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August 1st, 2007, 14:55 GMT · By Elena Balan

Dual Mode Phone from Spice Mobile

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Spice Mobile has just released a mobile phone capable of connecting to the GSM and CDMA network too. The device is meant to provide solutions to a large number of people who need handsets working on both networks, with features which might prove highly useful, especially for those often traveling abroad.

The Spice Dual phone comes with two
variants: D-88 and D-80. They are both capable of supporting both GSM and CDMA active connections at the same time. Travelers operating in the local area are those who will enjoy this feature the most, as it will support communication under any circumstances and anywhere the user might find himself.

"The new phone is targeted to all who have two cell phone numbers and have been looking for a convenience of carrying just one phone, we are targeting mainly the consumers of town and rural areas. By 2010, our target in the market share will surge to 10 per cent", said Kunal Ahooja, CEO at Spice Mobile.

It looks like the company has high hopes coming from these two ideas. They might not be very innovative, but have high chances of proving to be useful in many situations, as it is surely not a pleasure carrying around two mobile phones to use depending on the area. 8 percent of subscribers in this country currently own two phone numbers, with the tendency of this being seen at an even larger scale among India phone users.

Spice Dual will be available in two variants. The D-80 can already be purchased for the price of Rs 9849, while the D-88 has not been released yet. No further specifications have been revealed about this second device. Both dual phone models will be available exclusively for the mobile phone market in India.

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Comment #1 by: king on 16 Dec 2007, 12:44 UTC reply to this comment

i want to know more about ur dual sim based mobiles

Comment #1.1 by: ranjeet wadatkar on 01 Jul 2008, 18:12 GMT

tell me about dual sim based mobiles... the cheapest one


Comment #2 by: mohammad on 21 Feb 2008, 14:39 UTC reply to this comment

Hello all,

I can easily sms from cdma. But at gsm, when i msg to any directly (without taking any time) msg sending failed displayed. I think i have to set some code in it..

So please help me to solve these.

I feel alone without my gsm messages.

I am fond of messages.

Replaay soon.....
MOhammad
India
Gujarat


Comment #3 by: narender chinthakindi on 16 Apr 2008, 07:13 UTC reply to this comment

I need a mobile which is include GSM CDMA with slides model can we have this model in spice mobile

Comment #3.1 by: manish on 03 Feb 2009, 19:37 GMT

hi i am manishI need a mobile which is include GSM CDMA with slides model can we have this model in spice mobile


Comment #4 by: rajpal on 26 Jun 2008, 08:12 UTC reply to this comment

I need a mobile which is include GSM CDMA with slides model can we have this model in spice mobile


Comment #5 by: Ladu on 16 Jul 2008, 14:50 UTC reply to this comment

does the spice dual gsm & cdma work with rim cdma ?


Comment #6 by: Salamat Raza on 25 Jul 2008, 10:33 UTC reply to this comment

i want to know more about ur dual sim based mobiles and what is cost of this and where i can get this mobil near of pune Maharashtra


Comment #7 by: harish jadhav on 31 Jul 2008, 05:28 UTC reply to this comment

I want GSM GSM dual model phone. This type of model is their in any mobile.


Comment #8 by: K KANDASAMY on 31 Jul 2008, 07:39 UTC reply to this comment

I want to know more about ur dual sim based mobiles and what is cost of this and where i can get this mobil in Bangalore.


Comment #9 by: dhayavel on 06 Aug 2008, 06:31 UTC reply to this comment

Hai,

just now i have purchased SPICE dual SIM mobile model is D8.
it was nice.i felt that i cannot set my photo as wall paper and incoming calls and outgoing calls.if i tried to set that it showed the pixel size is not exceed 256 K.hw i set my photo as wall paper and calls.


Comment #10 by: shailinder Mishra on 11 Sep 2008, 09:11 UTC reply to this comment

I Have D88n. Phone battery is very Bad two times I have replaced battery two times even mobile is not working as modem to connect internet on PC
I am totaly unsatishfied with this Mobile If any one can give me spice customer care detals so that I can talk to them for support

Comment #10.1 by: Rakesh Dubal on 25 Sep 2008, 15:44 GMT

Spice dueal sim cdma + gsm D88n is total failure. I would advise everyone that do not waste your money in this third grade handset. I purchased phone in August 2008 and in September CDMA stopped working. At service centre they kept phone for a day and said my phone is needed to be send to delhi as this problem can not solve at this service centre. What is the mening of service centre then. Totally poor quality of service at service centres as I found many people there standing in a que waiting for their mobiles to come back from Delhi. Overall total failure product. And I guess that is why Nokia or other big companies are not coming up with such modles. Please please guys dont waste your money in spice


Comment #11 by: Prasanna Kumar Sahoo on 06 Nov 2008, 06:31 UTC reply to this comment

i am having D88n model, earlier there was a problem of backup with the set, but when i deposited the set with the service center they told me that there is a trouble of mother board, i got a trouble within 2 months of using this set. any way i got my set today i.e on 06.11.2008, i found my IMEI No was changed, i got a set much older than what i have given to the service centre. i am totally dissatisfied with the service as well as with the set, so i suggest all the guys who want to buy this model pls, pls.... do not buy this set.


