two SIM at once Quadband phone! - Page 5

Bossman · 27-08-2008, 22:54

Bought one of these (the SOHO V90+ on dealextreme) for my dad. He is always carrying 2 -3 phones, so thought this will come in handy. I will be taking it to him next month when I travel. In the mean time I am testing it out. Not a bad phone at all. It actually does have lots of features for it's price. Callback works well with yackie, UM+, and maxroam. No problems whatsoever.

bbob · 29-08-2008, 08:37

Just came back from a 2 week trip from greece using this phone.

On the island signal was not always strong and battery life was limited to less than 2 days. When making calls 45 minutes, batterylife was down to 1 day.
Yes you have an extra battery you can use but all call logs are erased as soon as the battery is replaced/taken out.
The second problem was that on sim a I can select the network manually but on sim b this is not possible. In this cae I did want to change the network as signal was to bad for the automatically selected network.

The other problem was that I can sellect silent mode and go back to normal mode. It looked like when doing this on sim B silent mode still seemed to be active as the phone would not ring when a call came in.

After having used it now my conclusion it that for the price it offer some nice features but it does have some bigger problems and one can see that the software has not truely been developed and tested.

The most negative point although is battery life. This is just very poor. And when making calls for 1 or 2 hours the phone needs to be recharged every day. This makes me think about 10 years ago when stanbytime was 24 hours and calltime 1-2 hours.

Having 1 phone with 2 sims is very nice and handy but I am considering chaning back to carrying 2 phones and standby time is a lot longer.

Stu · 30-08-2008, 17:31

Does the v90 use real Symbian? What about Nokia accessories? Will they work with this Nokia inspired phone?

Bossman · 31-08-2008, 12:37

Have never used a symbian phone, so I am not sure. I have a 3120 (S40 I think) and the interface is similar to it. Again, I am not sure if other nokia accesories will work. The charger is definitely not the same as my 3120s.

There are several threads (mostly questions actually) related to the phone forum here:

http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.dx/Forum.13014

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Originally Posted by Stu

Does the v90 use real Symbian? What about Nokia accessories? Will they work with this Nokia inspired phone?

schuster · 15-09-2008, 14:11

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Originally Posted by Stu

Does the v90 use real Symbian? What about Nokia accessories? Will they work with this Nokia inspired phone?

No. The OS is no doubt proprietary and simply mimics the Nokia menu structure. The hardware too is proprietary; nothing that directly plugs into a Nokia phone will work on this (or most Chinese) models.

I just returned from a 10-day international trip with the V90+. It has performed very well. The only additional negative that I discovered is that the microphone has poor ambient noise immunity. Our first call was from the arrivals area of the airport and it was so noisy it was impossible for the person I was calling to distinguish my voice.

It's kinda cool watching two roaming different SIM cards (Mobal, TravelSIM) determine which carrier to use simultaneously. Sometimes they used the same one, sometimes not. The TravelSIM always chose the bargain carrier whose coverage in remote areas was not great. The Mobal (O2 UK) SIM always chose O2 or Vodafone and had great signal everywhere.

bbob · 17-09-2008, 21:47

schuster was battery life did you get during your trip

schuster · 18-09-2008, 15:54

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Originally Posted by bbob

schuster was battery life did you get during your trip

The phone wasn't on all the time, so I'm just estimating based on the assumption that the battery meter is approximately linear.
I'd say about 4 days using the fat battery.

Stu · 20-09-2008, 00:32

I just got my very own "Zoho" v90. My observations are based on just a couple of hours use. First, I don't love the sound of the speaker on the phone. I'm going to try it with a Bluetooth headset and see if that improves things.

Second, charging this thing up is interesting. The USB cable will plug upside very easily. Second, I'm not getting an indication that the battery is charging. I accidentally plugged the cable in upside down and fear that I may have screwed something up.

I think this isn't a bad phone, but whoever made it cut a couple of corners. A slightly better speaker and mike, couple with a slightly smaller/thinner size would be more impressive than a touch screen.

The other thing I noticed is that the clock does not automatically update from the SIMs

schuster · 21-09-2008, 14:26

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Originally Posted by Stu

I just got my very own "Zoho" v90. My observations are based on just a couple of hours use. First, I don't love the sound of the speaker on the phone. I'm going to try it with a Bluetooth headset and see if that improves things.

