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Best DUAL SIM android phone?

I intend to buy the most latest and powerful dual-sim (GSM) android phone available in the market today. Based on the discussions in this thread, I note that for "dual sim dual active" android phone class, it seemed that ZTE U960 is still the best and there has not been any new phone yet to be released soon that will replace it. Is it correct?

Moving to the "dual sim dual standby" android phone class, from the news I found out that Mediatek has issued its latest chipset for dual sim (dual standby I assume) android phone, namely MT6577. From my checking in etotalk website, this chipset has quickly been adopted by three major brands (in addition to other chinese brands) in their latest phones, namely:
ZTE V970 [www.************/print_page_p3164&ei=nXwmULGWG4m8rAfxpoHAAQ&usg=AFQjCNGt3zB7YCbAAAnvpXq9CC8h7u8TIA]
HuaWei U8836D / U8832D / Ascend G500D
[www.************/huawei-u8832d-shine-dual-sim-43qhd-3g-wcdma-android-cpu-mt6577-dualcore-10ghz_p3029.html]
Lenovo A789
[www.************/lenovo-a789-3g-wcdma-dual-sim-android-404-ics-multilanguage-mt6577-dualcore-10ghz-wvga_p3047.html]

together with one other significant competitor:

Blu Vivo 4.3
[www.gsmarena.com/blu_vivo_4_3-4901.php]

From the specs being provided in the above-mentioned websites, the following is the comparison:
Huawei (dual camera 5mp / 0.3mp, 4.3" screen TFT-LCD and 1930mAh battery)
Lenovo (dual camera 5mp / 0.3mp, 4" screen TFT-LCD and 2000mAh battery)
Blu Vivo (dual camera 8mp / 1.3mp, 4.3
 
d0n4lduck said:
I intend to buy the most latest and powerful dual-sim (GSM) android phone available in the market today. Based on the discussions in this thread, I note that for "dual sim dual active" android phone class, it seemed that ZTE U960 is still the best and there has not been any new phone yet to be released soon that will replace it. Is it correct?
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The U960 is defiantly not the most powerfull dual-sim phone after dual-core MT6577 has been released. It has a much faster CPU. I would also say that single-core MT6575 is just as fast as the U960's MSM8255. Note that the CPU in U960 is single core.

The U960 is however, the only avalible dual-sim smartphone that is dual sim full active, which means that both sim's are active, even when there is an active call on one sim. On other dual-sim phones the other sim will be busy. A nice feature, and if you wan't that, you have no other choice.

I expect to recive my ZTE V970 in the next week, and will post my impressions here once I receive it.

For reference I have had the ZTE U960, so I know that phone first-hand. Right now I have a Lenovo A750 (MT6575).
 
SHARP SH530U 5" dual sim
SH530U is Dual SIM use MTK MT6577 (Cortex A9, Dual Core 1GHz) is support Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4,, 4GB eMMC / 512MB LPDDR2 Size: 5”Type: TFT transmissive LCD Resolution: 480(RGB)x800, WVGA Bluetooth 4.0 , USB 2.0 High-Speed client , Rear Camera 5M AF, Front Camera VGA FF,GPRS ;GPS, WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
 
benster123 said:
why would u want dual sim? im not exactly clear on the advantage/
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My phone is more, i don't want to use my personal phone for business.
have to travel a lot for business between several countries, sometimes ,it is much better for me to have different sim cards for each of the country , saving money.
 
on the whole,the dual SIM android phone is still very convenient. Can select the appropriate network service according to the circumstances, for example a card to call cheap, another card to send text messages cheap, can be a better choice. There is with the android systemwhen the same person sent text messages, whether sent to your phone which cards can be displayed in a text message package for easy viewing.
 
I recived my ZTE V970 today from e to talk today, and have had it running for about an hour now, so this is my warry first impressions:

Build quality seems good, and I fint the design higend. If seems quite slim. The back is in plastic, a litte like rubber (anti slip). Feels ok.

The screen has good coulors and can easely be seen from different angles. About the same coulor quality as U960 but you can see that it has a higher resolution. No problems with touch quality.

