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> I don't know engineering wise why China model phones can't ship with both dual physical slots and support any combo of two physical/eSIM. There doesn't appear
by gst 4y ago
> I don't know engineering wise why China model phones can't ship with both dual physical slots and support any combo of two physical/eSIM. There doesn't appear to be any obvious technical limitation.
As far as I know Chinese carriers don't support eSIMs for smartphones yet. I'm not sure if Apple would have been able to legally ship eSIM support in China, but even if they would be able to do that it would be an additional cost for a feature that nearly none of their customers there would use.
- DivineBicycle 4y agoI don't believe they do as when I asked the people in the China Univom shop them had no idea what I was talking about.
- shalmanese 4y agoAccording to Apple, the following carriers in Greater China support eSIM while all iPhones sold there don't support eSIM: Hong Kong 1O1O 3 csl China Mobile Hong Kong SmarTone --- Taiwan APT Chunghwa Telecom Far EasTone Taiwan Mobile Taiwan Star Truphone --- Macao CTM