MediaTek has announced that they have partnered with LG to bring the world’s first triple-SIM 3G smartphones. LG had already launched a triple SIM feature phone, A290 with triple support in India last year. LG starting launching dual SIM Android smartphones last year starting with Optimus Net Dual with a dedicated SIM switch key to switch between either SIM cards easily. This continued in the Optimus L Series and L Series II Range. The Optimus L4 II Dual is the latest Dual SIM Android smartphone from LG, which also comes with a dedicated SIM switch key.
The 3G Triple-SIM technology would let you use all the three SIM cards simultaneously. Users can receive receive calls, transmit data, send SMS messages and remain in standby mode concurrently without consuming excessive battery life. MediaTek is one of the popular chip vendors who offers multi-SIM chipset. The company did not reveal details about the chipset or modem that would be used in the upcoming Triple SIM 3G smartphones developed by LG. However it revealed that the smartphones would have built-in user interface to directly adjust or turn off the multi-SIM function.
LG did not reveal when they would show off their triple-SIM 3G smartphones. We can probably expect it at the MWC 2013 in the next L Series range.