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The current and last several iphones have been dual sim, one physical and one eSim.

I'm wondering if they keep an eSIM-only model as having two eSIMs.

The dual sim implementation is very weird, like its clear they only imagine that someone is popping in a different SIM for travel, as opposed to just having two numbers they use all the time like I do. Even most of the support is catered to travellers with a temporary second physical sim.

The OS implementation is odd, but has gotten better. Only FaceTime can't differentiate.

But I really wish Apple would do more contact management, even with permissions. Should be a way to silo certain contacts. Not every app I share contacts with should know every contact.



And if you buy a Chinese market iPhone, you can have dual physical SIMs!

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209086


Funny, I bet there is a similar Chinese thread to this one where Chinese are moaning about not having access to eSIM devices.


iPhone 13 supports dual eSIMs.


Thats interesting.

I looked it up now:

Two active plans with dual eSIM

Or

Two active plans with a physical SIM and an eSIM

Weird that it cant just do 3 active plans

Is it a radio limitation?


iPhone and Pixel had/have a serious bug that can't do emergency call on specific dual SIM setup (dual (e)SIM installed but one SIM is data-only) in Japan. Apple takes over 2 months to fix this, Google still not fixed after 1 month. I wonder how they miss.




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