Broadband and Internet India

Everyday update on Broadband and Internet market in India.

Search
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
After Nokia N series it's now Meridian's Fly Mobile


After Nokia N Series, Indian consumer now has the choice to choose a Meridian Fly Mobile.
Four models were introduced in India. The one that you are seeing is FLY SL 500 M.
It is a feature-rich handset with a 262K colour screen and a 1.3 Mega-Pixel camera with Flash. It also has a Video Recorder and Player that allows for continuous video recording. It has a 60 MB Internal memory, and Expandable External Memory (T-Flash) slot. It allows for video ring tones with MPEG 4 and IRDA. It also has other features such as MP3 player and 64 tone polyphonic and MP3 tones.
Fly SL500m is available in two colours, Black & Titan.
Fly SL 500M is priced at Rs 9,999/-.
Their are 3 other models(Fly MP 330, Fly 2040, and Fly MX 300) priced between Rs8000 and Rs10,000. A comprehensive review of fly mobiles released in India is here.
Published on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 7:19 AM  
17 Comments:
  • At 6:16 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Beautiful handset, with good features. in range set.

     
  • At 5:57 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    It's Black Beauty. I am using one.It's easy to use.

     
  • At 2:38 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hi Friends,

    I have had a very bad experience with this Fly company. Please do not buy their phones.

    This is what had happenend with me-

    I had brought a fly phone(2040) a month back(cost me Rs.7900) and found that I was not able to connect with blue tooth with

    my computer and the software that helps to sync the mobile with the pc(using the data cable), is not able to see the

    phone(though the phone comes up in explorer as a hard drive). And i also found that one of the batteries had a very bad

    backup time and used to 'just' last me for a day(while the other batter was ok).

    So I took the phone to a service center near my house(I live in Bangalore), and the service engineer in that place said that

    he too is not able to do it and that I should take it to the main service center in Bangalore. Then last week, I took the

    phone to that service center. Its being done by Accel Frontline. I was given a token and make to wait for 2 and a half

    hours(no exageration). There were a large number of customers and there is just a single lady(a pregnant lady) who is

    attending to all these people. When my turn came, she very coolely told me that this phone though it has bluetooth would not

    connect to the pc with bluetooth as that feature is not there and can only connect to a bluetooth headset(even similar priced

    phones like the motorola L7 has connectivity to PC, and its almost a standard freature of all blue tooth mobiles). Then I

    explained to her the other 2 problems and she said that she would look into it and took the phone and told me that it would

    take one day, and that she would call me up the next day as soon as it was ready. Then she asked me to wait as the phone has

    to be inspected 'physically'. And that took another 45 mins. Thus just to give this phone for repair took me all of 5

    hours(including my travel).

    I got no call from them the next day and so the day after that(2nd day), I tried calling up and found that all the 3 phone

    nos that they have given does not work. The lone bsnl no does not exist and for the other 2 airtel nos the incoming calls

    have been 'barred'(now what kind of a company is this). So that day I again went there(its a 2 hour up and down journey for

    me), again the long waiting(about 30mins) and she tells me to call the next day at 9:30. Meanwhile I tell her that all the 3

    phones are not working and she denies that they are not working. When I said this about half a dozen waiting customers too

    shout out that what I am telling is true(This service center also services Sony Ericcsson, O2 and Sagem phone, so there was a

    large no of waiting cusomers). Then she gives me another no.

    I call up again the next day and they put me on hold for 15 mins and finally tell me to call at 2pm. I call again at 2 and

    after another long wait(10mins), a lady picks up and asks me the 'tag' no, and immediately after I give it, she just says,

    call after 2 days(exactly like in a govt office and even the tone was as rude and as casual). So I ask her how she can tell

    me so fast without even checking, she then tells, 'ok, wait', and places me on hold for another 10mins, after which she picks

    up and tells that the phone is in observation and that I should call up the next day. By this time I had lost all my patience

    and I really got irritated and asked her what was the need for the observation when it has already taken so many days and its

    a data connectivity problem with the pc. Then she says that," 'If' the phone has a small problem then its repaired from

    Bangalore and 'if' it has a major problem it then goes to the head office in Chennai." By this time I had got totally fed up

    and sort of casually asked her then does my phone have a minor or a major problem. Then she again tells the above 'if'

    dialog. And after some repeated asking and conversation she 'just like that', as if to get rid of me, says that the phone has

    a major problem and has been send to chennai and that I can call her after 2 days and just bangs down the phone.

