How Dual SIM on the iPhone Works
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Want to add a second line to your iPhone? I decided to try it and I love how it works. Now you can receive calls, text messages, and use data from two different lines on your iPhone.
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I have just added my second line which is my business account. All I need now is a business.
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This is great for people who frequently go abroad and don’t want to swap SIM cards back an forth.
I would like an extra e-sim for home, business and abroad
My wife and I have been in Korea for about 4 years now and we HATE switching SIM cards when we come back to visit. We have been seriously considering upgrading to dual sim iPhones so we can limit the frustration in international cell plans.
Android has had these dual sim stuff since 2012
@@jontullett9068 but androids are androids.
@@AnonYmous-jo5ec yh which are better
by far and away the best explanation I've seen. Just added a second line via esim and was ready to get rid of it. This video made it very clear how to get the most out of it.
I have used a dual SIM iPhone for two years and have loved it! I am seamlessly able to switch between my Work and Personal phone lines. Even though my Work line is through AT&T, and my Personal line is through Verizon, the iPhone has been able to handle phone call and text messages from both lines. It has worked great!
does it affect the battery life of the iPhone ?
Can you use WhatsApp from the other SIM card ?
I purchased the iPhone XS from Apple unlocked and I have Verizon and AT&T on the phone works great!
So when you turn off your business number does it also stop the business text ?
Is your dual sim still working perfectly?
Working fine here with Verizon voice/data as eSIM, and Google FI data-only SIM in the physical SIM card holder.
I live in Japan and have a Japanese carrier. When I go to Thailand for business, I will get a second SIM card. I will see how it works.
I’m looking to start a business and do a phone upgrade. Saw that the SE 2020 had dual SIM. When I researched whether or not the 12 also had dual SIM, I came across this video. I’m glad I did 👍🏽 Thank you! This was more information than what I was looking for, but it was very helpful
Thank you Thank you. The Apple care lady told me you couldn’t put two different messages on the phone. Thank again
Thank you for this thorough explanation. Better than anything else I have been able to find. Very helpful.
Just hooked both lines on my XS today. Excellent help and discovery, thanks.
This is amazing. I was just handed a 2nd phone for business and managing two different devices is a headache. Problem solved! Thank you!
So when the phone rings how do you know if it is a business caller or personal? wouldn't different rings be an easy way to tell?
@@robertmarco3475 you'll know based on which of your phone numbers they used to call you
I think Apple’s implementation of the dual sim is the best I’ve experienced. I have an iPhone XR and a OnePlus 7 Pro with dual physical sim. I prefer the way the iPhone works through the eSIM due to the cellular switching while on a call. You don’t get that option with the OnePlus, you do get a toggle to switch data cards, but not while I’m on a call. With the OnePlus you don’t get voice and data if you’re calling from the SIM card that’s set to calls and texts, which is a bummer. I hope more oems take notes from Apple and implement this to their devices. Awesome video!!
After seeing all the settings and setup needed and the issues in all the comments to run dual sims, I'll just keep my Sideline app. For $70 a year I have a fully integrated second line that functions exactly as the native phone app piggy backing on my carriers plan. You can take calls from lock screen. Tells you it's a Sideline call coming in and you can have a different ring tone to alert you it's a business call. The exception is that calls and text and voicemail are on the one app, which is actually great for my business use because all my interaction with that client is organized in one thread.
@Jeff Flowers - Do you still use Sideline? It looks like all of the more recent reviews are quite putrid.
@@Devin_Schwartz I do. It’s been my business line for many years now. I really like that calls and text are in one app so I can keep track of my contacts with clients. Recently they have had some outages and hiccups and it can be frustrating , all carriers can, but they fix it. It’s still a bargain over adding another att e sim line on my iPhone.
My man!! This is exactly what I needed. I have Sprint for personal and need Verizon for Business. This video was awesome!! Thanks so much.
So when you said you can group your contacts is there anyway that you could have two separate message threads??? Like I would prefer if my text message screen gave me the option to just see “business” or “personal” line messages. Then I’m not getting business texts buried by personal texts that come in much more often. Great video 👍🏻
Well said ... I wish Instead of selecting Primary and Business all the time, I wish they made it so you can switch from Primary main screen, or Business main screen.
If you’re on the Primary main screen, everything you do is from Primary.
If you were on the Business main screen, then everything you do is on the Business number
one huge benefit in my mind with the esim is added security. i have esim only. this means if someone steals my phone they cannot prevent network access by ejecting the sim.
also when i travel os i can drop in a 2nd sim easily without risk of losing the other sim or losing whatever os connection options my home carrier offers.
OMG I have never thought of that!
