Apple announced some time ago about the eSIM technology in the iPhone, which enables you to use two SIM cards, one of them is physical as usual and the other is virtual that does not occupy space in the phone. Indeed, the feature has been activated by networks in many countries, including some of our Arab countries. But this year the feature has been upgraded to get even better.
before
It was possible for the iPhone to use two SIM cards, provided that one of them is a normal nano-SIM, as most of us use, and that the other is an eSIM, any electronic chip.
New with iPhone 13
You can now choose to either use it as before or use two eSIMs without relying on any physical SIM. This is great for several reasons.
Activating an eSIM is easy and very fast
When you buy a new number, you usually have to go to the carrier's branch and get a SIM or wait for it to come to you in the mail and maybe wait some time for activation.
As for the eSIM, it can be activated via a QR code or any other method through the company's application or website, from your place at home, and then start using directly.
Safer when the phone is stolen
It used to be that the first thing a phone thief would do is pull out the SIM card in the device to prevent calls from arriving, cut off the Internet and prevent the authorities from tracking the chip. If all the chips in the device are eSIM, then he has no chance of removing the chip. Either leave the device closed forever or unlock it and then you can track the device with the help of the authorities in most countries and even without using find my in some places because the authorities can locate the chips when you call them.
Can 3 slides be used then?
No. In theory, you have 3 places. Two eSIMs in addition to the usual nano-sim port. But you can only use two of them at the same time.
In the end, the eSIM is an old plan for Apple; You can go back to the Blogger's article in 2013 regarding Apple patenting a bogus chip of –this link– Or Ben Sami’s April 2018 article in which he predicted that the iPhone Xs will not support 2 traditional SIMs, but an Apple SIM or a virtual SIM –this link– Or Mahmoud Sharaf’s article at the end of 2018 after the launch of the iPhone Xs and we expected the end of the era of the basic chip –this link-
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Good morning everyone, and in the event that you wanted the device for maintenance, the chip will appear. If it is possible to close it with a secret number, the technician wants to test the connection in the device? I think that it is an impractical idea to serve customers well by responding to their instructions regarding normal problems !!!
It is not important or of great importance, even if, as you mentioned, it is useful to a certain degree, but the important thing is whether it is possible to receive calls on a number from the two SIMs without losing the other SIM to the network, and thus receiving the call when the other number is busy with another call, and this is the most important and what we were waiting for from Apple or is it difficult that The turtle jumps and Apple will continue to develop the iPhone by train
Mobily, you can change your SIM from a regular SIM to an electronic one through the application and do it in a short time
The same applies to us in Egypt, but unfortunately, we do not know why!!!
Just to clarify, when you run the Google Voice service, you do not need a second SIM that works with the same esim feature, and this service from Google is only available in America and Canada for free
In America, we do not need this technology, and the reason is Google Voice. I personally have an Att line, and at the same time, Google Voice is free and works just like the paid line 😂😂 and I have used that service from Google for several years without any cost
But eSim, Etisalat Emirates, charges a subscription fee of 25 dirhams per month.. This has angered many users, including me ☹️
It is only a one-time issuance fee of XNUMX dirhams and not XNUMX for Etisalat and Du subscribers, and what I referred to regarding the monthly fee is to activate the watch chip if it supports it.
In Morocco, you can buy a SIM card in the public street, and as soon as you put it in the phone, you do it directly without the slightest movement. Just put it in the phone, enter the secret code, call, and the SIMs are sold for half a dollar with a balance of two dollars
Thank God we have two physical sims in China, and I think it is the only version of the iPhone that provides two physical sims
I mean, in iPhone 13, you can operate three chips, according to what I understood, two electronic and one normal, is this correct?
Two Esim at the same time or SIM and one Esim at the same time only.
Hi
Mr. Tarek, do you have any information on when the esim will be activated in Egypt?
Greetings to you, your work team, and all the best brothers
Don't ask me about Egypt, I'm tired of chasing telecom companies, do you think that eSim technology is the only one we're missing? We've been losing many technologies in the whole world for years, starting from the virtual mailbox, to voice via Wi-Fi, to the fifth generation, To … and no longer, unfortunately our country supported GPS when Nokia threatened it not to provide devices for them, and we were the last countries in the world to support old technology such as GPS. Please don't ask me about Egypt. The one in it is enough.
