For years, there has been a wish among millions of iPhone lovers that Apple provide a dual-SIM version of the iPhone; And we've seen a lot of accessories come in to make this up. And recently, a lot of rumors said that the 6.1-inch version with an LCD screen, which is the cheapest, will come with a dual-SIM card. Good news if it happens, but as a person interested in Apple and its news for 10 years, I see this matter very strange, but the sources that talk about this matter are large and credible are behind the rumors. Could an Apple or virtual chip be the magic answer?

Will the Apple chip and the virtual chip move to the iPhone?


Why is Apple against two slices?

For years, many of the major companies have been offering dual SIM phones, but Apple rejects this entirely. There are many reasons, but the main reason is that the chip is a nuisance for companies. You are forced to place the chip in the edge of the device and thus place the electronic parts that read the chip next to where you insert it. What if the design team and engineers want this place to offer a specific feature? Here they have to find another place or it is canceled because it is not a slide waiver. Now imagine that you want to put 2 slides, i.e. increase the wasted space.

So Apple has been antagonizing the chip since time immemorial. Perhaps many observers do not know that Apple was the one behind the design of the Nano chip for the communications we currently use. Yes, in the past we were using a Micro chip, and in mid-2012, Apple's proposed design for a smaller chip was chosen to be the standard for connectivity chips. “Apple's competitor was the Nokia-Motorola alliance,” and this shows us that Apple is very interested in the communication segment.


Is virtual chip the solution?

In the Apple Watch third generation Apple introduced the default chip "preceded Apple Samsung in its Gear S2 3G smart watch." The default chip means that there is no physical chip in the watch but it connects to phone networks. This may be the future magic bullet for iPhone; Apple puts a real chip as it is now and you get an additional virtual chip that you can program from inside the iPhone itself. This solution is ideal because it means that Apple continues with the same current design and there is no need to occupy a new place. The following picture shows the size of the contact cards compared to the electronic chip that works as the default e-SIM

But the disadvantage of this solution is that this new Apple chip suffers from a problem, which is that it requires special support from telecommunications companies, and until our current moment it only works in 17 countries. Even these 17 countries do not support all the telecommunications companies in them, as you find that they support one network in France, one only in Germany, one in England, and so on. Of course, it is unreasonable for Apple to provide a SIM feature, and actually more than half of Apple's customers cannot. The virtual chip, for example, by the way, works in China, even in some cities. This means that if you are in a supported country and in a supported network, this does not mean that you will work with you everywhere.


How about an Apple chip?

Perhaps the solution is for Apple to put its chip in an integrated way to the iPhone. And for those who do not know what the Apple SIM card is, in October 2014, Apple announced the iPad Air 2, and at that time it announced the provision of a communications chip from Apple itself. This chip idea is not a list that Apple will provide you with a telephone network but a programmable chip. In countries around the world, Apple contracts with telecommunications companies to provide service to its customers. And any country you go to or even without going to any country, you can go to the iPad settings where the chip is placed, then choose the carrier you want to work with, choose the package and pay for Apple. So you don't need to change the chip. The Apple chip supports more than 180 countries around the world, which means that it is a magic bullet.

Of course, the comment would be that this means that Apple itself is putting in place a second chip; But this is not my intention, but that Apple provides the chip in a built-in form inside the iPhone and is not removable, so Apple puts it anywhere, even if it is below the battery. If you want to get an additional SIM for your phone, you must subscribe with Apple. Imagine the extra revenue and billions you would make.


Conclusion

All this article is just my imagination of the form of a way in which Apple can apply the addition of 2 SIM cards in the iPhone without the need to modify the design or create an additional burden on the iPhone. Incidentally, there are many obstacles against adding an additional chip, as a second chip means more battery drain, for example. But we imagine together a different shape, and we may find Apple launching the same iPhone with one chip or two traditions, especially that the iPhone will have a large 2-inch screen and this means a large space that Apple can exploit in providing the two slices and a large battery and all things without a problem.

Do you expect Apple to offer two SIM cards in the next iPhone? Will Apple provide it in the traditional way or by using special technologies such as the virtual chip or the Apple chip? Let us know what you think in the comments

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