That’s actually genius! I’m switching my regular SIM to eSIM from my carrier today, literally, THANK YOU!
thank you :)
I ordered the iPhone se 2nd gen and will receive it next week, glad I read this now when I get it I'll be making my esim my main number with telstra and the nano sim can be optus for other purposes
Do you think itd be better to have two carriers or just the one?
And if both sims are with one carrier can I choose what my prepaid service works on the sims? So I don't have to pay two services?
This is super helpful, I am trying to decide if I want to swap to an iPhone singular device for work and personal. This helps.
When a call comes in, how do you know if it's a business call or a personal call? Maybe the call has a label for Business or Personal on the screen? I'm just guessing. Also, can you configure different rings for each sim?
Joseph Maurer it shows which line is being called with a small label on the incoming call.
@@metallicat61003 Thank you, thank you , thank you. You are the only one who has answered this important questions. All videos and reviews have forgotten about this crucial matter. cheers
@@metallicat61003 That tiny thing! Is there anyway to have something BIGGER lol
@@KellyRobb21 I don't believe so unfortunately
I see no label on my phone. Is that a setting?
Does text messages also have the P or B label so it’s easier to separate private and business messages?
Today I dumped T-Mobile’s Digits App that I had been using as my secondary business line but it was so janky that I tossed it. T-Mobile switched that line to the eSim line and activated an additional voice line on my iPhone 12 Pro Max. So my billing will increase from $10/mo to $30/mo but thanks to this video it already helped me immensely get up and running.
Can you receive calls from either line at any time? Meaning if my personal line is my primary, is my secondary eSIM number always listening and the phone will ring if someone calls it?
I use this facility on my iPhone XS when I'm travelling in Asia. Roaming costs in Asia on a UK network (I live in the UK) are very high, as are call & SMS costs - they won't be included in your allowance. I used to just get a local SIM (e.g. in Singapore or Dubai), take out my UK SIM, and then get messages to my family, etc, giving them my new, local number. With the new system I'm got my regular UK line set up with the e-sim so when I'm travelling I just add a local physical SIM (not many networks are able to provide e-sim functionality in some of these countries), and set the local number as my primary line for calls, messaging and data. The important thing is that my family, etc, are able to call me on my regular number and don't need to add a new, temporary number.
I set up the e-sim pretty much as soon as I was able, and the biggest problem was the fact that my UK network provider's local staff weren't at all familiar with it. indeed, mine may have been the first such setup done at that particular store.
Which network supports esim
I’m on EE. At the time - last January or February - EE were Apple’s only e-sim partner in the UK, but that might have changed now.
Thanks Tom. This is what I am looking at doing, do you know if it's possible to leave the e sim which is my Australian number on plane mode, whilst using my Thai sim in Asia? Or is it easier to just to switch sims in the settings. Any charges that I get from my Australian carrier whilst overseas are huge, so I want to avoid them if possible.
Basically what I am asking is, is it possible to have the e sim on plane mode but the physical sim active.
Thanks for any advice.
Mark Roberts Good question. I think the answer is ‘no’. I don’t remember the Airplane Mode switch being anywhere other than in the top level of Settings, which means that it applies generally. Sorry....
@@tomburke5311 Thanks Tom.
Lot of info thanks - I’m just “pis_ _d” because they tell me I can’t have a different ringer for my business calls. That’s the whole point I want to know which line is calling. Hope you can help. It just seems like such a basic request for two different lines, two different ringers. I have aVerizion Apple 11 Pro. Thanks for any help
Wow you’re right that really sucks.
Hi All Show, did you find out if you can have different ringer for the second line? Please, let me know
I completely agree! I can't find anything to differentiate incoming calls. I would prefer something on the screen because I usually have my phone on silent. Please let me know if you find and answer!
I know it’s a hassle, but you can of course assign different ringtones to different contacts. Now if you two groups of contacts (private / business), maybe you can even assign ring tones to the whole contact group? That would be a nice workaround....
Set a default ringtone for all calls and for your personal contacts, choose a special ringtone for that. I know it’s not gonna solve your problem directly but I think it can mitigate the problem.
I actually activated a Google Fi eSIM on my iPhone 12 and my secondary line with a physical TELCEL SIM in Mexico, since I often go and I don't want to get my Fi service terminated or suspended due to excesive roaming usage. Dual SIM is just a pretty good function.
Is there an auto reply option for text?
So what appears on your phone when you receive a call? Do you know if it is coming from personal or business line?
Yes. The people calling your personal line will have a P next to their number and business callers will have a B.
this is a really well made and informative video - keep it up
Instead of selecting Primary and Business all the time, I wish they made it so you can switch from Primary main screen, or Business main screen.
If you’re on the Primary main screen, everything you do is from Primary.
