srk006 21 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 NEW DELHI: Mobile telephony brand MTS of Sistema Shyam TeleService Limited (SSTL) Monday launched three new smartphones priced between Rs 4,999 and Rs 13,500. Targeted at young net-savvy professionals, these smartphones --Ivory, Buzz and Alive-- are loaded with social networking operations and high-speed data services. "MTS smartphones are among the most competitive and fully loaded devices which will set a benchmark in the industry with the third generation capabilities," said Vsevolod Rozanov, president and chief executive officer, SSTL. Buzz is the cheapest among three smartphones, priced at Rs.4,999. It offers social networking sites such as facebook and twitter along with QWERTY keyboard and expandable memory upto 4GB. Alive, priced at Rs.6,000, has an in-built Opera Mini Browser. Ivory costs Rs.13,500 and offers access to 60 mobile TV channels along with microsoft exchange push mail access to facebook, twitter and orkut. SSTL a joint venture between Sistema of Russia and Shyam Group of India. From here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Seems all are chinese make Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KAPILKDEV 68 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Images not seen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KAPILKDEV 68 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 Found some detailed news http://telecomtalk.info/mts-launches-3-new-smartphones-in-india/39480/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commonman 228 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 (edited) Fly Ivory is a Win-Mo 6.1 Dual SIM GSM (2G) and EVDO Rev.A handset http://www.flyphone.in/products/IVORY.html?model_name=IVORY ZTE Buzz is possibly ZTE GC 990 - GSM/CDMA qwerty - but CDMA 1x only (As per GSM Arena the GSM version - X990 is Win Mo 6.5 based, but no idea about this one) No idea about Micromax Alive Edited September 6, 2010 by commonman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted September 6, 2010 No mention of this handsets on MTS websites till now! Can't find them in any of the circles!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KAPILKDEV 68 Report post Posted September 7, 2010 (edited) Handset photographs Edited September 7, 2010 by KAPILKDEV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted September 7, 2010 Will they allow data with there handsets only or will also allow OMH handsets with data Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted September 7, 2010 only white color windows mobile looks ok, other are cr@p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commonman 228 Report post Posted September 7, 2010 ^^^ white one is Fly Ivory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 i had seen brouchere. alive and olive are EVDO REV a handsets. from micromax and fly respectively. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted October 6, 2010 MTS Alive looks like a poor iPhone copy Anyway the phones are nicely priced. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Fly Ivory is a Win-Mo 6.1 Dual SIM GSM (2G) and EVDO Rev.A handset http://www.flyphone.in/products/IVORY.html?model_name=IVORY ZTE Buzz is possibly ZTE GC 990 - GSM/CDMA qwerty - but CDMA 1x only (As per GSM Arena the GSM version - X990 is Win Mo 6.5 based, but no idea about this one) No idea about Micromax Alive Are you 100% sure that Ivory is a dual-sim dual-mode phone? Edited October 6, 2010 by kesav Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hiteshkkk1 327 Report post Posted October 7, 2010 It seems to be a dual sim as u can see in its pic there r two signal strength bars... just my conclusions based on pic. Hav not checked it actually. Has anyone ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KAPILKDEV 68 Report post Posted October 7, 2010 Their website says frequency band is only "CDMA2000 1x EVDO rA" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commonman 228 Report post Posted October 7, 2010 ^^^ Website also says GPRS Class 10, which is supposed to be a GSM feature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted October 7, 2010 It seems to be a dual sim as u can see in its pic there r two signal strength bars... just my conclusions based on pic. Hav not checked it actually. Has anyone ? For me, text near to that signal bars looks like "1x CDMA" and "EVDO" but I'm not sure since the picture resolution is very poor. It's normal that almost all 3G phones will have separate bars for 2G and 3G. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mihirdhandha 0 Report post Posted December 3, 2010 Are they allowing foreign handset just for voice+text? It's fine even if they don't allow EVDO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abu_ansari2002 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 Hi, Please find the MTS Alive and Ivory smart phone specification and comparison. As per my talk with the MTS store, MTS alive is available in the major city's store and Ivory will be available in January -2011 Alive and Ivory are the names of the latest smart phones which are recently launched by MTS. These latest handsets will make an addition to the available list of smart phones and will provide greater choice options to the users. MTS which is the mobile telephony brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) has launched these handset keeping in mind the needs and requirements of the net-savvy professionals as the phone comes with high speed internet facility along with EVDO support. These latest handsets from MTS will also allow you to stay connected to your loved ones as they provide access to various social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Live Messenger and others. The Alive, Ivory mobile phones are the OEM’s of Micromax, Fly respectively. price is yet to finalize, different websites tells the different rate. Guys, I am interested a lot in this and desperately waiting for this (Ivory) phone… MTS.xls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
