Solity Smart Locks in the UAE: What “Korea Made” Buys You

Solity locks sit between AED 499.99 and AED 1,329.99 on our shelf, and the honest reason to buy one is the build, not the feature list. Korea made buys you a company that’s been turning out digital locks since 2004, in a market where more than 60 percent of homes already have one on the door. It doesn’t buy you Apple Home Key, Matter, TTLock or Tuya. Solity runs its own app and nothing else talks to it.

So if your house already sits on one of those platforms, buy something else. If you’re starting from a bare door and you want a mechanism that’ll still feel tight in year six, keep reading.

We stock five Solity models. This covers what each one is, what it costs fitted in the UAE, which door it belongs on, and the six things about this range we can’t tell you because nobody has published them.

What is Solity, and what does “Korea made” mean?

Solity started in 1980 as a metal casting company. It moved into key manufacturing in 1997, then launched its first digital lock series, BON, in 2004. It set up its own research institute in 2014. Working with Samsung SDS, it produced the first push-pull door lock made in Korea. At home it runs more than 1,000 installation stores and a call centre that’s open around the clock.

The market context is the part that matters. Korea’s digital door lock adoption is above 60 percent. The global figure is under 5 percent. Electronic locks became standard in new Korean apartments from the mid-2000s, not as a paid upgrade but as the default fitting.

That’s twenty-two years of building the same product for buyers who treat it as ordinary hardware. Most brands selling into the UAE right now have been making locks for five or six years. You can feel the difference in the handle throw and the mortise body weight, and you’ll feel it again in year five when the motor is still quiet.

The flip side is the thing nobody selling Solity here writes down. Korean locks are designed around Korean doors. A Korean apartment has a heavy steel main door plus an outer metal gate door in front of it. Two formats dominate as a result: the push-pull mortise for the main door, and the rim lock for the gate. UAE homes have no gate door. So the GR-60B, which Solity positions as a gate lock at home, has to earn its keep here doing a different job.

Which Solity locks do we stock, and what do they cost?

Prices and stock checked on 3 September 2026. That’s eleven units across five models, and two of those are single-unit lines. If you’re specifying more than one door, message us before you plan around a model.

One row on that table doesn’t add up, and we’d rather flag it than let you find it at checkout. The GEA-1000BK costs AED 270 more than the GP-6000BAK. The GP-6000BAK gives you 3D face recognition and a push-pull handle on top of everything the GEA-1000BK does, and both have built-in Wi-Fi. On our shelf today the GP-6000BAK is the better buy of the two and it isn’t close. If you want the GEA-1000BK specifically, message us and we’ll find out from the supplier what the gap is meant to represent.

Which one fits your door?

The GSP-2000BK and GP-6000BAK are both specified for wooden and steel doors between 40 and 70mm thick. Most Dubai apartment fire doors land at 44 or 45mm, so they’re in range, but measure before you order. Door sag is the other thing that decides a push-pull job, and a tape measure won’t show it. That’s what the site photo is for.

The GR-60B is a vertical rim lock. Front body 190.3 x 78.3 x 19mm, back body 196 x 76 x 49.7mm. It needs clearance behind it, and Solity specifies at least 100mm door-to-gate back to back or 20mm opposite. On a UAE terrace or sliding door the constraint is usually the frame return, not the gate, so send a photo of the closed door from the hinge side.

What does the Solity app do, and what does it not do?

The Solity Smart Home App handles users, unlock history and lock settings. That’s all you need on a single door, and it does it without a subscription.

What it isn’t: TTLock, Tuya, Matter, Apple Home Key or Aliro. There’s no Alexa skill and no Google Home integration on these units. Nothing else in your house will see this lock, and the lock won’t see anything else.

Say you’ve got a Tuya doorbell and a Solity lock. A delivery lands at 19:40. The video clip is in one app, the unlock record is in another, and the two timestamps come from two different clocks. There’s no shared event timeline, so any time you want to reconstruct what happened at your door you’re doing it manually with two phones open. We wrote about the same problem across the doorbell and camera lock ranges.

The three Bluetooth models, GR-60B, GM-1000 and GSP-2000BK, need a Solity Wi-Fi bridge before you get any remote function. We don’t stock that bridge. So through us, those three are Bluetooth only, and Bluetooth means you’re standing at the door. If you need to open the door for a cleaner while you’re in the office, the GP-6000BAK is the model, not the GSP-2000BK.

Bluetooth or built-in Wi-Fi: which Solity do you need?

