Lemon Trio 320 – When three’s not a crowd

Lemon Trio 320 – When three’s not a crowd
Whenever we unpack a new gadget, we try not to peek at its specifications and photos emblazoned all over the packaging. Looking at a gadget in such a way gives us a clean, unfettered opinion sans any associated PR purple prose. At first glance, the Trio 320 looks like a solid little brick. And we mean solid – this phone is made of plastic, but it’s well constructed. For such an entry-level device, it feels unnecessarily large and quite thick. For one, the bezel surrounding the display is thick, adding to the dimensions. The phone is also as thick as Nokia’s N95 8 GB; the only reason we can think of, is the huge (for a phone of this range) battery, rated at 1500 mAh. Sound overkill? This phone supports three simultaneous networks. Remember that constant antenna scanning and maintaining a signal is a power hungry process. Therefore, with three SIM cards, this sort of battery is very much needed.

Wait a minute – did we just say three SIMs? In case you’re wondering if that was a typo – it wasn’t. The Trio 320 (name’s a hint!) supports two GSM SIM cards and one CDMA UIM SIM. Now you might ask yourself – why three SIM card slots? Well, a lot of people use more than one phone number – one office number and another personal number, for example. This phone will allow you to use multiple numbers in a single handset, which, in our opinion is a lot more convenient than lugging two (or three) cellphones around.