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I can already see myself, as a tourist who buys a US SIM card to get data on vacation, having to add a SIM card swap to this ordeal to confirm debit card transaction via my EU phone number. Why, oh why...


Could make life easier for tourists wanting to get round a language barrier.


Aren't most smartphones dual-sim by now?


No, most aren't.


I would dispute that -- except for iPhones -- almost all the smart phones I've seen sold in Asia are dual SIM.


My understanding is that the current iPhones offer both a traditional SIM card slot along with an esim, which gives you the option of two sims provided one of the carriers supports esim.

I also believe that current iPhones sold in China support two physical SIM cards and no esim.


That could have something to do with it. I've ordered from India before when I wanted a dual sim android. Local stock for that model was single sim only.

Looked at gsmarena now and indeed most models have dual-sim versions (as well as single sim). But when I look at a local store, it seems that roughly 1/2 has dual sims (that's including eSIM).


> sold in Asia

irrelevant.


If we're talking about tourists it definitely isn't. In fact, the phones that are sold in the US are the irrelevant ones.


Well, Asian phones too I suppose. Most Xiaomi phones if not all are dual sim.


I refuse to buy phones from Chinese government majority owned companies tho.


I own Samsungs, and they are all dual SIMS.


Only in some nations.


Some nations even have laws that prohibit selling phones locked to a particular cell provider.


no


They will have paper menus available as well. Don't panic.




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