Olive V-G8000

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Pros:

Good battery life, Reception is good, Loud speakerphone
Good battery life, QWERTY keypad

Cons:

Screen flickers when keypad is used, Keypad is a bit awkward
Voice quality, Blinking screen

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Last revision on August 24, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Good battery life, Reception is good, Loud speakerphone
Good battery life, QWERTY keypad

Reviewers Didn't Like

Screen flickers when keypad is used, Keypad is a bit awkward
Voice quality, Blinking screen

Expert reviews and ratings

Here’s another mobile phone company that has found space is the ever increasing Indian market. The company’s name is Olive, it’s as unique as any other and the V-G8000 or Olivemsgr (for messenger) is one of their lower end devices...

By Tech2 on February 03, 2010

UPDATE: There has been a price correction with this product. It was originally listed as Rs 2,299 but is now selling for Rs 1,999. The Olive Msgr V-G8000 is a GSM device which is officially tipped as the SMS Baadshah or the “King of SMS”. Of...

By ThinkDigit on March 24, 2010

Taiwanese company Olive decided to enter the market with a lookalike; the Olivemsgr looks almost like a Blackberry!! The Olivemsgr looks and feels well built and has a nice, backlit QWERTY keypad, but it skips out on many features. The device...

By CIOL on February 01, 2010