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Everyone is looking for the best mobile carrier to subscribe to. But not always we find what we are really looking for from one mobile carrier. Maybe you need special features in the subscription with let's say O2 for personal use, and other features from a certain subscription form Orange.

So, what is there to do in such cases? When you find yourself balancing between two mobile carrier providers you get two choices, either have two phones and try desperately not to forget one of them, to lose them, or even forget to charge them, or just buy a dual SIM phone. Sure, you might say that only unknown manufacturers offer such phones, especially the ones from China which are copycats of other mobile phones, but reality might contradict you.


I can't praise Samsung by introducing last year the first dual SIM phone that looked exactly like F480, but I can say that in 2009 Samsung successfully offered a full line of dual SIM phones making their portfolio almost complete with any possible line potential customers might need. "Almost" because Samsung still has to expand their business phone line. Therefore, some of the most purchased dual SIM Samsung phones are D980, B5702 and C5212.


Samsung D980 was one of the first Samsung phones to provide the dual SIM option. In terms of design, the D980 resemblance the F480. The front side sports the touch screen display, with the earpiece located above, and call button, end call button and ok button below the display. The phone is made out of a glossy black plastic. Unfortunately, this means you will get a lot of fingerprints on it and minor scratches. Even more you might find the D980 slippery. Even so, the design is completed by the stainless steel frame which matches the stylus material.

The design is not spectacular, but it looks good. The build quality is worthy of the Samsung logo. With a height of 97.5 mm, wide of 55 mm, deep of 16.3 mm, the D980 weights about 117 grams, making it extremely portable and easy to slide into any pocket. Samsung D980 runs in for both SIM 2G networks, GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM1 and GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM2. Samsung included in the D980 a 2.6 inches TFT resistive touch screen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution, capable of rendering 256000 colors.


You can find onboard this phone about 45 MB, expandable value using the micro SD memory cards, or the Trans Flash memory cards, up to 2 GB supported. The connectivity is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS (4+1 / 3+2 common by now slots) with a speed from the lowest 32 Kb per second to the highest 48 Kb per second, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, 2.0 USB connectivity, Class 10 EDGE with the highest speed of 236.8 Kb per second. a nice feature is the embedded 5 megapixel digital camera with a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels featuring auto focus, and dual LED flash. Also available is the video recording in QVGA mode with 15 frames per second. The Lithium Ion battery with 1200 mAh only offers 200 hours of standby time, and about 3 hours in talk time.


Overall the D980 brought nice features for a Samsung pioneer in the dual SIM line. The D980 was announced in the summer of 2008, and was released for commercial sale in October 2008. In chronological time, the second released dual SIM mobile phone by Samsung was the C5212. This phone was announced in February 2009, and released on May 2009. By unknown reasons this phone is also known as Samsung Fizz. Its design is rather conservative. The C5212 sports a classic candy bar look. The front side sports a 2.2 inches display.

Above it you get the earpiece and the "Duos" logo, while below it, you can find the navigational pad including the four way directional key (up, down, left, and right) that centers the OK button. You also get two soft keys and the call key and end call key. Under the navigational buttons you get the alpha numerical keys.


All the keys on the C5212 offer a good feedback. However the build quality should have been better, since you some flex when pressing the buttons. All the C5212 is made out of matte black plastic. Even so, if your hand is a little wet this phone might just slip through your fingers. The final conclusion on the design is that it looks somewhat cheap, and it feels the same. The Samsung excellent quality in build and materials used lack in this phone. With a height of 112.7 mm, wide of 48.6 mm, deep of 14.3 mm, the C5212 weight about 98.7 grams, making this phone the thinnest or lightest in its line.

Both SIMs can run only in the 2G network, GSM 900 / 1800. Samsung included a 2.2 inches TFT display with a 176 x 220 pixels resolution, capable of rendering about 256000 colors. On board the C5212 you can find 60 MB, expandable value with micro SD memory cards or Trans Flash memory cards up to 8 GB. The connectivity is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS with a varying speed from 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, Class 10 EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, and 2.0 USB connections.


Samsung included in this phone only a 1.3 megapixel digital camera with the higher resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels. You can also record videos in QCIF mode with 15 frames per second. The embedded 1000 mAh Lithium Ion battery provides a standby value of 250 hours and a talk time of about 3 hours. These values are small, especially since this phone should be capable of at least 7 hours of talk time, after all that is way you bought a dual SIM phone. The last phone in this article is the dual SIM B5702. Fortunately this phone doesn't suffer from "aka" syndrome like C5212. Announced in February it was released in June 2009. Its design is certainly improved than the one found on the C5212.

The form factor is slider, and the case is made out of silver and black plastic, with several metallic finishes on the back cover and surrounding the navigational pad plus the stainless steel frame. This design resemblance with other Samsung models but even so it looks nice. On the front cover, above the display you get the earpiece and the "Duos" logo, while below the display you find the four way keys (up, down, left, and right) centering the Ok button. You also get the call key, end call key, the back key, and two soft keys. The navigational pad and the alpha numerical keyboard are well built and provide nice feedback.


Overall, the design is certainly worthy of Samsung logo, with a nice design a great built quality. With a height of 106 mm, wide of 52.5 mm, deep of 16.9 mm, the B5702 weights about 120 grams. This phone runs only in the 2G network, GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 and GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 2. Samsung included in the B5702 a 2.4 inches TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels, capable of rendering about 256000 colors.

Samsung included on board the B5702 about 50 MB; expandable value thanks to the micro SD memory cards and the Trans Flash memory cards (up to 8 GB). The connectivity is ensured by the Class 10 GPRS with the common by now slots and a speed from 32 Kb per second to 48 Kb per second, HSCSD, Class 10 EDGE with a speed of 236.8 Kb per second, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and USB 2.0 connection.


Samsung also included a 3.15 megapixel camera with a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels with autofocus. Unfortunately the videos taken with this camera will not really impress anyone in the VGA mode with 15 frames per second. The included Lithium Ion battery of 1200 mAh will only offer 220 hours in standby time and 11 hours and 30 minutes in talk time. These values are way more acceptable than the ones found on the C5212. Overall, Samsung has guessed well that diversity, even in the dual SIM line, is something you need to access market success.