Dual Sim

Lu Tze

Howdy,

Jus wondering if there are any android dual sim phones? If so , any recommended? Really can't understand why the dual sim trend never tok off

gar32

OK is it time for one of these yet ? I need Dual SIM

Red Silurian

Yeah they're available from here http://www.chinabuye.com/cell-phone-accessories/mobile-phones/android ... They cost slightly more than the bog standard dual sim phones (also available from that site) but still cheap enough... They come with 2 batteries because the dual sims take up a lot of juice!

I don't know how reputable the site is but I've placed a cheap order with them so I'll let you know as soon as/if I get it. They claim 15-30 days delivery and accept paypal so perhaps

mdebets

Lu Tze wrote: »

Really can't understand why the dual sim trend never tok off

That's easy to explain.
Dual SIMS are often wanted to have two different networks on one phone. Most phones are sold by the networks, which have no interest, that their competition can be used on a phone they are subsidizing. So the phone manufacturer have no incentive to build dual SIM phones, as no network would sell them.

vibe666

you used to be able to buy thing called a multi-sim which could store up to 12 sim card images on one "multi" sim card, but you can't get them any more unfortunately from what i can see.

it basically allows you to copy your sim cards via a usb dongle and then insert multiple sim copies onto a single sim card which you then manage from your phone with (afaik) just a simple power cycle. iirc it even allowed you to have two numbers active simultaneously if your phone supported it.

strangely enough i bought one back when they were available and i recently found it again, although i've never actually used it. it also appears to be GSM only, so no high speed data by the looks of it, although i'm not 100% sure if that is sim dependant or not?

Amalgam

I was mooching about for a DUal SIM a few days back and stumbled across a big name phone, granted, I think it's a rebrand..

Marketed in India at the moment.

Motorola Glam - (Motorola XT800 ZHISHANG)

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_xt800_zhishang-3073.php

Some video..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12kjNqAVIP8

Doesn't look too bad.

EDIT: isn't there a risk with some Chinese Dual SIM devices being blocked in Ireland if they have EMEI's that are just a string of 00000000000's..

I read somewhere that one or other of the networks don't play nice with the above situation.

ongarite

Magic Sim 26th edition is confirmed as working with the HTC Desire.

Its has an app that lets you change SIM card whenever you need.

vibe666

Amalgam wrote: »

EDIT: isn't there a risk with some Chinese Dual SIM devices being blocked in Ireland if they have EMEI's that are just a string of 00000000000's..

I read somewhere that one or other of the networks don't play nice with the above situation.

not sure, but i can tell you that (at least a few years ago when i was doing some work for them) one of the major operators in ireland used to use cloned sims in GSM PDA's so staff could road test them without having to arse around swapping sim cards out of their regular phones.

EDIT: had a play with the one i have and it's so old that it only reads GSM SIM's not 3G ones, so it's pretty much useless now either way.