Google Apps is fully working, and even my local bank app is there. Also paid apps works with no problem (note this is not standard, but installed by this specific seller).

GPS has EPO assistance. First lock took about 2-3 minutes, which is not fast.

Performance seems good. It performance smooth and fast. AnTuTu score is 5374.

Once again, note that this is my wary first impressions, but they are good;)

Feel free to post any questions you might have.
 
OK, I received the A789 on Monday from etotalk. I have it running in parallel with my A750and here are my first impressions:

Build quality nice, slightly slimmer and bigger than the A750. Looks ot as bulky. The back cover grips well in hand.

The screen Pleasant and same size and quality as the A750. No problems with touch quality.

Google Apps Installed by etotalk. Works well. No problems with geographic apps i.e Park-Line, Paris Metro. My Dutch bank app works well.

GPS has EPO assistance, A-GPS. Bit slow to lock.

FM Transmitter Can be useful to listen to Nav instructions on your car radio

Performance Better than the A750. Tested with SPB Shell 3D and Asphalt 6. AnTuTu score is 5302.

Edit: Network Location problem sorted with Mobileuncle tool. Binding issue
Problems For some reason, the Location service does not work. Apps can ot find location with the Network Location services. I have reported the problem to etotalk with screen shots. Will post update.

Remarks I like the phone, good feel, good performance, classier look than the A750. I only think it's a pity the Lenovo didn't release this phone with 1GB RAM

Feel free to post any questions you might have.
 
AD2554 said:
OK, I received the A789 on Monday from etotalk. I have it running in parallel with my A750and here are my first impressions:

Build quality nice, slightly slimmer and bigger than the A750. Looks ot as bulky. The back cover grips well in hand.

The screen Pleasant and same size and quality as the A750. No problems with touch quality.

Google Apps Installed by etotalk. Works well. No problems with geographic apps i.e Park-Line, Paris Metro. My Dutch bank app works well.

GPS has EPO assistance, A-GPS. Bit slow to lock.

FM Transmitter Can be useful to listen to Nav instructions on your car radio

Performance Better than the A750. Tested with SPB Shell 3D and Asphalt 6. AnTuTu score is 5302.

Problems For some reason, the Location service does not work. Apps can ot find location with the Network Location services. I have reported the problem to etotalk with screen shots. Will post update.

Remarks I like the phone, good feel, good performance, classier look than the A750. I only think it's a pity the Lenovo didn't release this phone with 1GB RAM

Feel free to post any questions you might have.
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do you know a simple way to remove the etotalk animation in start up and shut down? It very annoying me! And where i can find the right USB driver for Windows 7? Thanks.
For all i confirm your positive test on A789, very good phone!
 
bluemask said:
do you know a simple way to remove the etotalk animation in start up and shut down? It very annoying me! And where i can find the right USB driver for Windows 7? Thanks.
For all i confirm your positive test on A789, very good phone!
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To remove the sound, use root explore to rename \system\media\bootaudio.mp3 and shutsound.mp3 to shutsound.mp3.old/bootaudio.mp3.old

Haven't tried with the animations.
 
bluemask said:
do you know a simple way to remove the etotalk animation in start up and shut down? It very annoying me! And where i can find the right USB driver for Windows 7? Thanks.
For all i confirm your positive test on A789, very good phone!
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I have the Lenovo boot animation on my A750 courtesy of Cybermaus :D
3 files in

system/media/
- bootanimation.zip
- shutanimation.zip
- shutrotate.zip

I copied these in the to replace the existing ones and changed permissions. No more annoying etotalk advertising. Just the Lenovo butterfly :)

I have the files on Dropbox and can make them available if required.

As for the driver for Win7, sorry but can't help you you on this one
 
AD2554 said:
I have the Lenovo boot animation on my A750 courtesy of Cybermaus :D
3 files in

system/media/
- bootanimation.zip
- shutanimation.zip
- shutrotate.zip

I copied these in the to replace the existing ones and changed permissions. No more annoying etotalk advertising. Just the Lenovo butterfly :)

I have the files on Dropbox and can make them available if required.

