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From: Theo Markettos on 3 Feb 2010 08:29 There seem to be lots of obscure dual SIM phones around. Does anyone have any experience with them? I'm interested in a phone that: Will operate with two SIMs at the same time - make and receive calls and texts on both. So a phone with two radios, not one radio and a switch. Just a basic phone - no need for touchscreens, or 3G, or web browser, or music player or... (in fact, a nice big keypad is useful) Reasonably robust Would be good if it uses commonly-available batteries (not some obscure type only found in China). Decent battery life is a plus. Instructions not written in Chinglish GSM900/1800 In other words, something a bit like a Nokia 1- or 2-series but dual SIM. Any ideas? Thanks Theo
From: Steve Dulieu on 3 Feb 2010 09:12 "Theo Markettos" <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message news:Zlz*l6L2s(a)news.chiark.greenend.org.uk... > There seem to be lots of obscure dual SIM phones around. Does anyone have > any experience with them? I'm interested in a phone that: > > > Will operate with two SIMs at the same time - make and receive calls and > texts on both. So a phone with two radios, not one radio and a switch. > > Just a basic phone - no need for touchscreens, or 3G, or web browser, or > music player or... (in fact, a nice big keypad is useful) > > Reasonably robust > > Would be good if it uses commonly-available batteries (not some obscure > type > only found in China). Decent battery life is a plus. > > Instructions not written in Chinglish > > GSM900/1800 > > > In other words, something a bit like a Nokia 1- or 2-series but dual SIM. > > Any ideas? > Any of these any use..? http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=164807 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=181261 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=173318 http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=180333 -- Cheers, Steve. Change jealous to sad to reply.
From: Theo Markettos on 3 Feb 2010 10:36 Steve Dulieu <steve.dulieu(a)greenyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > Any of these any use..? > http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=164807 > http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=181261 > http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=173318 > http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=180333 All rather out of my price bracket! (Even if they do have a 'propitiatory' OS :) The Sigmatel S9000 looks more like the sort of thing: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180447114844 but the software is everything, and I have no idea if it's any good. And, in common with many Chinese phones, I can't seem to find any feedback on the web. Theo
From: Tim on 3 Feb 2010 12:29 Theo Markettos wrote: > Steve Dulieu <steve.dulieu(a)greenyonder.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Any of these any use..? >> http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=164807 >> http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=181261 >> http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=173318 >> http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=180333 > > All rather out of my price bracket! > (Even if they do have a 'propitiatory' OS :) > > > The Sigmatel S9000 looks more like the sort of thing: > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180447114844 > > but the software is everything, and I have no idea if it's any good. > And, in common with many Chinese phones, I can't seem to find any > feedback on the web. Well if you can wait, I'll let you know what it's like when I get mine. ;-) I need a small twin sim phone for running as I find a lot of coverage problems with single networks on my longer runs. This'll be dead handy if it works. Tim
From: Theo Markettos on 3 Feb 2010 14:49 Tim <timdownie2003(a)obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Well if you can wait, I'll let you know what it's like when I get mine. ;-) > > I need a small twin sim phone for running as I find a lot of coverage > problems with single networks on my longer runs. This'll be dead handy if > it works. It's a deal :) Did you order one? Sigmatel have a website: http://www.fxd.cc/en/index.asp but it's entirely useless One other problem I discovered about Chinese phones is 'genuine IMEI'. Apparently some are shipped with IMEIs allocated to other manufacturers, and this gets them cut off by Indian networks. I'm not sure if this applies to the UK. <Pokes a bit further> Looks like Sigmatel's reflashing software (for the 9300 is on their website) will reprogram the IMEI to whatever you like. That's illegal in the UK, but I wonder if it's possible to make sure you have a genuine IMEI before you activate the phone. Hmm... the front page of: http://www.fxd.cc/ mentions something about copies with illegal IMEIs. They claim they're now doing things properly. Might be worth trying to check out the IMEI before you buy. Theo
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