Second, charging this thing up is interesting. The USB cable will plug upside very easily. Second, I'm not getting an indication that the battery is charging. I accidentally plugged the cable in upside down and fear that I may have screwed something up.

I think this isn't a bad phone, but whoever made it cut a couple of corners. A slightly better speaker and mike, couple with a slightly smaller/thinner size would be more impressive than a touch screen.

The other thing I noticed is that the clock does not automatically update from the SIMs

It is lacking somewhat in volume (paradoxical considering how deafeningly loud it can play music through the rear speakers) but nowhere nearly as bad as, say, my Nokia E61i. Certainly corners have been cut to make this cheap (notice the fake camera lens on the front?). I think the thickness is to accommodate the battery.

In plugging the USB cable you have to match the metal surfaces - the plug goes in so the shielded side mates with the shielded part of the socket on the phone. If you force it in backwards, you might mess up the tiny contacts inside. If it is charging you should see a huge batteyr gauge on the screen with a flashing lightning bolt indicating charging.

Stu · 22-09-2008, 02:49

Then I screwed it up, but force is not a fair term for what I did. I'll play with seeing if there is an easy way to charge the spare battery, otherwise, I screwed up big time.

With respect to the rear speaker, I powered it for the first time in an office and it disturbed half the office. I suggest taking it home and reconfiguring your profiles there. It has the loudest powerup that I've ever heard.

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Bossman (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,257 Join Date: 22 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Country:	27-08-2008, 22:54 Bought one of these (the SOHO V90+ on dealextreme) for my dad. He is always carrying 2 -3 phones, so thought this will come in handy. I will be taking it to him next month when I travel. In the mean time I am testing it out. Not a bad phone at all. It actually does have lots of features for it's price. Callback works well with yackie, UM+, and maxroam. No problems whatsoever. Phones: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Samsung Galaxy A50, ASUS zenfone 3, Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile

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bbob (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 499 Join Date: 20 Feb 2007 Country:	29-08-2008, 08:37 Just came back from a 2 week trip from greece using this phone. On the island signal was not always strong and battery life was limited to less than 2 days. When making calls 45 minutes, batterylife was down to 1 day. Yes you have an extra battery you can use but all call logs are erased as soon as the battery is replaced/taken out. The second problem was that on sim a I can select the network manually but on sim b this is not possible. In this cae I did want to change the network as signal was to bad for the automatically selected network. The other problem was that I can sellect silent mode and go back to normal mode. It looked like when doing this on sim B silent mode still seemed to be active as the phone would not ring when a call came in. After having used it now my conclusion it that for the price it offer some nice features but it does have some bigger problems and one can see that the software has not truely been developed and tested. The most negative point although is battery life. This is just very poor. And when making calls for 1 or 2 hours the phone needs to be recharged every day. This makes me think about 10 years ago when stanbytime was 24 hours and calltime 1-2 hours. Having 1 phone with 2 sims is very nice and handy but I am considering chaning back to carrying 2 phones and standby time is a lot longer.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	30-08-2008, 17:31 Does the v90 use real Symbian? What about Nokia accessories? Will they work with this Nokia inspired phone?

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bbob (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 499 Join Date: 20 Feb 2007 Country:	17-09-2008, 21:47 schuster was battery life did you get during your trip

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	20-09-2008, 00:32 I just got my very own "Zoho" v90. My observations are based on just a couple of hours use. First, I don't love the sound of the speaker on the phone. I'm going to try it with a Bluetooth headset and see if that improves things. Second, charging this thing up is interesting. The USB cable will plug upside very easily. Second, I'm not getting an indication that the battery is charging. I accidentally plugged the cable in upside down and fear that I may have screwed something up. I think this isn't a bad phone, but whoever made it cut a couple of corners. A slightly better speaker and mike, couple with a slightly smaller/thinner size would be more impressive than a touch screen. The other thing I noticed is that the clock does not automatically update from the SIMs

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	22-09-2008, 02:49 Then I screwed it up, but force is not a fair term for what I did. I'll play with seeing if there is an easy way to charge the spare battery, otherwise, I screwed up big time. With respect to the rear speaker, I powered it for the first time in an office and it disturbed half the office. I suggest taking it home and reconfiguring your profiles there. It has the loudest powerup that I've ever heard.