Bhuppy 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 (edited) Reliance Fires Second Salvo Launches Feature-Rich LG 5130 Colour Handset @ just Rs 4,999 · With speakerphone and a bright 65,000-colour big screen CSTN display · Hindi SMS facility · Available for prepaid as well as postpaid customers DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai. August 18, 2004 Quick on the heels of a massive tariff reduction in the prepaid segment, Reliance Infocomm has now launched a feature-rich colour handset at just Rs 4999. The new LG 5130 being launched by the Company has unique features such as a speakerphone and Hindi interface to facilitate SMS in the national language. This is the only colour handset available in the Indian market at such an affordable price point and is available both to prepaid and post-paid RIM subscribers. Announcing the launch of the dream product, S P Shukla, President, Products and Services at Reliance Infocomm, said, "This is an extension of the 'Freedom Offer' that aims to bring about delight to our valued customers. It has data as well as multimedia capabilities taking the mobile revolution a step forward. This feature rich multimedia colour handset with 65K TFT big screen makes it an ideal choice for video clips, exciting games and wallpapers that Reliance provides through its unique R World application suite. This is a wonderful opportunity for the Indian market to enjoy a colour 3G experience at such an affordable price." LG 5130 is the first Colour Bar type CDMA handset coming from LG Electronics of South Korea. Apart from a speaker phone the LG 5130 colour handset has 22 polyphonic selectable ring tones (including 12 Indian and 3 downloadable) to choose from, with 16-chord polyphonic sound; facility to assign specific ring tones to individual numbers stored in the phone book; In-call-memo, which allows the user to store up to five numbers at a time while on a call; and Profiles that let the user set the phone's sound settings (Ring type, Ring tone, Ringer volume, Earpiece volume, Message alert and Key volume) to one's current environment. The aggressive price is sure to attract the student community who are looking for the best of features, as well as data multimedia applications. Other unique features of LG 5130 include:* Language Support that offers Hindi User Interface and Hindi SMS. Also store Phone Book entries, Schedules and Memos in Hindi.* An Organizer including Scheduler, To do, Memo, World Clock, Stopwatch, Calculator and three Alarms with Snooze* Facility to send and receive SMS in Hindi* 3-way-calling (conference), Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Call Mute, Incoming call ringer mute* Call history that stores up to a total of 60 recent calls including Received, Dialled, Missed and In-call- memo numbers* Internal Phone Book to store 300 entries with 4 numbers, email id, memo, and assigned ring tone per entry and 99 speed dial locations.* Six Profiles - Vibrate only, Silent, General, Outdoor, Headset, Car kit to choose from. Edited August 18, 2004 by Chirag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dhayfule 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 (edited) Hi, Thats a great news, but what if I need to upgrade my Motorola C131 Handset to LG 5130 Without changing the Phone number. Is it possible. Do let me know. Bye Regards Edited August 18, 2004 by Chirag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alok 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 (edited) Following reply received from Chairman: From: "Contact Chairman'sOffice" <Contact.Chairman'sOffice@relianceinfo.com> Subject: Reference your mail Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:53:07 +0530 Dear Mr. Gupta, This is in reference to your mail addressed to the Chairman. We have been trying to contact you but we were unable to reach you. In response to your mail regarding upgradation of black and white handset to colour handset in Prepaid services and ten digit Mobile Directory Numbers with 9 series, currently these facilities are not available. The same shall be communicated through relevant media channels when these are facilitated. We regret the inconvenience caused to you. We are constantly trying to improve our services. Looking forward to your co-operation. Kalpana Mandavkar Customer Service Chairman's Office Alok Edited August 18, 2004 by Chirag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganesh 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 Seems they have a default answer to all question which is "INDIFFERENT" as always Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
webmaster1963 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2004 yes u are right. i also got same answer all the time.even its no one from chairmans office.is their costmer service . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utsav 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2004 Is there any chance to get the Price of this H/S to be reduced with the launch of so much new handsets? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites