Verzio Duplii and Twinn: Dual SIMs make it to Asia

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.