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i'm kent german senior editor at cnet com they were take a first look at the beyond etec duet d8 this phone is similar to the duet d 888 which we looked at a little while ago and that it is a dual sim card phone so that means you can put two SIM cards in here from two different carriers if you want and actually get two different numbers on the phone this is useful for a couple scenarios perhaps if you want a phone that will work for business and for personal use you can put both numbers on the same phone and keep the number separate keep the message is separate you can also use this if you travel overseas you can keep your US sim in here you can get a prepaid sim in whatever country you're traveling in and get calls from both numbers so that functionality still is pretty rare in the United States it is more common especially in phones from Asia it is a touchscreen phone not a great touch screen though not the best graphics and resolution for photos but should be fine for most things does look a little bit like the iPhone in some senses at least the basic shape but your notes down below you actually have a lot more controls you have a toggle in an ok button here in the middle to talk he's one for each line an end power key to soft keys and then a dedicated button for your music player here on the side is just a volume rocker over here you'll have the camera with a couple of speakers the SIM card both the sim card slots and the memory card slot are located behind the batteries so how to remove that to get those out menu system is icon-based pretty easy to navigate and understand some of the menus in the phone are a little frustrating though very much like the duet dat you can find things but they're just a lot of steps to get to where you want to go touch screen is a little clunky you really have to press down firmly and it isn't always accurate either phone does have an FM radio if see there's an antenna down here at the bottom a little unusual you don't see that much anymore the phone is gsm quadband so will work in many countries around the world really that attraction is the dual SIM card slot like i said but i think you can find that functionality and more do wed phones that aren't so difficult to use i'm kent german and this is the duet d hahaha