Virgin Mobile unveiled a new stylish slider phone known as vGlide. The phone boasts of a soft touch finish and is available at an affordable price. Virgin Mobile has released the phone especially for the young audience to meet their style and budget.
The vGlide phone features a 1.8 inch display screen with 65k colors. Users can download games, wallpapers and ringtones via the Virgin Mobile’s data portal Vbyte feature. The phone integrates a FM radio, speaker phone, stereo headset and a travel charger.
M A Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India, states, “Mobile phone is a lifestyle device for youth and has become an extension of their personality and entertainment requirements. Keeping this in mind, we have introduced vGlide, the first CDMA handset in India with the slider form factor in the sub Rs. 2,500/- category. Besides offering the most wanted ‘sliding feature’ vGlide is stylish, matches the attitudinal needs of youth, is feature rich, and affordable.”
Virgin Mobile offers a prepaid connection with lifetime incoming validity, 499 free local minutes and 499 free local SMS valid upto 60 days. The vGlide phone is available in a unique Paprika red color for just Rs. 2, 399.
Additionally, Virgin Mobile also introduces various other phones namely the vKewl, vTrendy, vDesire, vRage and vBond.
The vKewl phone features a 1.3 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities. It incorporates a FM radio and MP3 player that will entertain the users. The phone also packs in a headset and speakers. The vKewl phone is available for Rs 3, 499 with lifetime incoming and prepaid connection.
The vTrendy phone is available for only Rs 1, 499 and sports an extremely stylish color display screen. It comes with lifetime validity and a starter user kit.
Boasting a slim design with just 11.5mm in thickness, the vDesire phone is available at an attractive price of Rs 1, 699. The phone features a large internal phonebook with 500 x 5 entries and can store upto 1000 messages.
The vRage phone is available for Rs. 1, 699 and includes a user kit of Rs 499 with lifetime validity, 499 local outgoing minutes and 500 local SMS.
Finally, the vBond phone features a color display screen and a 0.3 megapixel camera. It includes a speakerphone and can be used as a modem. It is available for Rs. 2, 799.