    I am yet to get back my phone.

    I only have one advice to all you guys out there. Absolutely do not buy this Fly phone. Its just not worth it. There are too

    many better phones out there. I had brought this phone only because of it small size and am regretting real bad.

    Warm Regards
    Vivek.

     
  • At 12:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    get over it vivek .... so you had a bad experience .... GET OVER IT!!!!

     
  • At 4:35 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Vivek it's really very bad happen to u. u can drag these careless people to the consumer court & teach them a lesson. I too belv. Fly cell ph. r not user frndly & not cost effective as with same costing u have many other gud options in Nokia, Sony Ericcson & Motorola. Like Z550i in Sony cost around 8200/- & Nokia 6600 or L6-67

     
  • At 11:15 PM, Blogger flutterby said…

    i am most dissatisified by the fly phone. it does not work, the screen goes blank and stays like that for a very long time - until it is turned off and turned on. the company does not have any service network. can you help me.

     
  • At 3:55 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hi

    I have MX500 and it workign good.
    It's Black Beauty. I am using one.It's easy to use.

    Chandan Singh
    Noida

     
  • At 1:47 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    hi,
    it's prasant having fly mx200.
    but I have no idea about about it's service centres

     
  • At 11:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hello friends...
    I wud like to answer the first post here... the person said he had very bad experience with Fly2040...he had problem in connecting the bluetooth with his computer...let me tell u dear ..2040 does not have bluetooth facility...Fly 2040i model have this facility...plz verify ur phone...

     
  • At 11:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I bought a Fly 2080 not very long , avid user of earphones.....but suddenly i discoverd that the earphones just aent working ..... i live in new mumbai .... plssssss help

     
  • At 3:38 AM, Blogger xyz said…

    got mx300 on nov-06 already repaired thrice ....still having problems 1) switches off automatically number of times 2)worst camera ever 3) don't expect any help from service centre ....not bother to pick the phone .... & more such prob.
    ----think before buying---as i havn't

     
  • At 11:01 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    hi friends,
    i m jitender from rohtak(haryana).I have brought a fly E300 model(cost me 11800) from Metropoliton Mall (MGF) Gurgaon,(haryana).I want to know that the phone price is correct or not,Because some friends told me that its performance is not good as price.And i have faced a problem in the phone that when i opened the images, the phone screen appeares overlape the previous screen.and could not open the image.After this i must switch off the phone.

     
  • At 8:10 AM, Anonymous valpuia said…

    i'm using fly E300 for a few days now...and i dont have big problems right now...i just hope i don't have....i bought it for 10800....the cable pin is really unique and does anyone know if extra ear/head phones,batteries,sly pen.charger.cables etc are available in the sevice centres.....evven tough they might not be that friendly ;)

     
  • At 8:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    i have spy mobile having 3.1 megapixel camera. it working very good picure and quality is excellent

     
  • At 4:41 AM, Blogger preeti said…

    hi..
    i got the fly 2040i a month back.... though its not all dat bad,.... it does have a few problems.
    i got it only coz of its tiny size... and also i got it really cheap. but the problem is... every time i try to reset my alarm, the phone switches off on its own. also wen the alarm is supposed to ring.. the phone again switches off... besides that i think for the price i got it for... its not all bad.

     
  • At 12:07 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Fly 2040i --- I purchased coz of sleek and metalic look. But the service was too bad. The reason behind the look become worst as the metalic quote gone off and the plastic exposed within 4 months and by and its keys not responding properly. I am searching for proper company personel to show the case but yet awaiting.

    e.mail ; kbjyoti@yahoo.co.in

     
  • At 3:36 AM, Blogger mitaksh said…

    Hey, i bought fly 2080 just 5 months back nd its earphones stopped workin just after 4 months also my cell was not switchin on... i gave it to the service center for service, today is almost 3 weeks since i had given them my cell , dey have yet not returned it back but r still askin for 1 more week.. do any1 know about any complaint center of fly mobiles or is there any website of fly mobiles india?? right now, i am thinking of going to the consumer court as i hav read the other complaints and i really want to teach them a lesson...

     
Post a Comment
<< Home
 
Previous Post
Archives
Blogroll
Search this Site