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Nice things happening in Asia. Singapore manufacturer Verzio, a new player in the digital market, has come up with the first batch of dual SIM phones. Called the Verzio Twinn and Verzio Duplii, these two phones come with two SIM card slots.
I have nothing bad to say about the phones’ design. What I do wonder though would be how battery life would perform given that the phone is emitting two signals at once. Nonetheless, the engineers and designers put in a lot of work in the user interface:
So how does it work? I managed to try the user interface and worked my way through the nicely skinned menu system resembling Nokia and Sony Ericsson design. What happens basically is that your SIM cards are assigned “1″ and “2″ accordingly and you can make calls and reply using SIM “1″ or “2.” In the same way, messages are labeled as coming from either phone number. I must stress — both SIMs are active simultaneously.
Duplii SRP USD $300
3G Tri-Band Dual SIM Phone
Candybar design
Simultaneous dual SIM standby
Bluetooth 2.0
Data transfer via USB
3G video conference and calls
FM Radio
2.0MP camera
microSD expandable memory
Available in metal black
Twinn SRP USD 200
Triband EDGE Dual SIM Phone
EDGE connectivity
Slider design
Bluetooth
Touch screen with stylus
microSD expandable memory
1.3MP camera
Available in Racer Black
Check out my coverage of the Verzio line here. Verzio makes more than just phones. They are into the development of laptops, digital still cameras, phones and PDAs.
As regards batteries for Verzio Duplii, I discovered that you can use a Samsung C417 battery as backup. You just have to place a cardboard or any makeshift object that would serve as “compensator” or “pangkalso” as the Samsung battery is a bit shorter compared to Duplii’s original battery.
Samsung C417 replacements are available in Wellcom branches and Greenhills cellphone shops.
can I open the line of this phone?
how much?
I have a unit but it’s good for red mobile and smart only. I wanted to use globe.,
What do you think about two call buttons?
I think almost users think one call and end buttons.
User pressing the left call button makes an outgoing call and user pressing the right button makes to end an active call while one is unconscious.
I’d like to hear your opinion on this matter.
I see that verzio duplii is now just about 5700 locked to Red mobile. Where can i buy an open line, somewhere in makati, manila area or lucena city?
the fone is good but wer here in manila is your shop cellfone repair shop just in case my fone will get destroy. thanks pls reply to my email add. im from manila
i’ve just bought a new Verzio Duplii from ebay. I have trouble with the camera. It is saying “Media Error”. I just cannot take a photo or use video camera. the problem is not with the memory card for sure because i used it on other applications. can anyone help? i’m from Malta in Europe.
Got my own Verzio Twinn. It’s working well with my pc for sync. It was able to detect my unit. I agree that the inbox does not reflect the name of the sender but the message. The battery is consumed fast maybe because two sims are working at the same time. Sound is fairly good. GPRS/MMS is working. My phone does not hang. Only disadvantage of course is the low 1.3 mp camera and no radio. And the unfriendly upper and lower case input method when texting. I have to pass several input method before I shift from upper case to lower case. Otherwise it is a good slide phone. Any tips about the phone, guys?
i have a verzio twinn and i got it from macro last november 2008. the features are good except for the camera and the battery. i tried the bonifacio heights service center but they dont have accessories for the unit. i dont know if verzio is really serious in distributing their product since they have a service center but they dont have accessories for the units they are selling. they know that the battery sucks and what makes it worst is that they dont sell spare battery and this is what stopping me from recommending the unit/brand to anybody.
i have a verzio twinn and i got it from macro last november 2008. the features are good except for the camera and the battery. i tried the bonifacio heights service center but they dont have accessories for the unit. i dont know if verzio is really serious in distributing their product since they have a service center but they dont have accesories for the units they are selling. they know that the battery sucks and what makes it worst is that they dont sell spare battery and this is what stopping me from recommending the unit/brand to anybody.
How much is duplii? I would like to buy one. I saw twinn in a makro catalog and it costs P3999.
Hy! Can the verzio phone is avalaible in Europe?
And if it does, where can I buy it (website), and how much does it cost?
@Carlo
I have the same problem sir. Just bought a twinn 3 days ago. It hangs about once every hour. The screen just turns white and the phone freezes up. Im having the unit replaced at Haldane Malate (the twinn has a 7-day unit replacement warranty). Though replacement will take about two weeks, im still happy with haldane’s accomodating tech support staff.
I just bought the verzio twinn yesterday and I am loving it except for one thing… The sms messages in my inbox do not reflect the name on the contact list and instead displays the message/part of the message in place of the name. at first I thought I had a duplicate name/number in the phonebook or maybe it conflicts with my sims’s phonebook but I tried using a clean sim and deleted all of the phones phonebook entry and manually entered 1 number… I tried texting the phone and it still displays the message instead of the name… any way around this?
Mr.Carlo Sorry bout the product, we recommend Duplii its also Dual-sim both active.3G phone and FM radio. You can visit Verzio store: Festival mall
i bought twinn verzio two yesterday and i am impressed with the features offered by the unit despite of its low price as compared to well-known brands of cellphones. I tried for one day and the problem that i encountered is that it frequently hangs for about seven times (in my case). another one is that i tried to synchronize the unit with my computer using the cd program
included in the package and the computer cannot detect the unit (i also activated the cellphone pcsync as instructed by the manual before connecting it to the cable) maybe because the driver is not compatible with windowsxp (my operating system).
i returned the unit to the store and take my money back. i surfed the internet and look for the same problem that i encountered and found out that another owner have the same problem (hanging) and she is now selling her unit for
P3,000. i really like to own a twinn verzio and praying that i get a good unit (without defect).
any information and suggestion will be appreciated.
just bought one in makro…
follow up on where to buy a Twinn worth 3,990.00? and are these two Verzio phones really ok? thanks
where can i buy a P3,990 verzio twinn here in Manila? thnx!
where i can find service center in muntinlupa for twinn
if your using two sim cards at a time, roughly a day.. not bad.. using two simcards at a time consumes much energy than using only 1. its expndble to 1 GB.. not bad after all, hey guys. Verzio twin is Only 3,990 in stores..