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Reg Hardware Mobile Week Viewsonic focused on those with multiple mobile accounts this week, making an appearance at Mobiel World Congress (MWC) 2012 to reveal a collection of dual-Sim smartphones. One model bears a very similar moniker to Apple's popular handset, the 4S, so it's very possible that the Cupertino lawyers …

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  1. g e
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    4S

    Apple will probably only get anywhere suing over '4S' if this phone also turns out to be a disappointing anti-climax to what people thought Viewsonic were going to release as it would possibly be copying Apple's 4S too closely.

    Plus there's a micro nuclear reactor design by Toshiba called a 4S, some clinical software called 4S-Dawn and a Porsche Carrera 911 4S, all of which, presumably, were less of a disappointment to people...

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    1. Greg Eden
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      Re: 4S

      It did not bother Apple to bring out a music player called a Nano when Creative had a music player called a Nano that had been around for years. However, I have no doubt they will carry on when someone does it to them.

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  2. Craigness

    Influenced by...

    HTC, the iphone, Palm Pre. In that order.

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  3. Khaptain Silver badge
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    Dual Sims - Good News

    I don't really care about the perfs or the looks but it does have "dual sim cards" Isn't this the first reasonable smart phone to have them?

    Correct me if I am wrong but I don't recall Apple, Samsung or HTC have any "dual sims" within the last year or so. ( Motorola rings a bell bit I can't remember why).

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  4. N13L5

    dual SIMs is useful, but...

    But while essentially useful, dual SIMs isn't really that big of a trick to implement.

    So I don't see why the only way to get dual SIMs should be in these obviously ho-hum, underspecced, somewhat clunky phones...

    Whats the deal, Viewsonic? even Chinese el-cheapo outfits do equal or better than this.

    Picked the wrong designs and the wrong manufacturing, or just hoping to make a mint from saving tons of cash on the cheesy hardware spec, while cramming it down the throats of those desperate for the 2 SIM function?

    Samsung, can you please build us a decent phone with 2 SIMs, so we don't have to resort to this?

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