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Best DUAL SIM android phone?

The v350 is immediately available in Germany, although the price is €40 higher than it is on the other preorder sites and it's unclear if they take credit card.

It can also be preordered for €250 here using credit card (which is somewhat rare for German stores). It's a 3-4 week wait.
 
Check this out guys, 2 phones launched & they are not Chinese make. These are Branded Indian manufacturers. Just google for Micromax A70 & Spice Mi-270. Both these phones are Dual sim x2 GSM with Android 2.2
 
rajblackbeauty said:
Check this out guys, 2 phones launched & they are not Chinese make. These are Branded Indian manufacturers. Just google for Micromax A70 & Spice Mi-270. Both these phones are Dual sim x2 GSM with Android 2.2
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The A70 is not a dual-sim phone.

The MI-270 might as well be a chinese phone, because you don't know what you're getting. No specs state that it has dual standby. The specs that are out in the wild are contradictory. If it's true that the mi270 is only a dual frequency gsm, it's no good as a world phone. There are other unknowns.

The wiki has been updated to expose the conflicting specs.
 
Finally I can meet a group of people who are looking the same thing. I have been looking for a good dual sim 3G phone for years, and keep wondering why the phone manufacturers can't just make dual sim 3G version of their good phones (but I guess I know the reason; they can earn more by selling one sim card phones).

Anyway, I believe the best two dual sim 3G android phones available up to today are Viewsonic V350 and GSmart 1317D (correct me if I'm wrong), and both of them are available on the market now.

So has anyone had either one of them and can share some reviews?

Also, how would the update like in this dual sim android phone, since dual sim is not officially supported by android? How easy would it be to update for every new version of Android OS for example?
 
You can check a review of the G1317D: gsm4U.cz - mobiln komunikace: Prvn recenze v R i ve svt: GigaByte GSmart G1317D - nov dual-SIM Android komuniktor za dobrou cenu! (scroll down for an English summary)

The better GSmart G1310 and ViewSonic V350 are not in the market yet, AFAIK.

Also there are some MSM7227 Chinese phones on the market. For example this one: HOT HD958 Android 2.2 Dual Sim

There is an interesting CPU which can power next generation of dual-sim phones: Broadcom.com - BCM21654 - Advanced Low-Cost HSPA/EDGE Multimedia Baseband Processor . I hope we will see a phone with this CPU soon. But I'm afraid it won't be before 2012.
 
Jech: What do you mean the better GSmart G1317D and ViewSonic V350 are not in the market yet?

I thought you can buy GSmart G1317D here
and ViewSonic V350 at the link given by smurfOnE here

I don't mind chinese or whatever phones as long as they are well-known manufacturer, such as HTC, huawei, etc. Otherwise, I'm not looking for chinese phones as they can get broken easily (I don't have personal experiences with phones, but I had with laptops)
 
Well, although the thread is about the best dualsim android, i'd like mention this FG8. Surely isn't the fastest android phone, but for its price it delivers very good results. Yes, it has the Mediatek 6516 like many other clones, but this one works, and is reliable. Not like a A5000 (Also sold as "ATlantis" in advertisement at the top of this page) which i had before and suffered many defects. The FG8 comes with Froyo 2,2, has no 3G, but only costs about 100 euro inclusive a fast HDL shipping. It took only 4 days from China to Holland!
I found this FG8 the best GPS phone till now. It is super sensitive. Sure, it has the same surfstar III chip, but the GPS works faster and better than many similar mainstream phones. Where my TomTom navigation-kit stops working, the FG8 keeps on tracking satelites!
Though there many phones with the same specs and processor, this doesn't mean they all have the same quality. This year i stick to this model, and i can recomend it to anyone who is looking for a reliable and sensitive GPS dualsim phone, without paying an exaggerated high price, just because of its brand name or novelty. :cool: Producing for example a HTC desire doesn't cost much more than a 60$, the rest is profit and other costs.
 
viant> Don't confuse GSmart G1317D (resistive touch screen, 2Mpx camera) and G1310 (capacitive touch screen, 5 Mpx AF camera).

