I finally retired my dual-sim phone, the candybar-type Samsung C5212. It served me for almost a year; it served its purpose for me – a fully working dual-sim card phone.
Before I gave it up, I scouted for the next candidate. I was trying to think about waiting for the Nokia’s own series of dual-sim phones too, which are pretty cheap. Yugatech reported that it is already out in the market by now. Although few weeks back, I saw in one of the online store based in Ilocos that it was orderable already and I verified that they have few stocks already.
So my shortlisted model or brand shall I say are Nokia, Samsung, LG or the local brand Cherrymobile’s Trident a triple-sim phone. The deciding factor was easy – don’t gamble into something new anymore. We visited Greenhills one weekend and I saw this Samsung touchscreen and a dual sim phone, tried it for a while check the specs and end-user feedback online. Feedbacks are mostly negative; but I did not care because all these negative feedbacks were focused not in the functionality but on the featuers that they all want in a high end smartphones.
My need is specific. A working dual-sim phone. Ability to import my old phonebook file. Play a bit of music. Take basic pictures, and that’s it. All of these were present in the Samsung B5722.
So meet the Samsung dual-sim touchscreen phone.
Quick Specs:
Dual-sim, dual standby
TouchWiz Lite UI
3.2 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash
Music Player and FM Radio
Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) Dual SIM
262K colours TFT LCD, QVGA 240 x 320
Bluetooth
1000 contacts, Photocall
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh, lasts for 3 days
30mb internal memory, external up to 8G mircoSD
Price range is P9,000.00 – P10,000.00
