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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[(Unverified) Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 2:22PM]

Gerd,
My name is Danny Benishay and I face the same problem - the need for
mobile phone w/ quad-SIM cards. Have you found a solution ?

Do you know who develop or manufactur the coomunication chipset that
make this feature - happen ??

You can see some stuff about myself at
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dannybenishay

Thank you,
DannyB.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 2:23PM]

Gerd,
My name is Danny Benishay and I face the same problem - the need for
mobile phone w/ quad-SIM cards. Have you found a solution ?

Do you know who develop or manufactur the coomunication chipset that
make this feature - happen ??

You can see some stuff about myself at
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dannybenishay

Thank you,
DannyB.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2008 11:15PM]

most Oversea contract workers likes dual sim. one sim for country they work, other sim from country of origin so that there family can easily communicate with them.

i have yet to see a mobile phone 3 sim simultaneously working, wifi and triband. even 2 sim

any suggestion what brand ?

[(Unverified) Posted 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?

[(Unverified) Posted 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.

[pyehac Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted 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?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 8th 2008 7:28AM]

I carry three phones.

HTC Voyager to make calls and the official business line.

A N6288 with a Smart prepaid sim

A N8250 with a Globe prepaid sim. This is my play phone. :D

[(Unverified) Posted 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?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 10:40AM]

Gerd,
My name is Danny Benishay and I face the same problem - the need for mobile phone w/ quad-SIM cards. Have you found a solution ?

Do you know who develop or manufactur the coomunication chipset that make this feature - happen ??

You can see some stuff about myself at http://www.linkedin.com/in/dannybenishay

Thank you,
DannyB.