Gap in mobile phone market

movilogo

There is good [as per my guess] market for following mobile products yet no one seem to offer them [at a major scale]

• Phone with dual SIMs [some cheap Chinese manufactures offer them - not by mainstream brands] - so that you carry personal & office SIM in one phone
• Shared minutes among multiple numbers [as discussed already]
• Very cheap unit rate [e.g. 0.5p/min] instead of bundled minutes

The reason is these plans are beneficial for consumers but not network operators.

Techhead_2

Samsung, Nokia and LG make dual SIM handsets.

Business accounts allow the sharing of minutes amongst multiple numbers.

You won't see rates as low as 0.5p a minute as it costs more than this to provide the call. (the termination rate set by Ofcom is several times that rate on its own)

DarkConvict

Techhead has spoken the main points.

Duel sim phones do exist, but most people don't use/demand them so don't expect alot of them on the market.

Sharing minutes is on business accounts, and has at times creeped into the consumer market as family packages.

You won't see call rates that low, if you want something closer to it you need to go with data connection VOIP calls, like services provided by skype. Get yourself a big data allowence and pay skype instead to bring down the cost per minute. Personally for most consumers the allowances will be best.

[Deleted User]

You can even buy phones that allow 4 sim cards..

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/23/otech-f1-handset-holds-four-sim-cards-enables-you-to-live-a-qua/

gjchester

movilogo wrote: »

Very cheap unit rate [e.g. 0.5p/min] instead of bundled minutes

You can get much lover rates on some corporate business plans, where there is a low per minute call rate, no line rental and you have to pay a lot more for even the most basic of handset.

However your not likey to get than on small business or consumer tarriffs.

mart19902004

giffgaff.com

robt_2

mart19902004 wrote: »

giffgaff.com

What has that got to do with anything.

tifo

robt wrote: »

What has that got to do with anything.

8p calls and 4p texts plus bundles.

robt_2

tifo wrote: »

8p calls and 4p texts plus bundles.

Like I said.

What has that got to do with anything.

Answer is zero.

The op mentioned 0.5p per min. 8p per min is well over ten times that.

Ypaymore

robt wrote: »

Like I said.

What has that got to do with anything.

Answer is zero.

The op mentioned 0.5p per min. 8p per min is well over ten times that.

Possibly their 2p a minute call, 1p text experimental bundle .:D

http://giffgaff.com/index/pricing

toastiest

I'd love to see phone number 'aliases' like you can have for email addresses.
i.e. mail can be sent to multiple email addresses but all redirected into the same account.

It would be brilliant if we could have free/very cheap and easy to set up - essentially call forwarding - on multiple numbers without the sim card having to be inside a phone.