...
(Which is a lie. See below, where they say/admit only THEIR people see what is sent to them. Also notice how the "players" are all after the first "Philips" ["Spice" being just obfuscation] such that after the colon they are all lumped together in a way you won't notice; turning everything after that into "innovators," purposely getting the name Philips in there first, (a cozen) except that is "suppliers" (jobbers) i. E. just more innovators, and not the first, actual Philips. Thus read that way it's Philips plus all the others, but their intention by wording it this way is to fool you into thinking Philips is only a lowly part of a much bigger whole. Then the sentence ends with an ellipse, as if there were more they could have mentioned but didn't. All very clever, but I was an English major and better at reading these things than they are at writing them)
(Now here's more obfuscation/confusion factor: it's now "portal" instead of Spice, and "Innovation Challenges" with "roadmap" are newly thrown in)
Philips posts on this portal "Innovation Challenges" related to our new innovation roadmap. (And the invitation come-on) External users are invited to propose ideas, solutions, new technologies, products and/or services responding to these challenges.
(Ya! Be Challenged! Followed by a confusion factor, which is in the same paragraph, Not cut by this interruption, to make it less obvious)
Please be aware that you should only post non-confidential material. This will allow us to avoid the risk of IP contamination for both parties
(notice "both." If there were actually more than two it would be all. And I wonder if Philips hands out stars and smiley faces to the winners of this "Challenge," they certainly don't give anything else)
SPICE Process at a glance:
Your innovation ideas will be reviewed by the specific Innovation Challenge owners (but who is that? This is Gobbledygook; intimating outsiders, but they have just said above it's Philips)
Relevant ideas will also be exposed to a broad community (And here it is again with "broad," only to be negated by): of Philips innovators to identify all possible collaboration opportunities within Philips.
("within" Philips. Again followed by a confusion factor):
You will be able to follow the status of your innovations.
(Ya? Big deal and so what? It no longer belongs to you, it belongs to Philips)
You have great innovations that help improve people lives? Whether you are a company with new technology, an individual inventor, a university, a start-up, a medical care provider Let's team up!
(This is a repeat, but notice here in this paragraph they have clarified that all on this list are Not people that might be interested in taking up your innovation and using it, as repeatedly intimated. They are relegated to being Contributors by including them under the first sentence, making them innovators. So who does that leave: innovators and Philips)
With this SPICE supplier (supplier? More gobbledygook) and open innovation platform we will help you connect to the diverse research, development, clinical and business teams within Philips that could help make your invention part of a larger health and well being solution.
(Notice, Again, the intimation that there are many more people involved by the use of "open," "diverse," and a list of four different types of businesses; but with the disclaimer "within Philips" hidden in the middle of a very long sentence. Read it over ignoring the italics and you'll see what I mean)
SPICE is a large community of innovators, with 1000's of new innovation opportunities and already hundreds of successful innovation projects... Join the community!
(Again intimating more than just Philips, but notice none but "innovators" are mentioned this time, even tho there is a long list above. That is designed to make a prospect think that they are going to be a part of something Big,..."large," "community," "1000's"... but the community is actually nothing more than the "innovators" they've already roped in, and Philips. The word "opportunities" is there to intimate, Again, that there are other, outside people, who will snap up your innovation, etc. But those "hundreds of successful innovation projects" are not yours, nor any outside people or companies that will never see them; (see the 3rd paragraph down from here) so who does that leave: Philips. In other words, you get to follow along, ("the status of," 4 paragraphs up) watching Philips make money off of the "project" you "innovated" for them, while "collaborating" (also 4 paragraphs up) the entire time, (meaning you're on call for when they don't understand something) so they can suck the very last innovation out of you, or possibly even get Another one, if you're stupid enough)
Yvan Davoust, Director Procurement & SPICE program
(Notice there is no "of," and does that name look American to you?)
(Now here comes their heavy disclaimers)
On average 10% of the innovation ideas submitted on SPICE lead to a deep dive and specific feasibility assessment in one of Philips businesses, and half of those are actually implemented in collaboration (5% are actually taken up, and require collaboration) with the innovator as part of a Philips product or solution. (And there it is: a Philips product)
Your idea might anyhow not always fit with Philips strategy and portfolio in which case we will do our best to answer you as fast as possible to let you pursue other ways to develop your innovation.
(Telling you if not THEM in this thing, you're out, which is the real proof that there Are no other connections. All the paragraphs above this are designed to suck you in, and obfuscate the real fact that this is nothing more than a clever plan to mine the internet for free grabs)
(And finally, the actual truth)
Your innovations and related comments will be only visible to you and Philips employees and not to other supplier or external parties.
(Which proves what I've been telling you: your inventions, innovations, and ideas are not going to be seen by Anyone but Philips. Also, and comically, that line can be found elsewhere followed by the addition that, "This can be a plus," trying to spin doctor it after they admit your submission will never be seen by the very people you came to them hoping to connect with!)
(And then the same confusion paragraph again)
Please remember that only non-confidential information shall be exchanged on the portal. If your idea is confidential, you shall only submit a teaser that does not reveal the inventive principle. We will then follow up once proper confidentiality arrangements have been agreed.
(i. E. once you've signed a contract)
(And here's where they admit the "specific Innovation Challenge owners" are none other than... Philips!)
You will receive a notification that your idea has been submitted and is under revision by our community manager. Once the community manager will approve it, it will be visible to all Philips employees and the process will start. You will be notified by email once the idea/solution is taken for further consideration or assessment. You can also review your idea via the Dashboard page to check how many people have seen it (100% Philips employees) and get real time feedback on the way inventiveness, feasibility or relevance to Philips is perceived by the community.
("the community," so carefully worded, Again using "the" instead of "our" to intimate outside ppl are involved. Notice also above this at, "Once the community manager will approve it..." This is another proof of these ppl not understanding English. They were trying to say that the manager Will approve your, etc., because that is another cozen, but they turned it into a double of the same tense. Present. When the "Once" in the beginning makes it past tense. The proper use is, "has approved")
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Synopsis:
Well readers this has been rather tedious, having to take apart the only info sheet on them I could find, (there are actually hundreds, but they are all total BS like this one) and I apologize for that. So here's the quick recap I promised up front:
If you go to these people, and are chosen, you will have to sign a contract that says they owe you absolutely nothing; your idea becomes their property, yet you will still be on call for the next year or so in case you have to straighten them out on anything they don't understand. In addition you can count on them to pump you for anything else they can get while they still have you on a string.
So that's it. No stars for Philips. They are nothing more than mining the internet for free grabs.
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Tip for consumers:
Philips is an International Corporation, with branches in every country you can think of. They are Big, and as is usual with that dishonest as well. Avoid then where you can.
I had no idea that Phillips is big in the sphere of projectors. For me it's the company that makes awesome trimmers and Ambilight TVs.
However, the fact of the matter is that if you are looking for a great 4K projector then I can recommend the Screeneo U5.
I have a Screeneo U4 and for me it's more than enough.
I was using a philips diamond clean toothbrush for a a few months before it started to malfunction on me. I went into the store where I had bought it and had it replaced in no time. It was a great customer service experience. As for the toothbrush, it's not as good as braun, but it does the job.
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