The official dual Sim phones thread

[AirWolf]

As above.

What dual SIM phones are currently available in SA?

What great dual SIM phone did you import?

Looking to purchase a couple dual SIM phones for the office.

 

[rubber_otter]

Mate 20 Pro on Telkom contract.
OnePlus6(T) off GearBest.
Huawei Nova (budget option)

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

wileyfox spark, available from esquire,

Ive got a swift v1, and I even have an unofficial android 9 release.

 

[Dairyfarmer]

Doogee BL7000 - wife's phone. Same as the BL5000 but a bigger battery (a bit heavy for some people?)
Doogee S50 - my phone. Rough and tough is what I need
Doogee S55 - my son's Christmas present. Just in from China. Smaller screen than the S50 but fits the pocket better. Look on YouTube when a guy boils it in water on the stove.

 

[Sinbad]

Most huawei P and Mate series, that aren't nerfed by vodacom and mtn.

 

[CamiKaze]

Almost all Xiaomi phones are dual sim.

 

[C4Cat]

I've got an older Xiaomi which is dual sim.

This one is more current and looks pretty good:
https://www.takealot.com/xiaomi-redmi-s2-32gb-grey/PLID51985844

or this one if you want something cheaper:
https://www.takealot.com/xiaomi-redmi-6a-16gb-black/PLID52542439

 

[sajunky]

You should also ask for dedicated SD card slot (not sharing a secondary SIM).

Huawei Y3, Y6, Y7, Y9 models have dual SIM option, plus dedicated SD card slot. Probably true for the entire Y-series 2018 models with submodels such like Prime, Pro, etc. If you buy from Telkom or Cell C, it should be dual SIM model.

Y3 is ideal for employees, it runs Android 8 Go version, it cost R999 and does the job.

Huawei P-models may have shared secondary SIM slot with SD card - more expensive models do.

 

[Dairyfarmer]

You should also ask for dedicated SD card slot (not sharing a secondary SIM).

Also look at how much internal storage the phone has. 32Gb should be sufficient for most users that are not carrying around their music and movie collections. If you need to take many high quality photos then this would obviously impact the storage you need. If the phone is a 4/64Gb or 6/128Gb you are unlikely to need a sd card so a dedicated slot may not be necessary. Bearing in mind that people use their phones in different ways.

 

[voldoverse]

purchased my dual sim Samsung Note 8 in abu dhabi when they first got released for R12k

works a treat.

 

[Dave]

Most huawei P and Mate series, that aren't nerfed by vodacom and mtn.

Huawei manufacture most of the P series and Mate series as both single sim and dual sim models, so not quite as simple as saying all of them.

 

[Smugs]

Just got a Samsung J6. Takes two sim cards and a micro SD card. Not a top of the range phone by any means but suits me just fine. Also OTG enabled which is a bonus.

 

[TheSmous]

What contracts are you running on Dual Sim?

Data and Airtime?

 

[AirWolf]

What contracts are you running on Dual Sim?

Data and Airtime?

Telkom 3000 minutes
1500 Any network minutes
20GB data
R650 with Huawei P20 lite dual Sim.

This was taken about 6 months ago.

 

[kolaval]

And the second sim?

 

[AirWolf]

And the second sim?

The old Voda number on prepaid.

 

[AirWolf]

Anyone know how to port in a Voda number into an existing Telkom contract?

 

[bar1]

SIM1-FNB
50 minutes, 50 sms, 500MB
SIM2- Afrihost (1gb free, if running out, RAIN)