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Apple May Include Support For a Second SIM Card in New iPhones (engadget.com)
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.
Endless stories about Apple supporting features everyone else has offered for years....are Apple customers ever pleasantly surprised?
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It isn't for travelling. It's for having a work account and a private account without having to deal with two phones.
Dual SIM is a must-have.
The S9 is available in dual-SIM by the way, and it isn't exactly dirt cheap.
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There is a far better reason for a dual-sim phone: Private + work sims.
I don't want to hand out my private phone number at work. My boss has it for emergencies, and he's fortunately responsible enough to treat it as such. But I have to have a work phone. So what do I have? Two phones that offer no benefit over a single phone with two SIMs.
Essentially, that would be the first actually useful feature in an iPhone in a long, long time.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
That's not courageous. Courageous is taking something away, this is adding something.
Apple is losing its way, I tell you...
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
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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"... international roaming..."
Roaming is expensive.
Many Blu phones have dual SIMs and cost less than $100. Quoting: Dual SIM:
A Dual SIM gives you several advantages... If you have two SIM slots in your mobile device, you don't need to worry about these issues: (The writing on the Blu web site is poor. I improved it.)
1) Exchanging SIM cards from one phone to another.
2) Carrying two phones in your pocket.
3) Remembering to charge two devices.
4) You can take advantage of different voice/data plans for better rates, better coverage, and separate bills.
5) You can separate personal and business phone calls.
6) For the international traveler, a Dual SIM phone can avoid roaming charges by having a domestic carrier SIM and an international carrier SIM.
There are many millions of people who work independently, as freelancers, contractors, through their own small businesses, etc. Carrying one phone with two numbers instead of two phones would potentially be helpful to almost all of those people.
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