Sunday, November 8, 2015

SiMore - G2 BlueBox Review

So disappointed :-(
I bought this about a month back, as being stupid the last mobile I purchased was not Dual SIM - even after contemplating the need I have for it.

SiMore G2 BlueBox
I wanted to be able to have my Dutch and UK mobiles accessible and always on within a single device - basically Dual SIM active as opposed to Dual SIM standby.

So far this is the only device I have found that provides that functionality to mobile devices not having Dual SIM Active capability built in.

I gotta to say though, so far I am not overly impressed. The unit cost 99 Euros and as of this date I've had the following experience;

  • You can't tell how much juice is left in the unit until it goes out on you
  • Not the easiest to see at a glance if it is on, off
  • The build quality is not really fantastic - would expect more for 99 Euros
  • Those one time pass  codes that are being so common now for accessing your accounts won't show on the SMS screen in there app
  • I sometimes get calls coming through from people who had tried to call me over an hour back
  • The app is basic, but if it worked 100% of the time wouldn't be that bad - it does not
  • I sometimes send SMS messages that don't get sent, no record and no trace on the phone app.
  • The app sometimes says connected to the device, and no calls or SMS are received - until I reboot the device. The only way I figure this out is if I am expecting a message and it never arrives :-/
  • The connection on calls has been awful most times even with the unit within a meter. By connection I mean unit to mobile, which uses bluetooth.

All in all so far my thoughts are that the ease of use I wanted and reliability is not there and I would not advise anyone to purchase this device.

Really disappointed, was expecting more at this price - good idea - bad implementation. Next time will look closer into a real Dual SIM Active mobile.....

... I guess you live and learn.... hopefully this will help someone else to make a decision and not be disappointed.

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing this. Ik had some doubts but without this review i bought the device.

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  2. Yup! Wish I had read your review before, I bought it and had same disappointment! And no possible refund!

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  3. Have you found any decent dual active sim phones since?

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    1. Unfortunately not. Got to admit I have not been looking in detail (have been busy with a new Smartthings Home Automation Hub), but still do keep an eye out. If anyone out there hears of one that is worthwhile I would be very interested!

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    2. Thanks. I keep looking. There doesn't appear to be a clear winner. There are possible phones like the Defender 2 http://thetoughphone.com/defender-2/ but they have other drawbacks, like using an older version of Android!

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    3. I was considering this device, after reading I think I'll pass...

      I came across the Piece www.piece4sim.com, the Worldsim Duet www.worldsim.com/android-iphone-dual-sim-adapter and the Socblue a810 or a820 (Google them) though the info/vreviews I find about them, especially their (Android) apps, isn't great either... Any thoughts?

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