Dual Sim Mobile Phones

Dual sim mobile phones became popular from the year 2008 I think. Now almost 20% of the total mobile users prefer to use dual sim phones than their old single sim phones. Most people like to keep one mobile number for the office and one for home like me. Earlier I had to carry two phones to manage the calls from my family and office. But with the launch of the dual sim phones people no need to carry two different cells, but can manage their work with a single, multiple-sim phone.

In the initial stage the dual sim mobile models were not convenient for easy use. Its operations were somewhat complicated and difficult. But now top branded phone companies are after the market of this dual sim phones and latest technology has made the most modern multi usable dual sim phones providing real-time switching facility between both SIM at the touch of a button. There is a whole range of options available to consumers in India for top quality Dual sim mobile phones at much affordable prices.

Though international cellphone giants like Nokia, iPhone, BlackBerry…… not ventured into the dual-sim mobile phone market leading brand like LG, Samsung and others have dived straight in. Let’s have a look at a range of popular dual sim phones available in India.

Samsung Duo GSM-CDMA dual-sim world phone

The important features of this dual sim wold phone are :

• Sharp and vibrant screen with 2.2 inch, 262000 colours, TFT display with 176 x 220 resolution.
• supports call forwarding facility on both GSM & CDMA which facilitates incoming from both the numbers.
• Enjoy the convenience of Sharp and responsive Touch Screen
• Large phone book and sms storage
• 72 Polyphonic ring tones on the Samsung Duo. You can also set your favorite MP3 as your ring tone.

LG Mobiles dual-sim phones

LG has Unveiled lastest dual-SIM phone LG KS660 which runs on tri-band network. LG KS660 handset allows users to have both their personal and business lines concurrently on a single device without change SIM Cards. LG KS660 features below:

• 3.0-inch WQVGA (240×400) TFT touch-screen display with feedback,
• 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus, video recording (720×480), flash,
• 50MB internal memory with microSDHC memory slot
• integrated acceletometer.

Karbonn Mobiles

Karbonn Mobile is another company which makes dual sim phones in India. The dual sim phones in the Karbonn Mobile range include KC 441, K 445, K 443, K 460, K 447, K 770, K 332, K 217 and K 451. Some general technical features of KC 441 are: weight 86 gm; talk time up to 180 mins; screen size 1.8 inches; camera 1 megapixel; Mode GSM; expandable memory up to 2 GB; and FM Radio and MP3 media.

Karbonn dual sim phone K 445 boasts a touchscreen, an MP3 player, mobile tracker software, torch, video player and a WAP browser. There is also an FM radio and voice recording features with the Karbonn K 445.

Karbonn K 443 is a slider dual sim phone, with a 1.75 inch screen. The GSM-GPRS phone has an internal phone book which can hold 100 entries, and its memory can be expanded up to 4 GB. There is a WAP 2.0 browser in this dual sim phone, and has features like one-touch camera, one-touch FM radio key, and one-touch movie player. The Karbonn K 443 dual sim phone has Bluetooth connectivity and USB connectivity.

Lava Dual Sim mobiles

Lava mobiles which is based out in Noida is hitting the mobile market with their low price dual sim mobiles. It is now proven than mobile market is bullish with dual sim requirement. Its cost ranges from 2599 to 3850. Looking at the price and features it is very clear that Lava is targeting an entry level segment. Basic Features of Lava sim phones are:

• Digital Camera
• Dual charging points
• FM Radio
• One touch music player
• Micro SD upto 8 GB
• Bluetooth
• Lithium-ion Battery.

unprecedented growth !!!!!!

Indian telecommunication industry is a giant in this field. It has the second largest telecommunication network with about 464.82 million mobile phones. I hope India will emerge as the first in this field soon and will remain first for long, as  India is such a potential nation.

In my childhood a land phone was considered luxury in our society. The only land phone available in my village was the one at our local postal office. Mobile phones were not even in our dreams I think. This is the picture of my village in 1980’s and in early 90’s. But now the whole scene is changed. I doubt that if there any family or even any person without a mobile phone now. Even the school going students too own new generation mobile handsets, and some do have multiple connections. My village is a typical example of the villages all over India. In short India is a surprising country; on the one hand It is known for great poverty and underfed children, on the other hand India surprises the Western world with its advanced information technology and highly respected scientists. I think India is going through a revolution in the field of telecommunication.

In 1990s the telecom sector in India was opened up by the Government for private investment as a part of Liberalization-Privatization-Globalization policy, up to then it was a monopoly of the government. Many private operators, such as Reliance India Mobile, Tata Telecom, Vodafone, Bharti, Idea etc., successfully entered the high potential Indian telecom market. Now there are three types of players in Indian telecom services: State owned companies (BSNL and MTNL); Private Indian owned companies (Reliance, Tata etc); Foreign invested companies (Hutchison-Essar, Vodafone etc). One of the attractive investment icons in the Indian share market is telecommunication shares.

The telecom reforms have allowed the foreign telecommunication companies to enter Indian market which has still got huge potential. In a recent study by a leading web site about the Indian telecommunication Industry it is said that, much of the growth in Asia Pacific Wireless Telecommunication Market is spurred by the growth in demand in countries like India and China and India ‘s mobile phone subscriber base is growing at a rate of 82.2%.

It is known that the total revenue in the telecom service sector was Rs. 86,720 crore in 2005-06 as against Rs. 71, 674 crore in 2004-2005, registering a growth of 21%. The total investment in the telecom services sector reached Rs. 200,660 crore in 2005-06, up from Rs. 178,831 crore in the previous fiscal. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has very aggressive plans to increase the pace of growth, targeting 500 million telephone subscribers by end-2010. Most of the expansion in subscribers is set to occur in rural India. India’s rural telephone density has been languishing at around 1.9%; since 70% of total population is rural, the scope for growth in this Industry is unprecedented.