The purpose of dual-sim on a phone?

deuse · 17 Jun 2013 at 21:11

Richdog said:
While im sure its good bang for buck, a high end pone it is not, and there is no use pretending otherwise.

Hmmm I never said it was?

Freefaller · 17 Jun 2013 at 22:36

I used to have a dual sim nokia as I was travelling a lot around Europe, and still wanted to keep in touch on my UK number - worked pretty well.

Hardly any need for it now though as most PAYG and contracts are so cheap it's almost pointless.

dasyad · 17 Jun 2013 at 23:02

I'm really surprised people don't use it more for business use. I'm even more shocked that BlackBerry haven't done a dual SIM version of their newest phones, that plus BlackBerry Balance would be pretty cool IMHO.

Richdog · 18 Jun 2013 at 08:04

Huawei Ascend P6 is Dual-SIM

Battery life probably sucks though http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ascend_p6-5467.php

Myshra · 18 Jun 2013 at 09:37

dasyad said:
I'm really surprised people don't use it more for business use. I'm even more shocked that BlackBerry haven't done a dual SIM version of their newest phones, that plus BlackBerry Balance would be pretty cool IMHO.

This is coming fairly soon via VMware and a few other people but the bigger reality is that with dual dom/work handsets it creates confusion when it's a single device (who owns it, work can remote wipe your kids pictures etc...) so a lot of companies just opt to not bother with the drama.

dasyad · 18 Jun 2013 at 09:54

Myshra said:
This is coming fairly soon via VMware and a few other people but the bigger reality is that with dual dom/work handsets it creates confusion when it's a single device (who owns it, work can remote wipe your kids pictures etc...) so a lot of companies just opt to not bother with the drama.

Ahh I see that makes sense, never thought of it like that. I've seen people end up using their personal number for work use, which I certainly wouldn't like so I'd probably have to go down the dual device route.