another quadband dual sim phone - too good to be true?

hawkdeira · **another quadband dual sim phone - too good to be true? -** 27-03-2007, 18:12

On ebay this week, advertised from London UK, is a dual-sim quad band phone. But the pricing for the calls from the "unique 'patented' worldwide roaming SIM" seems too good to be true! A query went to the seller who replied that the special sim is a UK sim with an 077 number. Now 077 suggests one of the major UK telephone companies, eg my O2 phone is 0771. So how can they offer the 30p a minute price for all countries mentioned in the advert on a mainstream UK simcard (you don't even get it that cheaply on a Manx card with 076 or 079 prefix)! What do others think?

This is the wording from the ebay advertisement.

"This is a true world's first - DUAL-SIM Mobile Handset. This PAYG mobile is a Dual SIM handset that looks eerily like the Walkman phone. However, this is a GSM quad band handset with two SIM slots, an MP4 player and a 2.5 mega pixel camera, bluetooth etc, it does not get any better than this!

This handset is designed to work all over the world ( 177 countries) and comes complete with a unique 'patented' worldwide roaming SIM that sits in one of the SIM slots. (This new technology is gaining rave reviews and will soon be used by everybody)

The roaming SIM delivers unparelleled cost benefits to any user that 'travels' frequently. For example, all calls are FREE to receive in most countries (that means no roaming charges!). And when the user wants to make international calls, the roaming network delivers a flat fee promise of just 30p per minute from any country to any country in the world.

The traveller simply inserts their 'home' SIM ( no matter what country they are from/in) into the other SIM slot and diverts all calls to the roaming SIM when travelling. The call divert costs nothing from most operators and the user can always be contacted, no matter where they are, for FREE! The user simply switches SIM's inside the handset via a 'hotkey' button, when an international call needs to be made, and switches back for local and national calls. International SMS messaging has been set at 15p.

The roaming network charges 30p per min to make and NIL to receive in most countries apart from outer mongolia. The savings are so immense for the ardent traveller, business user etc that the cost of the handset is recouped within a couple of days on a trip. All interested parties will be provided with support details and call pricing per country."

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hawkdeira (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 56 Join Date: 13 Jun 2005 Country:	another quadband dual sim phone - too good to be true? - 27-03-2007, 18:12 On ebay this week, advertised from London UK, is a dual-sim quad band phone. But the pricing for the calls from the "unique 'patented' worldwide roaming SIM" seems too good to be true! A query went to the seller who replied that the special sim is a UK sim with an 077 number. Now 077 suggests one of the major UK telephone companies, eg my O2 phone is 0771. So how can they offer the 30p a minute price for all countries mentioned in the advert on a mainstream UK simcard (you don't even get it that cheaply on a Manx card with 076 or 079 prefix)! What do others think? This is the wording from the ebay advertisement. "This is a true world's first - DUAL-SIM Mobile Handset. This PAYG mobile is a Dual SIM handset that looks eerily like the Walkman phone. However, this is a GSM quad band handset with two SIM slots, an MP4 player and a 2.5 mega pixel camera, bluetooth etc, it does not get any better than this! This handset is designed to work all over the world ( 177 countries) and comes complete with a unique 'patented' worldwide roaming SIM that sits in one of the SIM slots. (This new technology is gaining rave reviews and will soon be used by everybody) The roaming SIM delivers unparelleled cost benefits to any user that 'travels' frequently. For example, all calls are FREE to receive in most countries (that means no roaming charges!). And when the user wants to make international calls, the roaming network delivers a flat fee promise of just 30p per minute from any country to any country in the world. The traveller simply inserts their 'home' SIM ( no matter what country they are from/in) into the other SIM slot and diverts all calls to the roaming SIM when travelling. The call divert costs nothing from most operators and the user can always be contacted, no matter where they are, for FREE! The user simply switches SIM's inside the handset via a 'hotkey' button, when an international call needs to be made, and switches back for local and national calls. International SMS messaging has been set at 15p. The roaming network charges 30p per min to make and NIL to receive in most countries apart from outer mongolia. The savings are so immense for the ardent traveller, business user etc that the cost of the handset is recouped within a couple of days on a trip. All interested parties will be provided with support details and call pricing per country."