On Monday, Fly Mobile of the Meridian Group, UK, launched two full touchscreen mobile handsets - E 140 and E 146 - in the India Market. Both the handsets are aimed at the younger generation who opt for high levels of connectivity; in accordance with this, both the handsets support various social media networks.
According to Mr.Prem Kumar, CEO, Fly India: "We recognise the importance of social networks in the modern mobile industry. The design and functionality of our touch-phones meet the needs of a highly digitally connected and style conscious youth audience. The two new handsets are specially targeted to Indian youth which likes to carry a phone to complement and enhance their lifestyle."
The E140 is a dual-SIM phone which is very compact in size and weighs a mere 97g. It has a 2.8" WQVGA display, a 1.3 MP digital camera (with zoom) and can record video. It supports a MicroSDHC card up to 8GB.
The Fly E140 supports WAP, GPRS, Java and a built-in email client. It also sports an organiser, calculator, calendar, alarm clock, currency converter.
According to a press release by the company "Embedded audio player and FM-receiver can play music during nine hours continuously. Phone battery holds charge within nine hours in online mode and up to 300 hours in standby mode."
The E146, unbelievably light at 89 gm, is a sturdy dual-SIM mobile with a 3" WQVGA display. The silver bezel around the phone is very attractive.
It has enhanced multimedia features coupled with support for social networking. The compact Opera Mini browser is pre-installed in the phone. The E146 supports mobile Internet, WAP, GPRS, and JAVA.It comes with an email client as well.
Fly E146 features, among other things, an organizer, memo manager,calendar, alarm clock, currency converter, and calculator.
The Fly E140 is priced at Rs.3,200 while the E146 is priced at Rs.3,600.
Features and Specifications:
E 140:
Form Factor: Bar, Full Touchscreen
Network/SIM support : GSM
SIM Support: Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Display : 2.8-inch,QVGA, 240X320 Pixels resolution
Dimension : 107x 57 x 11.3mm
Weight : 96.5 gm
Internal Memory : 4.9MB
Memory Card: up to 8 GB
Battery : 900 mAh
Talk Time Upto 9 Hrs
Standby Time Upto 300 hrs
Camera : 1.3 MP Camera
Video Play and Recording : .mp4
FM Radio
Schedule FM Recording
Sound Recording : AMR/WAV/AWB
Audio Player with Equalizer
Bluetooth with A2DP
Mini USB
Other features: Call recording, Call Conference, GPRS , Opera Mini Browser 4.2, Social Networking support, Dedicated Volume Key , JAVA, 2D Motion Sensor Games, email client, Message Sorting,Mobile Tracker, PC Sync Support.
E146:
Form factor : Bar, Full Touchscreen
Network : GSM – 900 /1800
SIM Support: Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Display : 3-inch WQVGA,TFT,262K Color Display
Screen Resolution : 240X400 Pixels
Dimension : 109x52x10.5 mm
Weight : 89 gm with Battery
Internal Memory : 7.9MB
Memory Card up to : 8GB
Battery Capacity : 1000 mAh
Talk Time : Upto 9 Hrs
Standby Time : Upto 100 hrs
Camera : 2.0 Mega Pixels Camera with Flash and Digital Zoom.
Video Recording
FM Radio with Recording
MP3 Ringtones
Speaker Phone
Bluetooth with AVRCP , A2DP
GPRS
USB