There’s a physical reason behind the split, and it explains most of the gateway questions we get. A battery lock can’t hold a Wi-Fi connection open, because the radio draws far more power than four AA cells can feed for a year. So most battery locks talk Bluetooth and sleep between wake-ups, and a mains-powered gateway sits nearby to relay messages. Locks with built-in Wi-Fi keep a low-power radio awake instead, which costs battery life and needs a solid signal right at the door, not two rooms away.

If your router is at the far end of a villa, a built-in Wi-Fi lock is the wrong answer and you’ll be replacing batteries every few months.

This is what gateway-free access costs across our shelf today.

So you’re not paying Solity for the Wi-Fi. EZVIZ does gateway-free Wi-Fi at AED 699, and we went through that whole range in our EZVIZ comparison. What the extra AED 361 buys on the GP-6000BAK is the push-pull mechanism, the 3D face sensor and a mortise body from a factory that’s been making them since 2004.

Whether that’s worth it depends on how long you’ll own the door. On a two-year tenancy it isn’t. On a villa you bought, it probably is.

The 9V emergency terminal, and why it’s better in the UAE

Every Solity lock we stock has an emergency power contact on the outside face. Two circular pads, plus on the left, minus on the right. Hold a 9V alkaline against them for about thirty seconds, the keypad wakes up, you enter your code, you’re in. It’s a Korean market convention rather than a Solity feature, and it’s on almost every digital lock sold there.

Most locks sold in the UAE give you a USB-C port for the same job. Both work. The 9V version is better here for a dull reason: a 9V alkaline is on the shelf at any Zoom or Carrefour Express at two in the morning, and a USB-C power bank has to already be charged. The one in your bag usually isn’t.

Keep the spare 9V in the car glovebox, not in the flat. An emergency terminal only helps if you can reach the battery from outside the door.

All five models also ship with two mechanical keys. Put one with a neighbour you trust or in the car. Not in the kitchen drawer.

What does a Solity cost fitted in the UAE?

A GP-6000BAK fitted in Dubai comes to AED 1,509.99 including the installation service. In Abu Dhabi it’s AED 1,609.99.

Two things to be straight about on cost. Our own installation cost guide quotes labour at AED 150 to AED 350 for a straight swap, while our published fitting service is AED 450 in Dubai and Sharjah. The AED 450 is what you pay at checkout for a booked, warrantied fit with the job tested afterwards. The lower range is where a simple pocket-matched swap can land when we quote it off a photo. Ask for the quote, don’t assume either number.

The second thing: we don’t have a published rim-lock fitting price at all. Our installation service covers mortise bodies only. That’s the same gap we flagged on the EZVIZ DL03 Pro, and until it’s fixed the honest answer on a GR-60B is send us a photo and we’ll price the job.

Fitting a GSP-2000BK on a JLT apartment door, step by step

Real sequence, 45mm steel fire-rated door in a JLT tower, existing mortise lock with a euro cylinder.

1. Day one, you send two photos on WhatsApp. One of the door edge with a tape measure across the thickness, one of the lock body edge plate with the screws visible.
2. We check the 45mm against the 40 to 70mm range, and check the backset and centre distance against the Solity mortise body. This is the step that stops most bad orders.
3. You request the building NOC. JLT towers sit under owners associations and most want a written access-change note before anything comes off the door. Our NOC guide lists what to ask for. Allow 3 to 10 working days. This is the long pole, not the labour.
4. You order the lock and the installation service together, so the fit is scheduled against the stock.
5. Install day, 09:00. The technician removes the existing handle set and cylinder, then checks the door for sag against the frame with the leaf swung to 45 degrees.
6. By 09:20 the old mortise body is out and the Solity body is in. If the pocket doesn’t match, the job stops here and becomes a chisel-and-plate quote. That’s a different price and we’ll say so on the spot rather than force it.
7. 09:40, outside push panel and inside pull panel go on, cable routed through the door, connector seated and strain-relieved.
8. 09:50, four AA alkalines into the inside panel. Power on, motor cycles, latch throws and retracts.
9. 09:55, enrolment. Admin PIN first, then your fingerprint, then your partner’s, then a card each. The GSP-2000BK holds 100 fingerprints and 100 cards, so household capacity is never the constraint. PIN is 4 to 12 digits.
10. 10:05, test the sequence you’ll live with, not the one in the manual. Both hands full of Spinneys bags, fingerprint reads, push the outside handle with a forearm. Then auto-lock, then the inside double lock, then both mechanical keys.
11. 10:15, the technician shows you the 9V contacts, hands over the two keys, and you both watch the app log the last five events.

