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At least on the iPhone you can add many and activate two simultaneously. Most phones weren’t dual-sim!
by MrBuddyCasino 4y ago
At least on the iPhone you can add many and activate two simultaneously. Most phones weren’t dual-sim!
- mschuster91 4y agoDual-SIM phones were the hot shit for years when phones were beginning to take off. I remember some weird adapters that cycled through SIMs when the phone was restarted and all kinds of other hacks.
- gambiting 4y agoI mean, all top end Samsungs are proper dual SIM phones still(they take two physical Sims). #1 reason why I'm still buying them and not any other brand. iPhones also support dual SIM but only with one physical card and one eSIM.
- pmontra 4y agoAlso not top end ones. Example, the Samsung A40, a mid range sub 300 EUR phone. There is plenty of space for SIMs in nowadays' ridiculously sized phones.
- coretx 4y agoYou don't even need Dual-SIM phones, contemporary SIM can contain various numbers/administrations. Both with and without hackery involved. It's just that the carriers don't want it / block it. This is also why many of them outright refuse to sell phones with dual SIM capability.
- mschuster91 4y ago> This is also why many of them outright refuse to sell phones with dual SIM capability. At least here in the EU, carriers don't follow typical US customs any more... a series of court verdicts following the 2005 commerce directive has all but eliminated SIM locking and other hostile practices by carriers, the worst you (unfortunately) still get is bloatware.
- MisterSandman 4y agoWhich is awesome, but it also means that dual-sim capabilities is completely software based. In 10-20 years, could this be part of a subscribption, or be disabled by certain carriers who don't want you to use a cheaper data plan along with their sim?
- MrBuddyCasino 4y agoThey could have demanded this from physical dual-sim models as well. There is always some kind of software involved.