OliveFluid – large screen Android with low price tag
It seems to be raining low-cost Android handsets in India. We had barely recovered from seeing Acer’s minified Liquid Metal when along comes the news that Olive Telecom have released an Android handset with a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen display (yep, as big as THAT phone which started it all) for a price tag of Rs 7,990. Dubbed the OliveFluid VW1 (yes, another watery name after the Liquid Metal!), the handset offers reasonable innards for its price tag – it has a 468 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, storage expandable to 32 GB, a 3 megapixel camera, 3G connectivity, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the like. Olive has also bundled Live TV (via Zenga) on the handset. Mind you, it runs Android 2.1, which is now looking its age, but all said and done, getting that big a display (HVGA resolution) at a sub-Rs 8,000 price is pretty much unheard of in the Indian market. The design looks a bit on the basic side, but as in the OlivePad, we are sure there are many people in the price sensitive Indian market who will be swayed at getting so much for so little. Review? Watch this space closely.
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wonderful experience with big screen , amazing device having Andriod OS
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Naren 767 days agoHey Lucky, going by specs…it is really a cool smartphone……!!!!.
Have you purchased this???.. if yes then plz share your experience & opinion..about olive fluid v-w1…
cool & dashing phone with smart luks….wud be a great fun !!!
please can u post a detailed review(with images) like gsmarena…. of this handset as i am really interested in buying it.
There is stiff competition with Samsung Pop available for around the same price
Allmost bettering on processor(600 Mhz) , brand, and some other features
Only that the screen is 3.14 which is small by a small margin
I think Olive should play their cards and reduce the phones price to 6000 range.
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The piston 738 days agoI agree but samsung pop will work only in CDMA network
