Dual sim phones are very popular in developing countries and Kenya is no exception. Phone manufacturers have taken note of this trend and have over the years churned out various dual sim models. Dual sim phones used to be of the feature phone variety but not anymore. The dual sim phone market now includes 3G smartphones.
In cognizance of the dual sim phone market in Kenya we have decided to do a series on the dual sim phones available in the market. Our first focus will be Samsung dual sim phones.
Samsung Dual Sim Phones
1. Samsung Nari E2232 – Kshs. 3,400
The Nari E2232 is an entry level dual sim feature phone. It is the cheapest dual sim phone Samsung have in the Kenyan market. It has an internal memory of 20MB and a microSD slot that handle SD cards of up to 8GB. It comes with a VGA Camera (640×480 pixels), a 1.77 inch screen (128 x 160 pixels) and it has FM radio. It uses GPRS to connect to the internet.
It is quite light at 79grams and it has impressive battery life of up to 11 hours (talk time). It’s not much to look at but it’s an awesome phone for its price range.
2. Samsung Champ Deluxe C3312 – Kshs. 6,000
The Champ Deluxe C3312 is a feature phone. It has an internal memory of 30MB that’s expandable to up to 16GB via MicroSD. It has a 1.3 Megapixel camera (1280 x 1024), 2.8 inch touchscreen (240 x 320 pixels) and FM radio. It uses EDGE and GPRS to connect to the internet.
It weighs 100grams and its battery has a talk time of 14 hours.
3. Samsung Galaxy Pocket Plus – Kshs. 10,000
The Galaxy Pocket Plus is an android smartphone that runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Pocket Plus is The an upgrade of the Galaxy Pocket. It has a 2.8-inch touchscreen (240 x 320 pixels), a 2 megapixel camera and 3G connectivity. It comes with a 850MHz processor, 4GB internal storage and 512MB RAM.
It weighs 97.2grams and its battery has a talk time of 5.6 hours.
4. Samsung Galaxy Music Duos – Kshs 14,000
The Galaxy Music Duos is an android smartphone and it comes with android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. It has a 3-inch touchscreen (240 x 320 pixels), 3.15 Megapixel camera (2048×1536 pixels) and 3G connectivity. It comes with a 850MHz processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage.
It weighs 106.9 grams. Its battery has a talk time of 15 hours on 2G and 6 hours on 3G.
5. Samsung Galaxy Grand – Kshs 31,000
The Galaxy Grand is a high-end dual sim android smartphone that runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It has a 5.0 inch WVGA screen (480 x 800 pixels), 8 Megapixel back camera (3264×2448 pixels), 2 Megapixel front camera and 3G connectivity. It has a Dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage.
It weighs 162 grams. Its battery has a talk time of 10 hours.