January 27th, 2009 
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General Mobile DSTL1
We just received a note from cell phone manufacturer General Mobile telling us that it plans on showing off the world’s first dual-SIM capable Android powered phone at the 2009 Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona next month.
The phone, called the DSTL1, is shown in a few renderings in the gallery below. Astute readers will note that the button configuration on the phone, as shown, won’t fly for Android. Android phones currently need 5 hardware buttons in order to work (home, back, menu, call send, call end). General Mobile says that the front of the phone will change from what is shown in the renderings in order to accommodate Android. But I’m also a bit worried about the display, which is said to be a 400×240 pixel unit manufactured by Sharp.
The potential issue is that if the Kogan Agora’s 320×240 pixel display didn’t offer enough resolution to run future Android apps reliably, will 400×240 be all that much better? We’ll see. For its part, General Mobile has told me that if the display proves to be a problem, it will increase its resolution.
Lastly, I was told to expect the device to ship during Q3 of this year.
Current specs (which are not the same pre-Android ones as those listed on the company’s website) and photo gallery after the jump:
The specs as they stand today are as follows:
- Dual-SIM cards with dual-Standby mode
- 624MHz Marvell PXA 310 processor
- Tri-band GSM/EDGE support (900/1800/1900MHz)
- 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 260k colors
- 802.11b/g WiFi support
- Bluetooth
- 135g (4.75oz), 112 x 54 x 16mm (4.4 x 2.1 x .6 inches)
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera with flash (made by Sony)
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[...] Impressive. Apparently the DSTL1 it will be at Barcelona’s 3GSM in Februaryt and I will be there to see if all these features are the real thing and how much this beast will cost. But on paper and renderings, it may be the first phone that would make me drop my iPhone. The only “but” for me: It’s 0.63 inches thick (16mm). Too much of a brick after being used to the ultra-thin iPhone. [General Mobil via Android Authority] [...]
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This baby looks awesome! I hope all the GPhones will look similar
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Ummm…yeah, isn’t that the same screen resolution which caused the Kogan Agora to be delayed indefinitely? Just a wider aspect ratio?
[...] Impressive. Apparently the DSTL1 it will be at Barcelona’s 3GSM in February and I will be there to see if all these features are the real thing and how much this beast will cost. But on paper and renderings, it may be the first phone that would make me drop my iPhone. The only “but” for me: It’s 0.63 inches thick (16mm). Too much of a brick after being used to the ultra-thin iPhone. [General Mobil via Android Authority] [...]
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Not the same, but close. 400×240 instead of 320×240.
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it is really good design.I visited their webside they have a lot of dual sim phone.I think this brand have experince about dual sim phones.That’s good idea.They called New World New Ideas
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looks great this phone… and better with 2 sim cards
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Is that dual cameras I see?! The renderings appear to have some sort of little lensy-looking thing aiming back at the viewer… 2-way Skype video anyone??
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[...] the Xphone-SDK runs Android on a PXA-310 SoC clocked to 624MHz making it very similar to the DSTL1. Similarly, it seems to come with the same 3-inch Sharp touchscreen and tri-band GPRS/EDGE [...]
what is the price of General Mobile showing dual-SIM DSTL1 Android phone at Mobile World Congress.
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I am see your mobile DSTL1 and i want parchies this mobile for personal use only
I want purchese this phone for personal use only
How can i collect this mobile
I like much bettr betwen other product.so can i recived this device ?and how is possible
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yeah I agree with all o ya..
BUT you know what the problem?
IT’s VERY EXPENSIVE !
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I ordered a DSTL1 from the manufacturer’s site (499$ plus shipment) and got it two days ago. I love it. It works great in Europe with Vodafone and Orange, most of the android applications i’ve tried on it worked, the display is good (even if people don’t like resistive displays), and it’s so very, very cool!
I just hope that in a year or two they’ll make DSTL2 (or whatever they’ll call it), with better screen resolution, more memory and a GPS.
These phones are available on BensBazaar.com