Nokia finally looked down from the smartphone race and released a dual SIM mobile that has been vigorously demanded by most of its users, the only facility Nokia lack in which many manufacturers has made and selling their handsets based on this feature mainly. Nokia has released two low range Dual SIM handsets C1-00 and C2-00 where two SIM slots are present and users can switch from one SIM to another by the press of one button. Both the SIMs needs to be in GSM connectivity to work in the module mobiles.
Nokia C1 and Nokia C2 Dual Sim Phone
The dual SIM connection is done separately than other company dual SIM handsets, two SIM cards can be entered in the SIM slots separate, named as SIM 1 and SIM 2, but will not be useable both SIMs simultaneously. One shortcut is provided in the phone menu, which changes the SIM connection, so it is not a Dual Standby mobile, although Nokia provided these mobiles with the call divert facility so that when one SIM is active, calls for the inactive SIM goes there by default, so the user do not have to miss and calls coming from outside for any of the SIMs, but to call any number or send any message via the inactive SIM, that has to be activated first.
The C1-00 is one of the lowest range basic color mobiles Nokia has released since the beginning and the look and feel is like old Nokia models where mobile phones used to be black and white only. The C1-00 has a 1.8” TFT Screen displaying the minimal resolution of 128 x 160 pixels in 65k color. It runs in Series 30 Symbian interface with typical tools like Calendar, Clock etc. It doesn’t support any external cards but has 500 contact and 20 recent call log storing capacity. Indian FM radio is included that can be listened with the attached cord and it also has basic java games like Sudoku and snake n ladder.
Nokia C1 Dual Sim Phone
The C1-00 has been targeted to the mass users who use their mobile phone only for calling purpose and nothing else, and it lacks communication like Bluetooth that could make it better than just a basic color model. Although Nokia claimed that the BL-5C battery used in many of Nokia low end handsets will give longest standby time of over one month, but lack of multimedia support left a little use of such long standby time.
The second Model, C2-00 is pretty upgraded than the C1 and it has multimedia features to some extent. Although it provides same small 128 x 160 small sized 1.8” screen, the C2-00 has VGA camera and other necessary features that are basic requirements of a mobile other than calling. This model contains internal 54 MB Flash memory than can be extended up to 32 GB via Micro-SD card, which is hot swappable from the side panel of the mobile. The C2-00 runs in Symbian Series 40 3rd Edition which means it support themes, wallpapers and Java games. The C2-00 has Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and Micro USB support for sharing files and synchronization with PC or Laptop. Basic Video player for 3GP and MP4 format files are Opera Mini 4.0 is in-built in the C2-00, increasing the features available for this model.
Nokia C2 Dual Sim Phone
The C1-00 and C2-00 has launched recently in most of the Asia including India, at a price of Rs 1,999 & ` 2,499 respectively. As a beginning, both the models are basic featured mobiles with the C2-00 having a little bit of multimedia features, but the main disadvantage is that this Dual SIM mobile doesn’t support using two SIMs simultaneously, which is a side Nokia should be correcting in the upcoming Dual SIM models.
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It was nokia foolishness i say not introducing 2 sim fone till date. Now as the market is demanding it they introduced it
I can say Noika has done a great job by launching Dual Sim in India..as India’s always love Dual SIM phones..thanks for sharing this information !!
Nokia dual sim handsets are useless because they can not support both sim simultaniosly.
Yes Manish, that’s a big drawback for users and we know there are many other dual handsets in market which is far better then Nokia C1 and Nokia C2.
The main problem with these dual sim mobiles is that we can use only one sim at a time…..so they are useless..
so can we put whatsapp on C2-OO?