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Dual SIM is such a cool feature and so common in asia that not having it in Western markets almost seems like a conspiracy. Work/private phone. Burner. Try out
by netcan 12y ago
Dual SIM is such a cool feature and so common in asia that not having it in Western markets almost seems like a conspiracy.
Work/private phone. Burner. Try out a new network. Add a local SIM when traveling.
- rokhayakebe 12y agoTechnically you could get the functionality of dual sim with software, so ultimately this will be an app on every phone.
- pedrocr 12y ago>Dual SIM is such a cool feature and so common in asia that not having it in Western markets almost seems like a conspiracy. When the phone market is dominated by the carriers they don't supply dual-sim phones because they don't want people to easily switch or complement their networks. I know of at least one carrier-named phone sourced from ZTE, whose only difference from the original ZTE model is the removal of the second SIM slot.
- maxerickson 12y agoSome of it is also the CDMA legacy of the U.S. (I guess the carriers probably liked that the system didn't use SIMs, but on the other hand, the technology has proven itself)
- plam 12y agoYou can buy all sorts of Chinese phones (with dual SIM) directly from China online on sites like Aliexpress.com. The thing is, US uses weird 3G frequencies or something from the rest of the world. I bought my 3G MTK phone a year ago on Aliexpress.com. It worked fine perfectly while I was living in Europe. Then I came over and now I'm always on Edge network and network speed is significantly slower.
- icebraining 12y agoNot having it on Western markets? Are you sure you're not confusing US with Western? Here in our very western European country they're common and often advertised. Both my previous phone (crappy Samsung) as well as my current cheap Android were dual sim.
- marcosdumay 12y agoIt's irritating. Latin America is also entirely western.
- adrenalinup 12y agoWhat country in western Europe ? Never heard about anyone talking about a dual-sim telephones in France. But there is not much point of having two subscription to two companies that prices are aligned.
- icebraining 12y agoPortugal. The reason I have one is because I have a company-issued SIM card, besides my personal one. But here prices are not actually aligned, since some providers have free, unlimited calls between members of the same plan, but not between members of different providers.
- Ecio78 12y agoWiko Mobile is a big name in France (#3 in 2013) and (almost?) all the smartphone they sell are dual sim: http://world.wikomobile.com/p-Wiko-Smartphones http://world.wikomobile.com/p-Wiko-Smartphones they are sold in supermarket as well (Auchan etc..)
- netcan 12y agoI live in Ireland. Haven't seen them here. In SE Asia they seem to be as standard as cameras.
- pmorici 12y agoThere are a lot of reasons why you might want to use a dual sim phone but burner is not one of them.
- scintillations 12y agoWell, let's just say there are different reasons necessitating different levels of operational security, and some are not as demanding as others. Cheating on your wife with some cheap floozy? Dual SIM phone with a burner chip on a temporary number is fine for that. Spring break? What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? Sure. But drug dealers, probably not. Bank robbers, probably not. Anything that's probably somewhat gangster, probably not.
- junto 12y agoIndeed. I work for clients in two main countries. Having a dedicated mobile number in both countries coming into the same mobile phone would be useful. Currently I carry around two phones. I considered the HTC Dual Sim http://www.htc.com/uk/go/htc-one-dual-sim/ http://www.htc.com/uk/go/htc-one-dual-sim/ In the end I got a Nexus 4 and carried on with two phones. I was so impressed by the Nexus.
- ehPReth 12y agoWould having one cellphone number and then using a service to purchase DIDs and have them forward to your main number work better for you?
- dimitar 12y agoCarriers don't like to sell multi-sim phones because they are interested in selling you the ultimate expensive plan with a new phone for it. So you have to look at retailers that don't offer voice and data plans.