The mobile phone industry is a fast paced constantly moving with ever changing designs and upgrades. It is a truly global market with a diverse collection of companies and networks vying for supremacy. What was a functional business sector some fifteen years ago has now become a battle for who produces the most fashionable and feature packed phone. Design, technology and packaging have developed so quickly phones are appearing as compact and dynamic as they ever have done. In fact looking great has never been so important to the mobile phone, with Vertu phones and the Nokia 8800 meaning if you’ve got the money you can hold jewel encrusted and gold plated handsets close to your ear.

Often as with their handsets customers will switch between networks to get the best deal for them, and with work and personal commitments ever more demanding many consumers need the use of more than one sim card. A few of the leading brands have developed their own dual sim handsets, though their limited availability, business like appeal and price can sometimes bypass many would be consumers.