Request: Options - Good Dual SIM phone - NON qwerty

[no_nonsense4857]

Hi Enclavers,

I am not good with phone information. My last purcahse was 3 years back.

I need a good dual SIM phone for my wife.

Have gone through most of the threads here:

Options given so far.

Samsung: W259/B7722/E2652/C5212/C3212/C6112/C6712

Nokia: C2-02 / C2-06

Motorola: EX128

LG: KS660

She does not like touch pad for texting.

What is the difference between the C2-02 and the C2-06

I am looking for something above 4500 and below 10k rupees.

I am located in Pune right now. Please tell me if online shopping is feasible (given all the octroi comlications here).
Please help.

 

[no_nonsense4857]

Please help:

I need a decent phone with:

Dual SIM Active

Prefer a normal keypad (not qwerty) / touch as the last option

Price range - above 4K - 7K

Mobile used mostly for calls and SMS only. Looking for a good battery life and good call quality.

Checked the Samsung W259 - but it says 1 SIM is GSM and the other SIM slot is for CDMA. My requirement is BOTH SLOTS should hold GSM SIMs.

A double post - my apologies.

 

[abracadabra]

are you looking for a DUAL ACTIVE or DUAL STANDBY model?

DUAL ACTIVE means both the sims are active all the time irrespective if your on a call on sim1 you can receive a call on SIM2.

Model: Samsung c3212, c5212, c6112

Model: Samsung b7722 (but doesn't fit in as not into touch as you metion)

DUAL STANDBY, only one sim works at a time

Model: Most other phones listed are DUAL STANDBY.

Samsung C6112 is an overall good one, would be my choice

 

[chiron]

I'm using a dual sim standby model and it is quite sufficient; after all how often do you get a call from your other sim while you are talking and you absolutely must keep both calls active at the same time.

 

[no_nonsense4857]

Unfortunately the Samsung C6112 is out of stock everywhere.

The Samsung C3212 is out of production and out of stock too.

The Samsung C5212 is a good phone but too bland in looks - its definitely there on the buy list but waaaaay below.

Looks like i am out of options if i stick to the dual active option.

Going by Chiron's opinion:

Please suggest good dual stand by phones too:

The present Karbonn phone my wife owns has TWO call rececive and TWO call drop buttons. As long as selecting a SIM is not cumbersome - i would consider the standby option too.