As for the driver for Win7, sorry but can't help you you on this one
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yes, i will appreciate your files so much :) ..you tried this change on Lenovo A789, right?
Can you explain me how i can change permissions (i never made this..)? Thanks!
 
bluemask said:
yes, i will appreciate your files so much :) ..you tried this change on Lenovo A789, right?
Can you explain me how i can change permissions (i never made this..)? Thanks!
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I got the files from my A750 and copied them to the A789 :)

Get the ES File Explorer from Google Play.
I have made screen shots on how to change permissions. Your phone must be rooted.
Open file explorer and allow it superuser access.
Tap on UP to go to root
Scroll down to System
Scroll down to Media
Copy the 3 zip files there. Do not unzip them
Long press on each to get the options
Scroll down to Properties - Change
Set the permission as in screen shot

Files are here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cvsauu2a9tkzdu1/U3dfhdSdQb


Please note you are doing this on your, own at your own risk. :thumbup:
 
21 posts back you have this information, and 8 posts back you have a small review, so pls pay a little bit more attention next time, ok?
 
Hi,
I saw some of you already get a ZTE grand V970.
I ordered the same one from etotalk but it has a bogus firmware so it does not start (I can access recovery mode, but when booting I get a 3G orange snake... and the phone stucks). Could you maybe publish the firmware somewhere? it is 4 days I am waiting an answer from them... but it looks like they need to involve the engineers... so I can not use the phone at all. Sorry for asking to you but I did not find any other way to get the initial firmware (of course probably there are only chinese sites where I could download it... but it is not easy for me to find how ;)

Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
sareju
 
sareju said:
Hi,
I saw some of you already get a ZTE grand V970.
I ordered the same one from etotalk but it has a bogus firmware so it does not start (I can access recovery mode, but when booting I get a 3G orange snake... and the phone stucks). Could you maybe publish the firmware somewhere? it is 4 days I am waiting an answer from them... but it looks like they need to involve the engineers... so I can not use the phone at all. Sorry for asking to you but I did not find any other way to get the initial firmware (of course probably there are only chinese sites where I could download it... but it is not easy for me to find how ;)

Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
sareju
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I just cotact their skype.
They help me solve the problem soon.
Maybe you can try it.
:)
 
Yes they are pretty fast (I received the phone in only 4 days...). I have to wait the engineer "We forwarded your problem to our engineers, they are developing a ROM for you".
This is what they wrote me today. I am pretty confident... but you know... it is now 3 days I am waiting.

Thanks a lot,
 
to EmilF

Hi,
I have a few question to v970:
1) has it gorilla glass?
2) is there SW for sound profile management (vibrate, silent, flight...), that can handle both 2 sim cards?
3) is there SW, that can record calls for both 2 sim cards (total recall for example)?

Could you try it for me?

Thank you very much.

PS:I would like to buy HuaWei U8836d :-)
 
neveceral said:
to EmilF

Hi,
I have a few question to v970:
1) has it gorilla glass?
2) is there SW for sound profile management (vibrate, silent, flight...), that can handle both 2 sim cards?
3) is there SW, that can record calls for both 2 sim cards (total recall for example)?

Could you try it for me?

Thank you very much.

PS:I would like to buy HuaWei U8836d :-)
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1) I think it is real glass, not gorilla glass. Don't know how to test it?

2) You can define profiles (General, Meeting, Silent and so on) and easily change between them. You can change directly by pulling down the status bar, and there is a ton of free widgets available to change directly from home screen.

As I believe is the chase for all MT657x phones, you cannot define seperate profiles/ringtones for the two sim's. I have only seen that on Quadcom based dual sim phones (like U960).

3) I will test, and get back on this

I was looking at the U8836d as well, but it is 100$ more expensive and 99% the same phone. ZTE is also a really good and professional brand, that provides ROM updates.
 
I bought a new MT6577 phone ZTE V970 from etotalk
CPU: MTK6577 ARMv7 Cortex-A9 Dual-core 1.0GHz
GPU: PowerVR SGX531 Ultra
Android V4.0
1G RAM
They provide a mod rom to me for upgrade the phone.
Before the rom, ZTE V970 performance has been significantly increased after improving.
Thanks etotalk.
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