Comment #12 by: sudhakar on 13 Nov 2008, 09:34 UTC reply to this comment

I have been using SPICE-D88 for 6 months.I found so many flaws I have decided to re-sale the piece.Major flaws are battery backup and keypad.Not at all user friendly .Media player has no provision of slider and progress bar.While messaging, you will get frustration because it has no proper dictionary support. As of my experience, I will suggest you guys please don't go to SPICE and don't waste your money.


Comment #13 by: sameer on 29 Nov 2008, 12:40 UTC reply to this comment

I have used spice D-88 model for more than a year, the mobile works well with battery longing for 1 complete day, but there is a bug in software ,when I dial from cdma network, there is always a message of a cdma missed call displaying on screen., the missed call is initiated by the software itself, its a very strange problem, but i am living with it for almost a year, i know that the service center wont be able to fix the problem.


Comment #14 by: RAHUL JAIN on 29 Jan 2009, 14:50 UTC reply to this comment

dear sir,
i m rahul jain regular user of ur brand. few month before i bought the spice dual sim gsm & cdma but beause of some problem it network conetivity is not weel. and battery is also not giving ther good back up .after thet i went to your service center .they said to me that problm would be solved within 3 days so come on after 3 days but when i went there they said the work is not done come tomorrow then i went mext day but set was not ready plz give us proper feed back other wise we have to in legal depertment
my job sheet no is-18082 no is 98879-20369
thank you


Comment #15 by: Abhishek on 11 Feb 2009, 11:53 UTC reply to this comment

The spice mobile is CRAp...its a wastage of money there are endless flaws ...but still it is handy when it comes to carry two mobile at one time..


Comment #16 by: Min Kc on 18 May 2009, 10:45 UTC reply to this comment

same problem here in Nepal too. I could not connect internet ....modem does not work.........so so...


Comment #17 by: Tushar on 21 Jun 2009, 03:04 UTC reply to this comment

Any mobile in spice have a dual sim gsm and cdma . in this also a camera and memory card also. please give a model no. with full detail and price list also.


Comment #18 by: firoz ahmad on 16 Jul 2009, 04:57 UTC reply to this comment

Hello all,

I can easily sms from cdma. But at gsm, when i msg to any directly (without taking any time) msg sending failed displayed & msg backup problam i think i have to set some code in it..

So please help me to solve these.

I feel alone without my gsm messages.

I am fond of messages.

Replaay soon.....
firoz ahmad
9811284107
hp_imm@yahoo.com
delhi


Comment #19 by: santhosh v on 02 Oct 2009, 03:52 UTC reply to this comment

I am using your GSM/CDMA duel mode for the past one and half year.there is no complaint.But the service center is very rare.My keypad is poorely bad,i can;t identify the digit etc...For the past four months i am looking for the servicing centre.But in vain.sSo i request you to sent me a new keypad and i will pay for the same


Comment #20 by: ajay goriya on 02 Nov 2009, 13:03 UTC reply to this comment

i am having D88n model, earlier there was a problem of backup with the set, but when i deposited the set with the service center they told me that there is a trouble of mother board, i got a trouble within 2 months of using this set. please ans me that how i connect with net with this mobile


Comment #21 by: Ramesh on 11 Nov 2009, 07:13 UTC reply to this comment

Sir,

I have recently purchase spice phone modle No. D-6666 .

Mostly I have seen that after having full network range in my mobile, but not receiving phone call. please confirm that my set is ok or some major defact is there.

Hence you are requested to replace my mobile phone at the earlest other wise I will have to approch to Consumer Court.

thankyou

Ramesh Sharma


Comment #22 by: SALMAN on 26 Nov 2009, 13:05 UTC reply to this comment

my spice M5151 is stolen by thief & my IMEI nos of mobile are 862721001015856 & 862721001015864


Comment #23 by: p k mohanan on 30 Nov 2009, 23:57 UTC reply to this comment

I have purchased a M 5252 model dual GSM phone, it shows two IMEI number, Please tell me the IMEI number printed on the handset is a valid one.


Comment #24 by: bhakti on 19 Dec 2009, 04:28 UTC reply to this comment

When we are calling to this Spice mobile message is getting number is busy.

Two days back we hve taken this mobile.

Pls reply me what we want to do for this.


Comment #25 by: prakashwaskle on 14 May 2010, 11:50 UTC reply to this comment

spice 5151 softwear


Comment #26 by: mossdudzie on 18 Sep 2010, 09:29 UTC reply to this comment

I think this kind of phone is better than many brands we are having on the market.Moses,Harare,Zimbabwe


Comment #27 by: prashu on 20 Sep 2010, 15:34 UTC reply to this comment

i have QT-44, i purchased from nagpur showroom, then suddenly i came to dubai, i dont know how to download ringtone


Comment #28 by: salavat khan on 30 Nov 2010, 16:20 UTC reply to this comment

i want to download the PC suit of mobile spice QT-56


Comment #29 by: K.C.PALANISAMY on 25 Dec 2010, 13:51 UTC reply to this comment

I BUY QT-44 SPICE. I AM UNABLE TO BROWS NET IN PHONE


Comment #30 by: jeewan on 25 Aug 2011, 05:30 UTC reply to this comment

I am using spice m6800 mobile but it is not working properly it frequently hang when using the net...this problem occurs in every set...of 6800...

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