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Of course, this comment is a little off topic
The eSIM may not work when roaming so it is best to use a physical one when traveling. For me, I prefer to activate the eSIM in the destination country, and there is a very beautiful application called airalo, where you can buy a data SIM without having to go to the service provider's offices.
There is an international esim called DENT
You can download the application from the Apple Store and you can travel and roam without having to change anything.
Since its first appearance, I have been using it
It saved me from carrying two devices
“When you buy a new number, you usually have to go to the carrier’s branch and get a SIM or wait for it to come to you in the mail and maybe wait for some time to activate.”
Unfortunately, a telecom company in the UAE can send a physical SIM with a new number on the same day and without visiting any branch, but if you want to activate an esim, you must go to an Etisalat branch to activate it.
Yes, this is very strange from advanced companies in the Emirates, I am now in Egypt and I cannot get my SIM because I have to go.
The best invention from Apple. Easy for everyone.
Samsung S21 works with this feature.
May God reward you.. God give you wellness 🌹
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Sorry to comment on this, but I mean to respond to Brother Hamed Al-Qazzaz so that the topic is not lost - an opportunity for Engineer Tariq to allow us to comment on the responses, such as Facebook -. The important thing is to use two virtual sims, as I previously checked the Apple website and did not find this information, especially since I did not try two sims, but to make sure, please send the reference link from the Apple website.
Clear writing means that details are mentioned that do not prejudice the intention, that is, we mean in this example that the comparison with the previous situation for non-iPhone devices is mentioned, and this can be clarified with a better context and text because there is no “new” at the level of previous iPhones.
Thanks for the clarification in the reply.
It is still not clear to you, dear brother
Yes, you can activate more than one electronic chip on the iPhone, but you cannot (operate) two of them at the same time, only an electronic chip and one with the physical chip.
What is new is that you can (operate) two electronic cards at the same time
“You can now choose to either use it as before or use two eSIMs without relying on any physical SIM…”
Regarding the feature that was explained above, the eSim, you mentioned that it is a new feature with the ability to install two eSims. I think this is not true. This feature that the iPhone has two virtual sims is possible since it was launched in the previous iPhones, and there is no need for the regular sim earlier or later unless the user wants to do that, that is, to install the physical because he needs it, so there is nothing to link the use of the virtual chip to the physical Logically and practically, because the iPhone allows the addition of XNUMX eSims or “Cellular Plans” - and the user can choose only two to use because the iPhone does not have an additional receiver for a third SIM.
As for the future expectations, we all know the apple’s hobby by assassinating all physical exits, starting from the battery and even in the future, the presses on the right, left and bottom of the iPhone, but the beauty is in predicting what the apple can technically work on, i.e. it would be preferable if the eSim and its technical and manufacturing details were with one of us before the apple was produced, I doubt that anyone has as much knowledge and money as an apple to do so.
Many did not understand the article, Apple is the first company to allow two Esim to work at the same time. Previously, only one physical SIM and one esim were required, even if you could store more than 12 esims, but only one was working.
Is this feature available in Turkey?
Thanks for the clarification. But if you have an esim and you want to return it to be a physical SIM, how do you do it? that and thanks
Contact the telecom company
Thanks for the article
Yes, I am a user of the electronic chip, and it really made many things easier for us
Imagine a country the size of Egypt that does not have an eSim until now
the size of Egypt? You mean space 😂
Peace, mercy and blessings of God
I hope to create an article on the date of issuance of the slides and their development throughout history and when they were implemented in each new release until this moment. Thank you from your old followers since the beginning, almost since XNUMX 🌹
You are not correct, brother. It is possible to run up to 12 E sims on iPhone devices since the release of the XS Max. In all cases, you can only use two SIM cards, one of them is nano sim, and you can switch the e sim however you want.
We say at the same time, this is the first device in the world to do so.
Thanks for the great topic, may God bless you
May Allah reward you
Please clarify a point that is not clear to me
The iPhone 11 and 12 support a basic nano-sim and an esim. Do the two sim work together, i.e. if he wants to contact me on either of them, it is normal..or do I have to choose one of them
If one of them is data and the other is for calls, do the two work together?
Thank you
Yes, my device is XS Max, and I use two SIM cards, one of them is an Esim and the other is a normal nano SIM, and both of them work without any problems. The degree of coverage for both SIMs appears. The user chooses the primary SIM for the Internet, and there is an option to activate the automatic switching between the two SIMs to use cellular data according to the network coverage in the area you are in.