Samsung Intros the B5702 Dual-Sim Phone

Samsung is joining the race to release the killer mobile phone that supports dual-sim operation as it announced the new B5702 dual-standby mobile phone. The Samsung B5702 support quad-band connectivity, hence earning it the title of being the world’s first mobile phone to support global coverage with the said connectivity.

The Samsung B5702 allows you to operate two SIM cards simulataneously and combined with its quad-band connectivity allows you to have a genuine global coverage. To make it easier for you to use the dual-sim capability of the B5702, Samsung has provided two LED lights that indicates which SIM card is receiving calls or messages. To make it even more fun, you can personalized each of the SIM card with respective themes, melodies, and screensavers. This would help you easily identify which SIM is in use. And finally to make it easier for you to use each SIM, the B5702 has dedicated hot keys for each of the SIMS located on the side of the phone. Thus, eliminating the usual process of rebooting the phone to change SIM.

Other features of the Samsung B5702 include full mobile web browsing support for both SIM cards, various multimedia functionality including audio player, video recording, a 3MP camera and an FM RDS radio. The Samsung B5702 also features a 2.4-inch TFT lcd , document viewer, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, 50MB internal memory, 8GB external memory, up to 11.4 hours of talk time and 220.9 hours of standbytime. The Samsung B5702 is a Quad band (850/900/1800/1900) EDGE Class phone.

The Samsung B5702 sports a slim and elegant design with a compact size and refined metal finish. It will be released sometime in May 2009 in various international markets.

National Geography Launches its Own Dual-Sim Phone - Duet D888

If you’ve been following the cellphone market, you’d know that National Geographic has already release a mobile phone not so long ago. Following up this phone is its second dubbed Duet D888. What’s so special about this phone aside from being a National Geographic branded phone is the fact that it has dual-sim capability. The D888 has one slot for your international sim card and another slot to hold the SIM card of a carrier of your choice.The Duet D888 is an unlocked phone, so you can pretty much use whatever SIM card you want to use. You can use a prepaid or postpaid SIM card such as AT&T’s various data plans.

The National Geography Duet D888 phone was manufactured by Beyond E-Tech. While it maybe special for the fact that it is a dual-sim phone, the Duet D888 is still an ordinary looking mid-range mobile phone with features such as a 2.8-inch QVGA screen, MP3 Player, FM Radio, Bluetooth, and a not so great 2 megapixel camera. Interestingly, given that you’d be using the D888 when you travel a lot, a higher megapixel resolution camera would have been better. Nonetheless the camera phone can also be used for video capturing and it support3GP video format.

The Duet D888 is tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900MHz) phone with GPRS, WAP, GMS and STR connectivity features.

The phone can max out 4 hours of talk time and 130 hours standby time. It is available now at the Beyond Etech site for around $349.