Im looking for a cheap dual sim phone which is active for both sims at the same time.

Will consider china phone but branded is better. Any suggestions and what are the costs?

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Sorry I missed the reply - think it was a case of ships passing in the night.

I'm keen on the E2152 or the Chat 322. There is some confusion on whether then are dual standby. Can anybody confirm? If its dual standby does it mean that both SIM's are available to revieve calls/sms but only one can recieve a call at any time?

Budget is as small as possible.

I have a 2 phones at the moment with a sim cards from maxis and M1 (Singapore). I'm fed up with having to use two phones and i'm looking for something that will allow me to have both sims active at once. So far ive read that the Samsung phones I've mentioned are dual active and dual standby. I guess people are not sure of the meaning and ended up confused - I know I am.

I also have concerns about the china phone - will wait for some more help on the Samsung phones

Then these phone no good cos I want dual active. Dont see the point of dual standby cos can only receive call/sms on one sim at a time.

No I dont think they are based on this:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_SIM

Just called Samsung - they say only 1 sim card can be used at any one time and you must select which once you want to be active. If thats the case then whats the point? only advantange would be not having to physically change the sim but the phone must still be rebooted.

Maybe I'm just confused?

Thanks but based on the specs and comments on gsm arena it's dual sim standby and only 1 sim can be active at any one time. B7722 is too much $$$.

Thanks but they are all dual sim standby. Starting to think that wither I gotta pay 1K+ or buy a china phone