5g Dual Sim Android Phone with additional microSD slot recommendations?

[hilariousandco]

Looking for suggestions for a new phone.

Must be:

Android
5G
Dual sim
With additional micro SD slot (minimum 500gb capacity but preferably 1TB).

Currently got a P30 Lite and it's perfectly fine and I like the design and weight of it, but you can only use one sim if you're using a micro SD card. The phone also apparently only takes SD cards up to 500gb as well but haven't checked if it accepts 1tb cards yet.

Current phone and dimensions are below and would like something of a similar build and weight (nothing too heavy or large):

[Bttzed03]

You can't have it all it seems.

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has all the features (including 1TB capacity) you want except the dual sim with extra slot for microSD card.

Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G lets you use 3 SIMs, or 2 SIMs and a microSD card "but you will only be able to keep the eSIM and SIM slot 1 active at the same time".

Asus Zenfone 7 and Zenfone 7 Pro are both dual sims with dedicated slot for microSD card but I don't know the capacity.

[hilariousandco]

You can't have it all it seems.

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has all the features (including 1TB capacity) you want except the dual sim with extra slot for microSD card.

Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G lets you use 3 SIMs, or 2 SIMs and a microSD card "but you will only be able to keep the eSIM and SIM slot 1 active at the same time".

Asus Zenfone 7 and Zenfone 7 Pro are both dual sims with dedicated slot for microSD card but I don't know the capacity.

Asus Zenfone 7 phone seems to meet the main requirements but it's a little big and pretty pricey. Doesn't seem to be available in the UK though but there's a few Amazon sellers but it's going for £700-900 which is far too much. Don't really wanna spend more than £500. Think I paid less than £200 for my current phone. Maybe I should drop the dual sim idea.

[devil2man]

I don't like samsung phones so much, this one struck me instead, it seems to me a good one Xiaomi Redmi 10X 5G CN Version

[hilariousandco]

I don't like samsung phones so much, this one struck me instead, it seems to me a good one Xiaomi Redmi 10X 5G CN Version

Never had a Samsung but according to the following the Xiaomi Redmi 10X 5G uses shared SIM slot (unless the CN version is different): https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_10x_5g-10266.php

[Bttzed03]

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Don't really wanna spend more than £500.

Haven't heard about this brand for a long time but this showed up in my news feed Nokia 8.3 5G

Priced around £500
Dual Sim
Dedicated card slot

Full specs https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_8_3_5g-10142.php

[hilariousandco]

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Don't really wanna spend more than £500.

Haven't heard about this brand for a long time but this showed up in my news feed Nokia 8.3 5G

Priced around £500
Dual Sim
Dedicated card slot

Full specs https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_8_3_5g-10142.php

Thanks. That actually looks quite nice. Currently £350 on sale which looks to be great value: https://www.very.co.uk/nokia-83nbsp5gnbsp64gb-polar-night/1600524145.prd?sku=sku22909437

Or £399 direct from Nokia with some accessories: https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/seasonaloffers

I used to be a big fan of Nokia back in the day and had multiple of their devices over the years, but unfortunately I'm not sure if it's got a dedicated SD slot, or maybe there's different versions as you can see in this review: https://youtu.be/ISjAJnJtbu0?t=231

GSM arena isn't always accurate on their specs. I actually bought the Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G but it's not actually dual sim with a dedicated SD slot as they stated: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_10t_lite_5g-10480.php

It's a very good phone for the price though. I might actually sell it though as I could probably make a little of money on it and just wait for a phone that meets all my requirements. Mi seems to release a lot of phones and quite cheaply so maybe they'll do a dedicated dual sim one eventually.

[Jet Cash]

I bought the Huawei P40 lite E for £130, andit is great, dual sim and SD card in a single tray. It's 4G, but I think there is a 5G version for a bit more.

[hilariousandco]

I bought the Huawei P40 lite E for £130, andit is great, dual sim and SD card in a single tray. It's 4G, but I think there is a 5G version for a bit more.

But can you use two sims and an SD card at the same time? Seems not according to this: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p40_lite_e-10112.php (though as I mentioned before they're not always accurate).

The Huawei P40 lite 5G also seems to be a shared slot and I don't think it accepts SD cards but Huawei's own 'nano memory' cards: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p40_lite_5g-10236.php

[BenjaminDulhunty]

What about OnePlus 8 Pro?
Or OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 edition?

[Jet Cash]

But can you use two sims and an SD card at the same time? Seems not according to this: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p40_lite_e-10112.php (though as I mentioned before they're not always accurate).

The Huawei P40 lite 5G also seems to be a shared slot and I don't think it accepts SD cards but Huawei's own 'nano memory' cards: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p40_lite_5g-10236.php

It isn't a slot, but a removable tray with 3 dedicated spaces. I haven't tried to use 2 sim cards at the same time, but you can switch between them via the software. I'm not sure what would happen if you had calls with different providers. I've only got one account at the moment, so I can't really test it.

It's a standard nano sd card, but I'm not sure what the max capacity is.

[hilariousandco]

But can you use two sims and an SD card at the same time? Seems not according to this: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p40_lite_e-10112.php (though as I mentioned before they're not always accurate).

The Huawei P40 lite 5G also seems to be a shared slot and I don't think it accepts SD cards but Huawei's own 'nano memory' cards: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p40_lite_5g-10236.php

It isn't a slot, but a removable tray with 3 dedicated spaces. I haven't tried to use 2 sim cards at the same time, but you can switch between them via the software. I'm not sure what would happen if you had calls with different providers. I've only got one account at the moment, so I can't really test it.

It's a standard nano sd card, but I'm not sure what the max capacity is.

Well, the tray has slots. The shared one looks like this:



Whilst a dedicated one looks like this:



As far as I'm aware you can't take calls on both sims at the same time but both numbers are active and can both receive calls and texts. Much better than carrying two phones around and I'm not that popular as to get a lot of calls so it's not a big deal.

[bigvision]

Hi

I am using Xiaomi, before that was with iphone.

I suggest you to buy - Xiaomi 10 (Mi 10) ! There are lite and pro, like always lite is cheaper than pro but the phone is amazing for this price !

Check it out !

[hilariousandco]

Hi

I am using Xiaomi, before that was with iphone.

I suggest you to buy - Xiaomi 10 (Mi 10) ! There are lite and pro, like always lite is cheaper than pro but the phone is amazing for this price !

Check it out !

The Mi 10 doesn't even have a SD card slot, does it?

[bigvision]

Hi

I am using Xiaomi, before that was with iphone.

I suggest you to buy - Xiaomi 10 (Mi 10) ! There are lite and pro, like always lite is cheaper than pro but the phone is amazing for this price !

Check it out !

The Mi 10 doesn't even have a SD card slot, does it?

Hi again
I just checked and you are right.. sorry that i suggested to you this brand. Why this phone doesn't have slot i don't know.. My Xiaomis are cheaper than MI 10 and have SD.

[hilariousandco]

Bump. Still looking. New Huawei phones are probably out of the question as apparently they can't have microSD cards in them and use their own nano memory. Don't think they can use the Google store either. Mi phones are very good value and their older models used to come with dual sims and microsd slots so I'll probably just have to wait for one of the new ones to do so.