About an hour on the door when the pocket matches. Budget the NOC in weeks and the fit in hours.

What we can’t tell you about these locks

Six gaps. You’d find them anyway, so we’ll list them.

No IP rating is published for any of the five. Not on our product pages, and not on the Solity material we could find for this market. EZVIZ publishes one for every SKU it sells here. Until we have a number from the supplier, don’t put a Solity on an exposed outdoor gate or an unshaded west-facing door. If you need a rated outdoor unit, ask and we’ll point you at something that publishes the figure.

There’s no operating temperature range either. Same rule applies, and it matters more in July than the IP number does.

No battery life figure. Solity specifies DC 6V from AA alkalines and DC 9V emergency, and says nothing about months of use. We’re not going to invent one. Tell us what you get and we’ll publish it.

We don’t stock the Solity Wi-Fi bridge, so the three Bluetooth models are Bluetooth only through us.

There’s no independent test data on the 3D face sensor. Solity calls the GP-6000BAK 3D facial recognition. We haven’t tested it against a printed photo or a mask, and we couldn’t find results from anyone whose lab we’d cite. Treat it as convenient, not as a security upgrade over the fingerprint.

On warranty, get the Solity term written on your invoice before you pay, from us or from anyone else selling these. That’s the same advice we give on every brand including our own.

When you shouldn’t buy a Solity

1. Your house already runs TTLock or Tuya. Adding a Solity means a second app and a split log, and that’s not a trade worth making for one door.
2. You want Apple Home Key or Matter. No Solity model has either. Our Apple Home Key guide covers what does.
3. You’re renting and can’t cut the door. A mortise Solity is a permanent change, and the renter guide covers the reversible options.
4. You’re buying purely on price and just want gateway-free Wi-Fi. The EZVIZ DL06 does that at AED 699.
5. Your door is glass, or narrow-stile aluminium. Measure the stile and send a photo before you order anything from anyone.
6. You need remote unlocking and you’re looking at a Bluetooth model. GR-60B, GM-1000 and GSP-2000BK won’t do it through us.

Buy the Solity that fits your door

How can Altix help?

Send us a photo of your door edge with a tape measure across it, plus a photo of the existing lock plate. We’ll tell you which of the five fits, whether the pocket matches, and what the fitted price comes to before you order anything. If none of them fit your door, we’ll say that too and point you somewhere else in the range.

Message us on WhatsApp at https://wa.me/971527393412.

FAQ

Is Solity a real Korean brand or a badge on a Chinese lock?

Real, and it’s one of the older ones. Solity has been manufacturing in Korea since 1980, moved into digital locks in 2004, and built the first Korean-made push-pull lock with Samsung SDS. It runs more than 1,000 installation stores in Korea.

Do Solity locks work with Alexa, Google Home or Apple Home?

No. The units we stock run the Solity Smart Home App and nothing else. There’s no Alexa skill, no Google Home integration, and no Apple Home Key support on any of the five.

Can I unlock my Solity lock from the office?

Only on the GP-6000BAK and GEA-1000BK, which have Wi-Fi built in. The GR-60B, GM-1000 and GSP-2000BK are Bluetooth, and the Solity Wi-Fi bridge that would extend them isn’t something we stock.

Will a Solity fit my Dubai apartment fire door?

Usually, if the door is between 40 and 70mm and has an existing mortise pocket. Most Dubai fire doors are 44 or 45mm. What decides it is the backset and centre distance of your existing lock body, which a photo answers in about two minutes. Check your building’s access-change policy before you order.

What happens when the batteries die?

Hold a 9V alkaline against the two contacts on the outside panel for around thirty seconds, then enter your code. Every Solity we stock has that terminal. Failing that, use one of the two mechanical keys, which is why one of them should live outside the flat.

Is the GR-60B suitable for a villa gate?

We can’t recommend it for an exposed gate, because no IP rating is published for it. Indoors, or on a sliding or sash door under cover, it’s the right format. For an unshaded outdoor gate, ask us for something that publishes a rating.

Why does the GEA-1000BK cost more than the face-recognition model?

We don’t have a satisfying answer for that one. On our shelf today the GP-6000BAK is AED 1,059.99 with 3D face and a push-pull handle, and the GEA-1000BK is AED 1,329.99 without either. Unless you specifically want the GEA-1000BK’s form factor, buy the GP-6000BAK.

What’s the warranty on a Solity lock in the UAE?

Ask us to state the term on your invoice before you pay. We give the same advice on every brand we sell, including our own, because if you can’t produce the term in writing later, you don’t have one.

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