Verzio Duplii Review: Dual SIM done right?
December 26, 2007 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Cell phone, Editorial, Mobile Monitor, The Unwired Life, Unwired Oddities, Verzio
The Verzio Duplii is one of two phones (the other one is the Twinn) launched in the Philippines. It is the first “looks good like it ain’t hacked” phone that holds two SIM card slots active simultaneously.
Real estate shows off a fantastic phone design as the Duplii was engineered by former Sony Ericsson and Nokia engineers. You will notice similarities to both trademark designs with the menu screen and UI. Added eye candy to the menu is a GUI button that is animated with a tail as it moves about the grid navigation. Though it may be annoying at first, the two “i” and “c” buttons which return you to the menu and cancels actions respectively are a bit misplaced as they can accidentally pressed when making calls or navigating using the two menu buttons.
One thing to note is the odd keypad layout with the 0, pound and asterisk keys forced over to the right side of the phone. Thus instead of a 3×4 grid for the keypad, you’re presented with a 4×3 grid. Now is this convenient? Amazingly, as far as my opinion goes, yes it is. It makes texting with two hands easier as the 0 key serves as the space bar. The pound key does the symbols while the asterisk cycles through the possible dictionaries available (T9 included). With predictive texting turned on, the directional pad serves to cycle through the possible word combinations.
The two SIM slots are labeled as SIM 1 and SIM 2 with the primary SIM card being chosen through the Settings menu. This is usually the default number that will be used to send messages. Although when sending messages, the phone allows you to select which SIM to use to send out your SMS. Thus, let’s say you’re using a prepaid line on one end and a post paid on the other, you can use your prepaid line to receive SMS and reply using the other line seamlessly.
As for multimedia, the Duplii’s 2MP camera is nothing write home about as it doesn’t have an auto focus feature. Yes, this makes shooting fast without delay but good luck to getting nearby objects into focus. The camera is a look back into 2001. Here are some samples at QVGA quality. Maximum image size is 1600 x 1200.
Pros
Dual SIM done right
Very affordable at around less than USD $300
Bundled with two batteries
Cons
Backward camera (no auto focus)
Keypad layout needs to be relearned
Bottomline
Okay, here goes. In 2008 we will be seeing an influx of these dual and yes – even tri-SIM phones from Verzio. We will be seeing Windows Mobile devices with dual SIMs as well from what I hear. The Duplii and Twinn will be marketed as the entry level phones for the workforce as many people in Asia, especially the Philippines have two SIMs – one for SMS in the office (SUN Cellular) and their personal like (Globe or SMART). The Duplii gets the dual SIM concept right. There are a few things you may need to relearn like the keypad – SMS response can be a bit slow, but this is by far the easiest – and might I add, elegant dual SIM solution out there.
Its your option, anyway its still zero interest at 6months. Why pay in cash if you can go deferred or SIP payment scheme via your credit card
aww still studying and i don’t have credit cards yet.
anyway, i’ll just check it when i visit the mall. 
thanks!!
Your welcome Faye
where did verzio came from?
I guess its Singapore.By the way, you can contact me via yahoo for faster communication cause Im online right now.Here’s my yahoo address arvirivas@yahoo.com
I bought this phone and was frustrated but the support. Phone had problem connected to my Bluetooth Earpiece (Phone is choosy so to speak). Connection to Sync my Outlook contacts also poses a problem. When phone is connected, I shows not connected! Then I have to go through the whole shit of port selecting and bla bla bla and finally got it connected, the bloody software does not seems to recognize that it is already connected. The technical support is worse! Even non-existent! Emails went unreplied. Phone calls went unanswered. I regret buying the damn piece of equipment at SGD398! I would suggest you guys to think twice!
hi verzio is a nice model ………of phone its the combination of sonny ericson and nokia phones..and im using one rty now ..its so mazing because you can used 2 sim at the same time ……..this phones are very usefull for those who are in the bussnise world………
you can buy Verzio twinn for 4k and duplii for 6k at any Makro branches. really affordable! yes i have one.. a real headturner coz it’s touch screen!
Hi! i asked verzio sales people if duplii will run RED mobile and they said it will not because of some issues. Found someone who said RED Mobile runs on his duplii. Anyone out there with similar experiences?
ei! i have one unit of this verzio
my unit is verzio twinn dualsim ..it cant connect the bluetooth to my pc..and the manual sucks it doesnt have info about the bluetooth.. pls help me what to do.
hi i’m selling my verzio phone for 6k. original price has gone back to 7k. you may want to see my post. i can lower it down to 5.5k if you want. thanks.
http://www.tipidcp.com/viewitem.php?iid=430774
iwant buy mobile verzio pleas tell me how
nasseem ahmed
Please check verzio website you may find the info you need.
http://www.verzio.com/
bluetooth.. switch blutooth on… visibility on….. go to BT DATA exchage… wait for a prompt.. it would happen if theres a deviece that would connect to you… click ok!….. ok?…….. make sure you had external memory card.. if your phone memory fulls the phone would shut down…
I am trying to sell my Duplii. Used for 4 months. Selling at SGD 250. Any one interested please email me at marcus.woo@hotmail.com
Cheers
I’m Selling a Verzio Duplii at $250
anyone intrested email me
plz do call me if u really interested in sellin it 2 me my mob. no 9867809662
I’m Selling a Verzio Duplii at $250
anyone intrested email me @ neoposis@hotmail.com
you could check duplii’s for sale @www.tipidcp.com
selling a 7 day old verzio twinn. kac palabas na ng US ang user d naman pala magamit doon. ung duplii pala dapat. if interested, contact me at : 0927-8454-294
**bought at Graphics Main in Cagayan de Oro City
**still with 1 yr warranty
**still in good condition.
**discounted price: P 3950 (original price is P 3990)
**freight cost is excluded
hi, please help..how can i turn off the other sim while in use?.. i mean how can i put the 2nd sim off-line? is it possible?
to ace:
When u turn on ur phone, the first to appear in u r screen is the power mode. The options on which sim u want activated is displayed. U just choose among the choices given.
the verzio twinn i posted about last mar 3 is still on sale.just reach me at 0927-8454-294
Hello sir, you can purchase verzio duplii here at Bonifacio highstreet taguig global, you can call 8565447. Verzio duplii price is 5,990 SRP
Hi! I have just recently bought a Verzio Duplii model here in Cebu for Php5,999.
So far everything’s working fine with this phone… Nice UI, no lag in texting, screen is great & the dual sim functionality works flawlessly, although I have some doubts on the keypads build quality,makes this sound that seems like the plastic keypads are going to break (hopefully not).
My real problem is with the Java application on this phone.
I can’t find any way to install java apps & I don’t really understand what the Java box feature does.
If anybody knows how please help…
Tnx
hello,
what the store in cebu that did you bought the verzio duplii??
I want to buy a second hand Verzio Dupli, budget 2,500.00 only. text or email me asap. 0920-4202759
i want to buy a 2nd hand verzio dupli, budget 2500k only. let me know asap anyone. thanks.
does it has group messaging for text?