950 XL Dual SIM variant US availability

[Doug Swallow]

Any thoughts on US availability of the Dual SIM variant of the 950 XL (and 950)?

The 950 XL Dual SIM web page from Microsoft is a Middle East/Africa source: Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM Specifications - Microsoft - Middle East and Africa

No sign of it on the US version, and no mention in the Microsoft Store, just the single SIM versions.

I do wish Microsoft would just sell the things unlocked in their stores, all models, and be done with it. I'm tired of carrier deals and variants not being easy if even possible to locate a source one can buy them from. It shouldn't be this difficult to buy a product. I'm tired of bands being locked out for some reason or another, even when the phone is capable of it. I'm tired of little carrier logos popping up everywhere and being on my device. I'm tired of not even being able to identify specific variants by the exact model number and knowing 100% for certain what each has that others may not. Fortunately the radios seem to be standardizing on wider support rather than so many unique individual models with different subsets of bands so it's less and less an issue, but is it really so hard to make the information easily available?

 

[CaptainLumia]

This is a huge concern for me as well. I bought an international version of the 640 XL LTE Dual SIM in the US. Of course the screen was defective and you know it: MS won't honor the warranty. I won't make that mistake again. Let's pray to the phone Gods we get a dual sim version in the US.

 

[Ultimaty]

Same here, I so want to buy an unlocked clean dual SIM 950 without any carrier logo/malware in it.

 

[pankaj981]

I wouldn't hold my breath on it since dual SIM phones have never been a hit in the US.

 

[anguilla1980]

Best we can do is as we did with the 640 dual sim, simply buy the variant (asian, euro, etc) that has the bands we want for where we travel.

 

[aitt]

Gonna have to buy it international.

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[pankaj981]

Best we can do is as we did with the 640 dual sim, simply buy the variant (asian, euro, etc) that has the bands we want for where we travel.

First look for the Canadian/Latin American variants since they have the closest US carrier matching bands.

 

[CaptainLumia]

Best we can do is as we did with the 640 dual sim, simply buy the variant (asian, euro, etc) that has the bands we want for where we travel.

The 640 XL RM-1065 was a US variant that was Dual SIM, LTE.

 

[anguilla1980]

The 640 XL RM-1065 was a US variant that was Dual SIM, LTE.

That's great, hopefully will be the same for the 950 XL, but I was referring to the 640 (non-XL) in my post which is what I own so I can only speak towards that model.

 

[CaptainLumia]

That's great, hopefully will be the same for the 950 XL, but I was referring to the 640 (non-XL) in my post which is what I own so I can only speak towards that model.

I gotcha! How about they ONLY make dual sim lte models of the 950 and 950 xl? Instead of having 8 flavors, this isn't an ice cream shop for crying out loud!

 

[CaptainLumia]

Straight from the horse's mouth, in the words of Dumb and Dumber "So you're saying there's a chance!"

https://forums.windowscentral.com/e...l-dual-sim%2Fspecifications%2F&token=2Umr4quu

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

I'm desperate for a dual sim UK variant of the Lumia 950. Would be great for travelling as I'm planning to start going to gaming conventions abroad. Being able to whack a local sim in would be a godsend. Though dependent on the country I'm in I might be able to blag it on Three at Home (thus removing most of the need for a local sim except for calling numbers in that country)

 

[Doug Swallow]

One interesting spec difference is max LTE speed.

For the Single SIM 950 XL (Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Specifications - Microsoft - Global), it shows:

• LTE max data speed DL: 300 Mbps (Cat 6)
• LTE max data speed UL: 50 Mbps (Cat 6)

And for the Dual SIM 950 XL (https://forums.windowscentral.com/e...l-dual-sim%2Fspecifications%2F&token=NgDb4lkq) it shows:

• LTE max data speed DL: 150 Mbps (Cat 4)
• LTE max data speed UL: 50 Mbps (Cat 4)

I don't know whether to attribute it to something real that may be a side effect of working with dual SIMs and the radios, or if it's just carelessness when creating the specs.

 

[CaptainLumia]

One interesting spec difference is max LTE speed.

For the Single SIM 950 XL (Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Specifications - Microsoft - Global), it shows:

• LTE max data speed DL: 300 Mbps (Cat 6)
• LTE max data speed UL: 50 Mbps (Cat 6)

And for the Dual SIM 950 XL (Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM Specifications - Microsoft - Global) it shows:

• LTE max data speed DL: 150 Mbps (Cat 4)
• LTE max data speed UL: 50 Mbps (Cat 4)

I don't know whether to attribute it to something real that may be a side effect of working with dual SIMs and the radios, or if it's just carelessness when creating the specs.

Carelessness?!?! Never! That would be a first for MS, right? I'm glad to see it on the US site though. I will only buy direct from MS (store or online) after my disaster with my 640 XL warranty.

 

[MikeSo]

When I went to the Microsoft Store today, the only display model they had was the Dual SIM version. I'd say that's a good sign at least.

 

[manicottiK]

When I went to the Microsoft Store today, the only display model they had was the Dual SIM version.

Where? U.S.?

 

[MikeSo]

Where? U.S.?

Yes.

 

[PepperdotNet]

Demo 950XL in New Orleans (Metairie) Microsoft Store are dual-sim RM-1116_15357, running 10.0.10546.0, Carrier is "NAM CV" 000-US.

 

[anguilla1980]

Demo 950XL in New Orleans (Metairie) Microsoft Store are dual-sim RM-1116_15357, running 10.0.10546.0, Carrier is "NAM CV" 000-US.

Is that a 32GB version?

 

[bobsjets]

I would like to point out that the demo 950XL that I looked at in the Microsoft store at Westfield Topanga was a dual sim model. I did preorder one today.....