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Dual-SIM Dual Standby Feature May Be Limited to Version of 6.1-Inch iPhone Available Only in China

Maybe our (UK) roaming terms are better than North America?

For example, I’m with Vodafone and I get 40GB data, unlimited minutes & texts. I can roam in the EU for nothing and use as much or as little of my allowances as I wish.

When we went to NYC last November for the marathon, I paid £5 per day to use those allowances.

It made life so much simpler than fannying around with local SIMs. Just turn on data roaming, keep my normal phone number (so no notifying anyone of a temporary number) and away I went.
 
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I couldnt do without a dual sim phone since i first had mine, Used to have my work sim as secondary sim and my home sim as primary, saved carrying 2 phones, and when set up in the car via bluetooth meant both sims were live as opposed to only being able to link one phone at a time

Since setting up my own business i have carried this practice on because its just too handy , plus the benefit that with the dual sims i can have duplicate apps set for each sim number i.e FB Messenger, Whatsapp etc.
 
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"Apple is planning to introduce a dual-SIM dual standby iPhone in China because it is common for people in China to have more than one mobile phone number. As many as three to four billion consumers use dual SIM cards, and many smartphones in China already offer support for more than one SIM card. To remain competitive in the Chinese market and lure customers from Android devices, Apple also needs to support the feature."

okey-dokey.
 
justperry said:
I am 100% sure there are no 3-4 billion active dual sim phones, that's half of the earth's population, maybe they took into account all the old and discarded dual sim phones in the drawers.

But, I do know dual sim is widely used in Asia, been living there, mostly SE Asia.
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I forgot to put it in the reply, the original source meant 300 to 400 miliion active Dual Sim Phone in China. Or roughly 50% of the Chinese Smartphone market.
 
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Bustycat said:
One of the major reasons of people in Taiwan or mainland China not choosing an iPhone is lacking of dual-SIM. Many people in the regions have their personal number and business number so a phone that can support dual-SIM should be critical.
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This is also case for other countries, I have friends using company mobile phone in London. But not sure if there are many of them though.
 
Azzin said:
Maybe our (UK) roaming terms are better than North America?

For example, I’m with Vodafone and I get 40GB data, unlimited minutes & texts. I can roam in the EU for nothing and use as much or as little of my allowances as I wish.

When we went to NYC last November for the marathon, I paid £5 per day to use those allowances.

It made life so much simpler than fannying around with local SIMs. Just turn on data roaming, keep my normal phone number (so no notifying anyone of a temporary number) and away I went.
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So how much did it cost you a week, instead of buying a prepaid local sim?
[doublepost=1533378184][/doublepost]Why is it costing $100 to add an extra sim slot?
 
big-ted said:
So how much did it cost you a week, instead of buying a prepaid local sim?
[doublepost=1533378184][/doublepost]Why is it costing $100 to add an extra sim slot?
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My Uk carrier gives me free roaming to the United States with an allowance of 15 gb a month.
No extra fee.
 
I’m sure there is a lot of pushback against the dual SIMs from the US carriers. Last thing they want is people using another network.
Also, most people buy their 1k dollar phones on installments which means the carriers can lock them.
 
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As expected, iPhone 6.1" is china edition (meant for asian markets). They would not have designed it had they not been so persistent on increasing sales in that region.

This phone happens to be right up my alley. Not a fan of OLED, and I think a phone between the regular and plus size would be sweet. Not a fan of the last gen CPU though.

Anyone have any guesses as to what the screen real estate would be for this device? Same as the 5.8"? Or maybe in between the regular and plus?
 
I switched to a Galaxy S9, didn't think dual sim would ever be a handy feature to me but travelling Australia it really is useful! I use both Telstra and Optus and it works flawlessly. The only thing easier would be if the Australian mobile companies created a better network...
 
I believe this is a growing market in Europe where many large companies are finally providing smartphones to their employees.

Nobody wants to carry two smartphones, a personal and a professional one, so dual sim could come in very handy here.
 
Really want that dual sim since I travel back and forth to SE Asia quite a bit. Come on Apple!
 
sim cards need to die, what a huge waste of space inside a phone. give us electronic sims already with full ability to change carriers and multiple number support. apple has an enormous amount of leverage, they should use it.
 
Cayden said:
Seems reasonable to me, there seems to be a lot less demand for this in the states. I know some would use it, but the majority of people wouldn’t find much use for a double sim in that states at least
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At least untill you have used it. Having the ability to be out of reach and available at the same time is awesome. However, having two phone with you isn’t much fun.
 
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