Fly CG-588-X-Life QWERTY Phone Reviews & Price In India

The European Fly mobiles launched its Indian operations in 2005 and has recently launched a Full QWERTY, dual SIM phone in India. Let's take a look at this phone and find out whether the phone is worth the price.



First Impressions:
The Fly CG 588 X-Life phone is a full QWERTY keyboard phone with a black metallic finish. The phone looks stunning with the number-pad specially marked in red. Very useful and handy while dialing the numbers. The phone has a bright LCD screen. Overall the phone looks good. The phone is very lightweight, with only 95 gms.

Dual SIM, Dual Network:
This phone has CDMA+GSM support as against the standard GSM+GSM support. I think this is a welcome feature. Those who want to use CDMA plan will find this convenient.

FM Radio & Recording:
As expected, this phone supports FM radio and facility to record directly from the radio to the microSD card.

Battery & Talk-Time:
The CDMA gives you about 5 hours of talk time and GSM gives you about 4 hours of talktime. Thanks to the 1500 mAh battery that lasts long!

Camera: This phone has 1.3 mega pixel camera and I'd not expect quality photographs from this phone. Yes, you can capture video with the camera.

Phonebook: The phone book only supports 500 contacts along with photo identity. Well, a bit of a disappointment in this section, but the photo identity calling feature is very handy during dialing and taking the calls.

Other Special Features: 3.5 mm Audio Jack, Nimbuzz, Snaptu, Dedicated Camera Key. Dedicated Volume Key, SMS 300, Java Games Supported, CDMA USB MODEM, WAP: CDMA2000 1X, Ebook Reader (*.txt file)

Price & Verdict: This phone is available at a price of Rs. 2999/- in India. I think the phone is an okay choice for the price and the features. If you want a QWERTY phone with mucis playing abilities, you can go for this phone. Don't expect too much from the camera through.

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