Samsung presented a smartphone with two SIM cards

Mobile phones with two SIM cards are always useful when it is necessary to carry two phones - in most cases, one official and one personal. Samsung introduced its first smartphone, to which may include two SIM cards - Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos.


The first is just a touch screen, while the second has a physical keyboard. They will be placed first on the Russian market in January and then will debut in other countries. Both models have two slots for SIM cards, operating system, Android 2.3 will support and Internet connection speed of 7.2 Mbps.

Korean manufacturer announced a line of brand Y Galaxy in August, the company's ambition is to break through it in emerging markets. According to Samsung smartphones that are designed "for emerging markets and younger audience," who prefer the cheaper models.

Therefore, new devices have worse performance than high-end models of the Galaxy. Among them are CPU frequency 832 MHz, with a display resolution of 320x240 points, 3-megapixel camera, etc.

The combination of a cheaper model and the option of two SIM cards is suitable for countries where due to low purchasing power of two people using a smartphone. This is supported by countries in which the new Galaxy Y Duos will appear, said the technology blog GigaOM. In the list are China, India, Latin America and Africa.

Nokia offers devices with two SIM cards in some regions, but the company's transition to Windows Phone platform and enables Samsung to increase its influence in emerging markets.

In addition, such devices are used by some corporate employees who have two SIM cards - one official and one personal. So rather than carry two phones, they can put the cards in one device. This is supported by the easing of the policy of many large companies employees can buy and choose their own smartphones to use. Until recently, some companies, imposes on its employees to use certain types of smartphones (mostly BlackBerry), to use a variety of corporate services and the increased security.

This option is still difficult to realize in practice due to low-end phones that Samsung currently marketed. But if the Korean company added the option for two SIM cards in their higher-end smartphones Galaxy, it can be realized, commented GigaOM.