So, another thread reminded me of this. I'd like to be able to have 2 mobile numbers in 1 phone...so I can, shall we say, separate business and pleasure.

I've seen these dual SIM adaptors, I think a French firm makes the market leading product...but they look a bit flimsy, and I doubt they are reliable. I'd be open to toggling back and forth between SIMS on the phone, but would rather not faff about with call forwarding or other inconvenience.

One phone means one set of charging, syncing, and critically: 1 appointments calendar. Bear in mind I'm just an end user of technology, I have no idea how it all works in any depth.

I'm on iphone 4 with 02 and have my main business/friends/family number, as well as a spare number and micro sim that is ready to go if I can find a decent practical solution. The Iphone suits me, it's always dropping calls due to the shit ariel design, but I'm Mac all the way now so it's convenient...but I'm open to changing phone and carrier if the merits warrant it.

I can't be the first person on the forum who has looked at this...any advice would be much appreciated...

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I've been in the business for about 5 years and I've never heard of such a thing.

With your mobile you have a sim, with a sim you have a network to use it on. Each one is connected. Technically It's possible but unless you fancy calling o2 every time you want to change over (that's if they don't charge you) its not really practical.

Your best off just switching sims in your phone. Trouble is not many networks will touch multi sims now so an extra sim would mean an extra tariff.

I do know Apple are looking into creating a universal sim which can be used on any network thus cutting them out the process, if it will ever work who knows.

I looked a bit the other day when it was suggested to me.

You can buy units that enable your phone to take 2 SIMs. Posh ones allow you to switch SIM without booting the handset.

Then there are dual-SIM handsets, that go a step further and allow incoming calls from either SIM when the handset is idle - once you are on a call using either SIM the other is unavailable until the call is terminated.

Nothing I could find enables true dual-SIM where both can be active at all times.


If you want to switch buy an non-network branded handset, all models do this.


Peace,

kowalski

Cheers for that Roody. I'm fine with the extra tariff, I expect O2 or whoever to charge me for calls and line rental and whatnot on 2 numbers. I just want 1 phone with 2 sims. Have you seen those adaptors? It's a little cradle you plug into the sim port, with a flat cable with another sim cradle on the end that you hide in the rubber case...they just look a bit makeshift to me...

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Cheers for that K, think it was your comment the other day that reminded me about it. Yeah, that would do, a proper dual sim phone, I'd be fine with one number being engaged when the other is in use. Just did a quick Google of it, looks like Samsung are at it already in the UK and others like Nokia will be following. A cab driver told me that dual sim is a lot more common abroad out in the middle east and whatnot, he was mental mind you. I'll search the market and see what's what.

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The stuff I found on google was mostly for foreign countries too. If one is a company SIM you can always have it divert to your personal with call waiting set-up, as your employer will pick up the tab. So the only times it would show engaged is when someone calls your private phone whilst on a business call, as you wouldn't want to divert that as it would cost you.


Peace,

kowalski

Sounds a bit doddgy to me, which us probably why I've never heard if it.

Or because you never googled it. I don't judge a thing's dodgyness on whether you've heard of it, Rood.


Peace,

kowalski

I thought I was the moral compass of this place?

Douchefag!


Peace,

kowalski