[blessedman]

SIM only deals are becoming more and more popular, and this market could benefit from a a dual SIM.  It's not the operators that have the final say as long as users are willing to buy it there is nothing they can do. There are people like myself who would ditch their contract phones provided for a good dual Sim Nokia phone.

[montelatici]

Except for the UK, most European countries have laws against selling SIM-Locked phones or the market is such that SIM-locked phones cannot be sold.  One of the largest markets, Italy, does not have SIM-Locks, in fact, even the I-Phone and Storm are sold unlocked in Italy.

A dual SIM phone is used by companies that have international business and have contracts in two countries in order to minimise roaming rates.  My company issued Qigi dual sim quad band phones (China Techfaith Cynthia phones)  with Windows Mobile to people that travelm often to the US.  Recently they bought and issued a number of Acer DX900s which are dual sim, quad band and are able to work in 3G in Europe and North America. Nobody seems to like either phone because Windows Mobile is a terrible and slow operating system so they are thinking about buying a new Samsung quad band dual sim, but it is not 3G.

If Nokia came out with a dual SIM quad band 3G phone they would make quite a few corporate sales and  would also get much of the growing Asian market that wants dual sim phones exclusively.

[arjay07]

My experience in New Zealand is one of having unlocked phones when I have renewed my contracts. More recently I signed up for a 3 network phone in Australia.

While the phone was locked at time of purchase there were no problems with having it unlocked even though they know that my other SIM card belongs to a different network.

To avoid carrying to phones a dual sim Nokia phone would be a great option for me.

Message Edited by arjay07 on 08-Jul-2009 11:19 AM

[no1_slumko]

I'm glad I don't have to go through what you guys in Europe have to go through. In South Africa since around '95 Pay as you go phones have been available and are the route most travelled.

Network supplied phones are locked to the particular network but it's very cheap to get another network or a cell phone repair shop to do it less then R200.

I would say about 95% of phones currently being sold here are not locked because the networks realised it's useless, Vodaphone even tried bringing out phones with their software on it that only worked with Vodacom and Vodafone sim cards but that didn't go far.

I personally like the idea of a dual sim phone because there is tough competition among the networks here. Vodacom has the best internet coverage, fastest speed and it's available all the time.

CellC on the other hand: I can talk for free on weekends, They give free minutes with all airtime purchses, internet browsing is free but it's not the best.

Because of this, a trend has developed where people have two phones or two sim cards. It's not unusual to see someone quickly changing their sim card for a two minute call.

I know South Africa needs dual sim phones but on the other hand we might not make up a large enough portion of Nokia's market.

I have only ever had Nokia phons and will not buy anything else anytime soon so I'll keep my two phones with both networks until Nokia Does something(I hope that is soon)

[ananyaapoorva]

Hi, I am from India. Here mobile craze is catching up in every section of our society. Everybody is going for second or third phone for personal use!  Here markets are flooded with chinese dual sim phones. ( India started banning phones without IME code) Samsung dual sim phones are selling as hot cakes.  Being a Nokia phone edict I am requesting Nokia to introduce dual sim GSM phone at the earliest in India.

[firstofficer]

Yes... I agree with that. I am from Pakistan the nokia phone market here is excellent nokia phones demand is like a hot cake here . It is people first choice of cellphone .But just want to infrom the Nokia higherups that when they sell unlocked phone here then they must concider dual phone sim because people have to carry two phone like me or they have to carry two sim card and frequently changing the sim cards often damages the phone like battery pins. So my suggestion well be like they should make one modle for the market where these phone will be in demand like Samsung Sim Sim is doing very well here ...

[asmu72]

I am also from Pakistan. I agree with the idea that Nokia should atleast introduce one set with dual sim functinality. many of the mobile phone user in Pakistan are buying dual sim phones becuase they carry more than one sim. I have china dual sim mobile becuase no model of Nokia is available in the market wit dualsim functionality. I request Nokia to inroduce one set.

[flygal]

I travel a lot for work and have local sims for a few countries. I'd love to see a dual sim phone as well so I can stop carrying around two phones. I tried a chinese built nokia knock-off, but it really didn't do the trick. Please Nokia ....

[ascanu]

I don't understand why are you having this conversation in contradiction...some of us need Dual Sim, others don't! Just like any other feature a phone has to offer!

The question was simple, and we want an official answer if it's possible:

"When can we expect the first nokia dual sim mobile phone?"

I'm interested in buying a Dual Sim, but it must be a Nokia, so I'm on stand by right now...please hurry up!

Message Edited by ascanu on 05-Nov-2009 02:02 PM

[krizanand]

I somehow was not interested in this topic, recently a neccessity arrived to me to a buy a DUAL SIM handset i felt the pinch that there is nothing Nokia has, the competition here in India has grown from corn to oak service providers have started to bill per second billing, in my case i have three SIM cards of different operators which i use one for Data services and two other for calling for which i need to pay 1p/1s which is great and cost-saving

In asian countries especially India and china  DUAL SIM handsets are selling like hot cakes and now there are lot of new cell phone manufactures(ex Fly, Micrmax, karbonn heard of these names???) specially making only DUAL SIM handsets (Though With IMEI no), Samsung has one in their list and that is costly for a DUAL SIM feature, lot of small mobiles manufacturers have emerged targetting on this interesting feature

My point is i would like Nokia to release (only)one DUAL SIM handset and i am sure those recently emerged mobile manufacturers would be in danger

Message Edited by krizanand on 05-Nov-2009 07:59 PM

[no1_slumko]

Untill then we can always try to find one of those dual sim holders that are all over the internet. Some look dodgey and I think a lot of them sound credible. I saw one a few weeks ago, that was specifically for Nokia phones.

They said you just  have to insert and an extra menu item appears on the phone which is used to manage the sim card. No application installation.

I think it was from a link posted on this forum.

[zzzounds]

"I saw one a few weeks ago, that was specifically for Nokia phones.

They said you just  have to insert and an extra menu item appears on the phone which is used to manage the sim card. No application installation."

hi there,

could you tell me where did you find this dual sim holder? if it is like that i'm up for it! can't wait any longer for the nokia to release a dual sim phone (which i start thinking it won't happen in the near future...).

all the dual sim holders i find on the web are really strange and dodgey (need to cut cards and so on; also think one needs to turn off phone for 2nd sim card to activate)

thanks for any help! §

[adilnajeeb]

i dont think nokia is gona come up with dual sim phones!

[no1_slumko]

zzzounds. I can't remember where exactly I saw it or what brand they were. I did say I think it was from a link posted on this forum. The company seemed very professional, and legit to me. This adaptor doesn't even require cutting of the sim cards and is compatible with a long list of Nokia phones. I will spend my next week of lunch breaks and tea time looking for it. If I find it I.ll post it here

[zzzounds]

hi no1_slumko,

i searched the forum for links about these holders, but couldn't find anything...

if you do find it again, please send me the link, i'll be quite thankful.

i'll search for it as well, if i find anything i'll let you know.

cheers,

zr § 

[no1_slumko]

I'll post these things as I find them

duosim

[no1_slumko]

this looks a lot more credible that the one above

[noookiauser]

dual sim - would it be make more environmental sense? 

[darren2190]

Dual sim, i second that. It would be good to have. I carry 2 phone with me. 1 for work and 1 for personal.

[no1_slumko]

nookiauser said:

dual sim - would it be make more environmental sense? 

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