The G1310 is in all stores at least in Czech still listed for preorder only. Regarding the ViewSonic V350 the German store says it's available now but I haven't heard from anybody who actually got his phone.
 
I think that Eclipse and V350 are completely different. Eclipse is 3x cheaper and of course the HW is significantly worse. It depends on what you expect from the phone.

I have already decided that I will get the V350, if no serious flaws will be discovered.
 
jech said:
I have already decided that I will get the V350, if no serious flaws will be discovered.
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I'm also waiting for it (in Europe). However, I'd be very interested to read a review from some one who has actually used it, rather than just read the tech specs.
Also (as an android newbie) should I be concerned about language support? Can that be easily added/updated later?
 
Pepe_le_Pooh> I've seen some videos on YouTube and it looks really good on them. But will also wait for a review of the phone.

Regarding language support, it depends completely on the phone manufacturer, whether will they include it in the ROM or not. But it can be improved by a new ROM from the manufacturer. I hope there will be just one ROM for the whole Europe which will include all languages.
 
jech said:
Pepe_le_Pooh> I've seen some videos on YouTube and it looks really good on them. .......
I hope there will be just one ROM for the whole Europe which will include all languages.
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I looked at some of the clips on YouTube and yes, it looks promising.
Regarding languages, one of the commentators mentioned cross-border traffic in Europe as being a target market for the phone (that's my case) which is encouraging. However that doesn't guarantee support for different languages. I've seen phones for the Asian market on sale in Europe with support for just English and Chinese. Also, I've seen phones supporting German, Dutch, English, but not French, for example. Because phones are not part of Viewsonic's core business, I'm curious to know how they will manage this.
 
Please update. Am thinking of buying the dual sim china phone with 1ghz procie but as youve mentioned, all china phones have fake infos :-(
 
There is no such phone, the fastest dual-sim is currently GSmart G1317D with 528 MHz. When ViewSonic V350 comes out (probably in August) it will be the fastest with 600 MHz.

There is also a phone called HOT HD958. It is supposed to have MSM7227 600 MHz CPU, but I don't trust these Chinese phones. Also it is heavily overpriced (400 USD).
 
I made a research about dual sims, available on the market:


  1. VeiwSonic V350 - Android 2.2 - ViewSonic - Online Resellers ==> solid №1, all in 600Mhz
  2. GSmart G1317D - Android 2.2 - GSmart ==> 550Mhz, all in
  3. Eclipse - WM - ECLIPSE (Dual sim)
  4. Chinese phones - ????????? ?????????? ??????????, ?????????, ??????????. ????????? ? ???????????? ???????????? ? ??????????. - China Market- lot's of choice for Chinese mobiles
I'm waiting for V350. Some shops already put it in their stock online, but it's not there yet. I think there is nothing better so far than V350.
 
Are there any dual-sim phones out w/ Android and a QWERTY keyboard?

The only thing I've been able to find is a Poseido A8. Does anyone know anything about this phone?

Thanks in advance!
 
takeshi said:
Because the carriers would rather just charge you roaming fees.


Also easy to solve with an unlocked device.


...or, again, use an unlocked device.
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An unlocked device only solves part of the problem, Takeshi. You can reduce your calling cost, but all those people who are trying to call or text you on SIM A can't reach you when you have SIM B in your phone. And if only your home SIM has e-mail (like mine), you have to choose between getting e-mail or making affordable calls. Plus there is the hassle of swapping SIMS. I live in the US and use mobile e-mail on my US SIM. I travel to HK and China and do business with people there. I REALLY need a dual-SIM when I am travelling so I can use my US SIM for E-mail and then a 2-number/1-card SIM for HK/China voice and text. Plus, when I am back home, having dual-SIM means I can get texts or calls from my HK and China business partners who call my local number. You can't expect everyone else to know which SIM you have in your phone right now.
 
The first shipment of v350's was supposed to have gone out at the end of June. Did anyone get one?

The Taiwanese site says the 2nd batch of pre-orders will ship at the end of July. Has anyone tested whether savesafe.com ships to Europe? I'm a bit put off by having to wait longer for an EU merchant to sell these, when the august deadline that could potentially continue to slip.
 
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