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Apple May Include Support For a Second SIM Card in New iPhones (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Could Apple be planning on support for dual SIM cards with the new iPhone? It's possible. From a report: 9to5Mac was taking iOS 12 developer beta 5 out for a test drive and noticed something interesting in diagnostic report generation. There are clearly references to a "second SIM status." iPhones currently support eSIMs along with normal SIMs, so this could be nothing. But the diagnostic report also references "second SIM tray status," which signals that Apple could be planning on including support for a second physical SIM card with new iPhones.

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  1. Boring by datavirtue · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Endless stories about Apple supporting features everyone else has offered for years....are Apple customers ever pleasantly surprised?

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  2. Re:But I thought... by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There is a far better reason for a dual-sim phone: Private + work sims.

    That's not a good reason. You should have wholly separate phones. Yeah, nobody wants to do that. But it's necessary from a security standpoint. Work should not permit your personal phone on their network, and they should not allow you to install your choice of apps on your work phone. If they have any other policy, they're asking for trouble.

    So what do I have? Two phones that offer no benefit over a single phone with two SIMs.

    Compartmentalization is a tangible benefit.

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