Advantages: Price, features, very nice looking, modern, reliable Disadvantages: Keypad takes time to get used to, average standby time.
...were; budget price around £50, Virgin network (for 3p texts), nice looking with megapixel camera and MP3 tones, alarm/calender and either flip phone or slider (so it doesn't dial out in my bag or if my mischeivous twins get hold of it!)
I spotted this phone in Argos, for £49.99, and liked the look of it, the girly colour and I was amazed at the features it had for the price (eg bluetooth, 1.3 MP camera). Other 'bigger branded' phones with the same ... ...buying due to the nature of Argos and also found very little on the web about Fly phones and this model (hence me writing this review!) I was a little hesitant to buy it for this reason, especially after my very bad experience with the Mia phone.
When I got it out the box, it looked very nice, quite a dark metalic type pink. The sliding action was nice and smooth and easy to get used to. Charging is easy and like any other phone, just plug it in. ...
j_wozza 29.05.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Virgin Fly SL500i
I saw this phone advertised in Argos and liked the look of it, the price was right so I decided to try it. This is what you get for your money:
General.
Standard........ GSM900/DCS1800/1900
Size................. 87x44x16.2 mm
weight..............90g
Battery..............550mAh
Talktime......... ... 2.5 hrs
Standby time.........150 hrs
Design.
Form Factor.............. Slider
Antenna.....................Built-in
Colours..................... ... ...AAC,AMR, WAV, MID.
Equalizer................... Standard, low frequency,dance, classic, high frequency, party,pop and rock.
Equalizer manual set-up............. yes
playlists...........................yes
Video player.
Format........................ MP4, 3GP
Sound coding............ AMR, AAC
Entertainment.
Games....................... panda, jet and puzzle Photoeditor................. yes
Dictophone................. yes
Graphic Editor............ ...
tigerthecat 22.08.2007 (28.08.2007)
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Advantages: Cost, lightweight, ease of use Disadvantages: Not as robust as some fones
Needed new phone, saw this advertised, looked good. And when it arrived it lived up to its promise. Lightweight, easy to use, great features for the price. Yes the battery don't last all that long without needing to be recharged but with all the features on the phone perhaps that's not surprising. Magicsushi game is excellent, picture quality is good. Excellent purchase.
Find the lightweight nature of the fone makes it easy to carry around in my ...
malchester 13.08.2008
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