Starting upcoming Friday, consumer electronics retailer Euronics will offer the dual SIM cell phone Hyundai Mobile MB-D125 for a purchase price of € 49.95. This dual SIM phone phone has two SIM cards slots so that users can be reached on two different SIM cards simultaneously and easily select between different SIM cards for personal and a private calls or for domestic and international calls. These are just two examples of how to save money with a dual SIM phone. However, most dual SIM phones in the German market are pretty expensive and – in comparison to other smartphones in the same price range – don’t live up to current standards.

The Samsung B5722 is now available at E-Plus and Base stores. E-Plus sells the touch screen dual SIM phone for EUR 199.00 only to its existing customers, while other German web stores offer the Samsung B5722 for purchase prices beginning at EUR 170.00 without contract. That’s quite a lot of money for a mobile phone that does neither support UMTS or HSPA for faster mobile data transmissions nor WiFi for accessing the web at hotspots. The Samsung B5722 also lacks a built-in GPS receiver for the use of location based services and it is not equipped with business software that goes beyond mere organizer features. What, on the other hand, the dual SIM phone Samsung B5722 does offer, shows this review.

With a mobile phone that holds two SIM cards users can easily select between different SIM cards for personal and a private calls or for domestic and international calls. These are just two examples of how users of a dual SIM mobile phone can save money. However, most dual SIM phones in the German market are pretty expensive and – in comparison to other smartphones in the same price range – don’t live up to current standards. With the dual SIM mobile phone Mobistel EL350 Dual of manufacturer Elson there is such a device that is available at German web stores for purchase prices beginning at a little more than EUR 70.00. It provides anything necessary for making mobile phone calls and texting (SMS) over two different connections – but that’s about it.

It is not easy to find the dual SIM phone LG KS660 at German stores because it has been introduced to the Asian and Eastern European markets. However, some German shops have imported the LG KS660 and sell it for prices beginning at EUR 270.00 without contract. Like other dual SIM phones it offers the possibility to have two SIM cards ready ar the same time in one device. In addition, it sports a touchscreen with widgets, a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and video capture, a music player and an FM radio. Having tested the mobile phone for the past three weeks I have come to the conclusion that the despite all the additional features you should take the LG KS660 for what it is: a mobile phone for two cellular accounts.

Samsung will launch two new dual SIM mobile phones in Europe in December. The touch screen dual SIM phone Samsung B5722 measures 104 x 54.9 x 14.4 millimeters and comes with a 2.8 inch screen with 320 x 240 pixels resolution and 262,144 colors. Both SIM cards inside the device can be used for phone calls, SMS or MMS messaging, email and mobile internet access via GPRS or EDGE without rebooting the phone. One of the two SIM cards can be used to make phone calls on GSM networks of 850, 900, 1,800 and 1,900 MHz, the second SIM card just in GSM networks of 900 and 1,800 MHz.

Over time, the dual SIM card cell phone Samsung SGH-D880 DuoS has become a real bargain. With a starting price of 329 euros in January 2008 it is now available in online shopping stores for prices beginning at 150 euros without shipping cost.