Nokia C1-00 review: Dual SIM-phony

28 September 2010
After years of watching their rivals introduce one dual SIM phone after another, a few months back Nokia finally decided to join them and unveiled its first mobile phones capable of accommodating two SIM cards cards at the same time. Eager to see...

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  • Arnal
  • Pcm
  • 06 Oct 2010

great!!

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    • Anonymous
    • 98q
    • 05 Oct 2010

    worst phone, it maybe called a Dual SIM-phony but no dual standby feature.. tsk!! poor.. If i'll be using a dual sim handset I want both simcard to be active. What's the use of the other simcard if you can't have it both active? The price is good but features aren't.

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      • Panzerfaust
      • m{@
      • 05 Oct 2010

      Is it a joke or what. One sim active at the same time? Ridiculous phone by Nokia again. Samsung is offering quite wide aassortment of nice DOUZ terminals with really good working two sim work at the same time. Nokia is going to collapce on most market segments - no good smartphones so far, Symbian drawbacks in most their phones can't compete to android/iphone, cheaper quality of many their products.

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        • josarch
        • 3Ya
        • 04 Oct 2010

        before buying something check all the details which is well available on website always.NOKIA never said it is dual Sim. it is clearly mentioned (no dual standby)......

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          • 6th
          • YTK
          • 04 Oct 2010

          do you know about the next apple iphone5??
          come to
          http://drmgadgets.blogspot.com/ for news about it.

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            • Jef
            • n{%
            • 04 Oct 2010

            This is an instant fail.

            If I buy a dual sim phone I expect both simcards to work simultaneously. And the fact that it isn't tri-band is a big miss !

            Then again if you really want something totally basic/cheap, you are not a traveller and don't mind switching simcards in the menu every so often it could be a good buy !

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              • alex cuprus
              • n{k
              • 03 Oct 2010

              nokia always making a stupit things it's 21c just now to remember make dull sim mobil but very amenzing it will not worke same time!!!????? wohooooo better we buy in market dull sim adapter in market and use with any mobil phon. nokia is maiking shittttt.

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                • Umer Kayani
                • tZt
                • 03 Oct 2010

                so,wat to do wid this type of dual sim phone?one sim at one time.

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                  • cce
                  • p@H
                  • 02 Oct 2010

                  So what's the use of this Nokia C1-00 when only one sim is active at all time.

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                    • Fuji
                    • tU$
                    • 02 Oct 2010

                    It's funny that GSMaena talked about the UI of this phone. hahahaha

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                      • AdaM
                      • tZj
                      • 02 Oct 2010

                      Nothing interesting, 01 Oct 2010I wonder why Nokia didn't decided to isue something like E5... moreNokia's biggest customers are telcos, who would rather not make it easy for you to use a competitor's sim. I believe this phone is intended for poorer countries where not all can afford even a basic phone, but they may have a sim card. So, such persons can mount the sim in their friend's phone and borrow the phone to make calls from their own sim when they need to.

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                        • yogi
                        • bCH
                        • 02 Oct 2010

                        Anonymous, 02 Oct 2010use lessYes ur currect its not dual sim,just attached one extra sim card trey but usless.

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                          • china mobils user's
                          • bCH
                          • 02 Oct 2010

                          Hai every one!
                          Did u know ? The nokia company was cheeted people hops.Why beacoz c1 mobile is very very bad & verust phone its not dual sim,i'll compleant in mobi foram.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • vIf
                            • 02 Oct 2010

                            use less

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                              • Anonymous
                              • nxn
                              • 01 Oct 2010

                              This would make an excellent 'gap year' phone for people off to see the world.
                              As 95% of usage will be outgoing so swapping between the 2 sims is not much of an issue, so you can have one international sim and one local.
                              As it's cheap it wont be the end of the world if you get drunk one night and leave it in a bar and your much less likely to get mugged than if your wandering around some strange city with an expensive smartphone in your hand.
                              The flashlight is a handy feature for travelers.
                              But probably the most important thing is the excellent standby and talk time.
                              The only slight disadvantage is it's not tri-band which would have cost Nokia minimal cost but made this phone a true international backpackers mobile.

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                                • manoj singh khinchi
                                • v{W
                                • 01 Oct 2010

                                gr8 phone

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                                  • Nothing interesting
                                  • m{q
                                  • 01 Oct 2010

                                  I wonder why Nokia didn't decided to isue something like E52 but with dual sim

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                                    • rIZ
                                    • u1t
                                    • 30 Sep 2010

                                    useless it is without dual-sim standby...

                                    m sorry nokia, it's not going to sell in poor countries as well... due to everything china...

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                                      • jomar marcelo
                                      • Mfx
                                      • 30 Sep 2010

                                      i need a dual sim card stanby cell phone

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                                        • C1 User
                                        • PT2
                                        • 30 Sep 2010

                                        @GSM ARENA
                                        Its good that you have corrected a mistake in your review about the series of this phone. But why you people have deleted my comment. Its not a shame in accepting these little mistakes.