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Originally Posted by inquisitor
I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations on these and further Android dual SIM handsets.
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I've been using the Sony Xperia Tipo ST21A2 as my primary phone for about 8 months now. I paid US$138 for it (~ € 100), new.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Dual-SIM-.../dp/B0093HKO2U
+ cheap (~ € 100)
+ changeable battery
+ quadband GSM
+ triband UMTS (850/1900/2100 MHz) (so no 900 3G for Europe)
(note: the ST21i2 has 900/2100 instead)
+ very good battery life
+ normal size mini sims
+ Android 4.0 ICS
+ microSD slot up to 32GB
+ standard micro-USB for charging
+ small
- small low-res screen
- no front-facing camera
- no magnetometer (electronic compass)
- poor camera with no autofocus
- touchscreen could be more responsive
Not a perfect phone, but for the price it's been very useful, especially with the battery lasting for days of travel. Like virtually all these phones, only one SIM can be on 3G at a time (but it can be either sim slot).
Having said that, I'm considering changing it. It's nice and small and light, but this means the screen is just a bit too small, harder to read and more difficult to touch in the right places. But as you know there's not much else out there, at a sensible price. Dual sims are very useful to me (quad sims would be great, I currently have a second plain GSM dual sim phone for the others).