2 Sim Phone

[Somtamnication]

They are advertising, but no one has seen them here yet.

Edited January 23, 2008 by Somtamnication

[Guest Reimar]

Have you check with Samsung Thailand?

[Somtamnication]

Yes, and Jaymart advertises them online, but not in their shops or any other shops. They also advertised in the BKK post a few weeks back.

The famous Mai me, mai loo syndrome.

[dekka007]

available in Hong Kong and Singapore in stores so should not be long until they hit BKK with a price premium over those 2 destinations as usual.....

[siamesekitty]

Apparently people are buying them already:

Samsung D880 Duos review (in Thai)

Update: Samsung D880 DUOS is in the Thai market now! (in Thai)

Get it at TGFone (DTAC dealer) for 12,900. You also get a free post-paid DTAC sim, and if you use the sim for 6 months, you get some free calling in the 7th month (depending on the promotion).

[Somtamnication]

Good to know. However, we all know the problems with phone calls and sms between them and AIS. Most of my contacts use AIS.

But good to know, thanks.

[Bentley 7]

sorry to show my lack of tech understanding but how does it work and what are the benefits.

[A_Traveller]

With this one can carry two mobile numbers live simultaneously on one handset.

Regards

[simcity]

I think, but i can be wrong you can received call from 2 of the sim card, but can send call only from the main sim, must be same with sms

[A_Traveller]

In this case, I think the Samsung allows both cards to operate but I seem to recall that there's a primary/secondary setting. Saw this demonstrated, so didn't use it myself.

Regards

Link to Samsung page with pdf of Manual Sorry added that without checking, I can't get the manual to come up, but the web pages are still relevant.

Edit/ add from Samsung website, confiming the review noted above & below by siamesekitty

Dual Standby

Master SIM: Tri-band with full phone functions Slave SIM: Dual-band with call & SMS capability only//

Edited January 23, 2008 by A_Traveller

[siamesekitty]

from the review in the link I posted earlier:

SIM เบอร์ที่ถูก Set เป็น Primary จะสามารถใช้งานได้ทั้งหมด ไม่ว่าจะเป็น Voice SMS data แต่ว่า SIM Slave (SIM2) จะใช้งานได้เหมือนโทรศัพท์เครื่องละ 900 บาทก็คือว่าโทรออกรับสาย ส่ง SMS รับสัญญาณได้แค่ Dual Band อะไรแบบนี้เท่านั้นครับ

The sim that's been set as the primary sim can use all the phone's functions (voice, data, SMS), but the second sim can only be used with the basic functions, such make/receive calls and SMS, and use only dual band.

[torrenova]

Can't wait for the price to come down to a reasonable level (for me !). I need two lines and hate carrying two phones.

[Somtamnication]

It is brilliant technology. I wish I could get ahold of the 3 sim Chinese phone. But I heard it has a horrible menu. With the d880, you can have both sims working at the same time.

The HTC version, you have to turn the phone upside down to choose the sim.. not worth it.

[mmkin]

Any idea if this phone works with 2 sim cards from 2 different countries.

Which means 1 of them will be roaming in Thailand and the other one will be DTAC card.

Anyone knows?

[torrenova]

Any idea if this phone works with 2 sim cards from 2 different countries.

Which means 1 of them will be roaming in Thailand and the other one will be DTAC card.

Anyone knows?

Can't see why not. I could put a UK SIM in my phone and as long as that SIM, not the phone, had roaming then it would work subject to the phone being able to broadcast and receive calls on the particular country's network.