the philips in the 1.6s are even better than the old samsungs, you shoudl be glad if you get one
as for a "proper" chip opposed to a TSOP, what exactly do you need to do with it? i have a flashed TSOP myself and i personally have never found any need for anything more expensive, and ive done damn near every mod there is, lol (im very defensive of my TSOP)