anyone using yet? still waiting on delivery of the one i ordered

ordered through dannygenii i think. I'm in Kuwait, so waiting on my friend to bring it to me here.

I ordered the white, it arrived in my office in malaysia last friday. Waiting on a friend to come back to Kuwait to pass it to me. Hows the speed so far? I'm using the HTC oneX, wondering can survive on single core or not LOL! But at least this way can maintain MY and KW number on one phone only

I received it this morning, my experience is coming from the HTC One X. Obviously, the phone is slower, but the experience is negated by the benefits of only having to carry one phone around. Just setup for most of my usual uses of the phone, and so far so good. I use my phone for tethering and I think that the radio / antenna isn't as good as the One X, but it could be the network in Kuwait. Not very stable.

Again, I bought this phone because it has a minimum 1 GHz processor, and most importantly running ICS. Will update after a week's use, then at least can give better observations lah.

Yeah I've been transferred to Kuwait for almost 6 weeks now. So far so good, but it isn't summer yet and yesterday hit 50 degC Fun times!

I think its better they save money on the box, than save money on the phone itself right? ;-)

Root available, custom rom not yet

Not yet hahhahaha

No, battery life ia very good, much longer than my previous 1x

It lags occasionaly, screen is smaller than what i am used to,no front camera for skype.

Well, it is a rm 1k phone, and i bought it especially due to the dual sim card benefit which negates all the above points. Fit for purpose, no need to carry two phones.

Dropped the phone on tar the other day, plastic body has no marks on it, just sliight dents on the metal piece surrounding the camera and flash :-( will have to purchase a nice case for it soon to hidethe deformity!

What heat problem? im in Kuwait, temperatures almost to 50 degrees, tak panas pun

Single core kan... 1x heat problem yes, the dez v nothinglah.

There is no issue for whatsapp whatsoever. Whatsapp works irrespective of the phone number you have inside there. it is only relevant the first time you install whatsapp on your mobile phone, since when your register you specify your phone number, and whatsapp servers will send an authentication sms to your mobile number. Once Whatsapp on the phone receives that, it tells the servers that the number is attached to that PHONE, not number.

i have maintained my malaysian number whatsapp over multiple sim cards in different countries, so definitely not an issue.

Anyway, I paid once for whatsapp, a few years ago, and they have never charged me again. My wife has never paid for about 3-4 years now, and is still active. Just keep it running, it is the best cross platform messenger right now.

no confusion, in the same way that if you use a single sim abroad, you see a roaming signal on your mobile, i.e. not on your home network.

Anyway, I'm using my Kuwaiti number for internet / calls on sim 1, and my malaysian number for calls/sms on sim 2. I have an "R" on sim 2's signal strength indicator.

Anyway, weaknesses of the phone that I can see so far... No front facing camera for skype, no compass (can't get qiblah compasses to work), the HTC Sense grid for home screens are limited to a 4 columns (fixed with Nova Launcher), no weather lock screen like the HTC oneX. Performance lags a little, but its not bad.

Benefits: Dual sim goodness, smaller to hold than the oneX, camera isn't bad, battery life is actually very good comparatively speaking, with my usage about 13 hours on a charge (the oneX was only about 9 hours).

About the dual standby, if a call comes in on sim 1, sim 2 automatically cuts off, no signal, and vice versa. I believe there are no 'branded' dual-sim phones that are dual-active, unless you consider the Lenovo U-960, but the Lenovo is on gingerbread, and it doesn't look as good! Anyway, don't really use the phone for a lot of calls, mostly email / data.

Now what I don't get is why manufacturers won't release cutting edge phones such as the oneX, Galaxy S3 with dual sim capabilities? After using the desire V, It feels a little 'thin', like it could be so much better. Well, I'll just keep waiting then

Lagging is relative, if you press back out of every application until you hit home, no lag. It only lags when you multitask probably due to the limited ram, say switching from one app to the other using the app switching button. Otherwise its okay.

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Added on July 20, 2012, 8:37 pmOh yeah, i had the samsung duos before this, crappy specs and you cant use the FFC for skype video calls.

This post has been edited by mikhail: Jul 20 2012, 08:37 PM

So that you can buy the phone for 1k

I want proper galaxy note 2 with dual sim!

Actually, different signal makes sense since sim 1 is 3g/gsm, while sim 2 is only gsm. Thats why sim 2 always has a better signal compared to sim 1 since gsm has a better signal coverage compared to 3g.

List signal doesn't affect me though, so not sure.

3g aka wcdma will always consume more energy since the frequency is 2100 mhz. Gsm is 900 mhz, and the longer wave has better penetration through buildings, where as 2100 mhz are easily absorbed.

To me, it is a non-issue aince if the 3g signal goes too low, it just switches to gsm, not a big deal for me. All 3g phones are like this, and a patch from htc wont fix the issue since it isn't a software bug.

Maybe best if you send to htc?

Ajay67, can, but keep data sim in line 1, the other sim in sim 2 since only sim 1 is 3g enabled.

Anyone wants to try the galaxy s duos? Almost same specs with desire v, but with front facing cam.

yeah, and specs look like its dual sim are fully active... Going to try it once i can get my hands on it