When two SIMs just aren't enough: the Huatian K998
When will the madness end? How many SIMs must we stuff underneath our batteries before someone dares to stand up against the trend? Hard to say, really, but that number is apparently more than 3. China's Huatian K998 extends the largely Asian trend of loading handsets with dual SIMs by adding a third, but there's nothing really cool or innovative about it since the user has to manually switch between them; it seems the only real advantage is that folks finding themselves walking around with a pocketful of active SIMs can stick three in a handset at once. Other less notable features include a 3 inch touchscreen, microSD expansion, and 1.3 megapixel cam, none of which you'll likely have time to use if you're seriously fielding calls from three lines.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MIKE @ Jun 20th 2007 1:31PM
I need a phone with a built in SIM rolodex... say maybe 30 SIMS... ha ha ha. Honestly how many do people need?
Eric @ Jun 20th 2007 2:00PM
I believe with China Mobile you can opt for some sort of City by City plan. My wife has a SIM for X'ian and Beijing. Otherwise she gets roaming fees. I wish S60 could run dual SIMs at once. Singtel or China Mobile for SMS and my standard operator's SIM for calling.
adelossa @ Jun 20th 2007 7:25PM
Why have one phone with 3 SIM cards, when you can have 3 phones with (active) cards? Its nerdier to have 3 phones on your waist anyway.
Langzdu @ Jul 6th 2007 12:03AM
I guess your position is not that important at all, huh? :)
Have you ever thought of having these situations:
(1) Wife call on special telephone # 1,
(2) Girlfriend calls on special telephone # 2,
(3) Others? Just giving them the # 3 then!
Get it?
Gerd G. Ortloff @ Jul 22nd 2007 9:08AM
I urgently need a mobile phone holding alt least 4 SIMs and keeping them all active, meaning there must be 4 transceivers.
Anyone heard of such a thing or do I have to build one?
Gin @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:32PM
now tell me is having one phone with three sims card is not better than having 3 phones which is the situation in some parts of the world so dont be so narrow.