If you were on the Business main screen, then everything you do is on the Business number
thank you for this video. I"m starting my own company and I had no idea I could use just one phone.
What i want to know is, are there any disadvantages of getting a dual SIM iPhone?! Is the software different? Like specific to only HK? any other thing? I'm about to buy one in a few minutes. Or am I just getting an extra SIM and nothing else changes?
thanks a lot, I am a new iphone user, and this was the best video for me to find!
Only complaint: Still (four years later) there's no option to assign a different ringtone for each line only on a contact-by-contact basis, which does no good for new callers. At least you can see which line they are calling by the little tiny boxed letter atop (P or B, etc.) but I wanted different ringtone, textone and voicemail with my second business line so I can tell without looking which line is ringing.
Still going to hold on to my Sideline app, which gives me all those features (+ the second line itself) for just over $8/mo vs. paying for a second line. There are very few glitches after using it for three years. Some things may be better with a built-in second line of course, but other things like dedicate ring & text tones without switching numbers or settings are really nice features and not available even if you do pay more for a second eSIM line.
This feature is now available.
@@bjoeym That's good to know. The cost of a second SIM/line with a carrier may be more, but it makes it more doable. Just have to see if the MVNO's like Visible or Total Wireless offer that too and the cost. I quit Verizon after 28 STRAIGHT YEARS as they did me no favors and kept getting more and more pricey.
Can you use a secondary line with Apple Watch?
Very helpful! Just set up my second line and this video was a great help!
Great tutorial! Don’t know what took them so long to figure out this was needed but glad they finally developed it.
What happens say if you are on business line and someone calls you on the personal line will you still get notified of the call or not?
Very good question, have you found the answer in the meantime? The only thing holding me back from buying a dual sim iPhone. Thanks.
Thanks for explaining this..... I'm purchasing an iPhone 13 Pro Max from Apple which has dual SIM. One being E-SIM with the other for a physical SIM. My carrier will be as my current one, AT&T. Apple stated that the iPhone will be set up with AT&T with the E-SIM. I have a question; Will the physical SIM slot be unlocked for me to purchase SIM's when visiting other countries? Thaks again, appreciate all your help. 👍😊
Answered all my questions which Network provider couldn't. Thanks
How does tethering work? Of course this is assuming your have two plans that both have a tethering option...
I need to keep business and phone text messages very separate because I get blown up all the time. Is there a way to view business and personal text messages separately?
Did you figure it out?
Great description - thanks for putting this out there!
Your info is on point. Thank you!
Thank you!
Love this dual sim option..Apple has nailed it👍🏻
Apple is communist. They nailed that.
I’m going to give this a shot. Been carrying two for too long. But it has been the only way possible for me to “unplug”
All I heard was you can now text and call your side chick and main chick with 1 phone
Zavier Owens yes a side course and the main course
Just be careful don’t send the wrong text 😂
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Mix up the numbers and messages 🥳
What about if someone calls you? Would it ring both lines? Meaning let's say your business line is the secondary number, and your personal is the primary, and someone called you to the business line, would it go straight to voicemail, or still ring?
TheTechPianoPlayerKid that’s the one thing I needed to know but not answered in this video. He covered everything but not this. I would have started the video with this as the top one or two
Yes even I want to get it clarified, heard from Apple sales person that you can receive calls on one number at time, if you want to receive call on another you need to manually switch the settings, not like android where both of your sims active at the same time.
I only use an eSIM in my iPhone 12 Pro and I don’t have a sim card in it. I have upgraded my mother’s iPhone 11 to eSIM only here in Australia.
Great video! question will I be able to know which caller personal/business is calling?
I live near the border with Mexico. My carrier is AT&T and I would like to know if you can have an American and Mexican line with the dual sim on the Iphones?
Jorge Arochi good question let me kno the answer when you get one, for I’ve a similar situation
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@Javier Pan I live in Colombia can I keep T Mobile and then get carrier here like Tigo?
I assume you could, but I don’t really see the need. I went to mexico 1 year ago and my american sim card worked perfectly in Mexico for the 1 1/2 months I was there
Billy Bob literally nobody I replied to said a single thing about Columbia. And trust me, I know. I’m mexican, “bud”😂
Thank you for this video. It’s very simple and instruction easy to follow.👍 up.
I currently have a Huawei duel sim on android, 2 physical sims in the phone. Your video of iPhone 2 plans within the phone seems a lot easier (just a little no issues with current) such as remembering which contacts use which phone line. Looking forward to getting an apple to test this out
Very clear and concise - great video
Incoming call work simultaneously on dual sim iPhone 11, if primary line is busy will secondary rings at same time?
I don't believe so but then again im not 100%
Have you found anything about this in the meantime? Thanks in advance.
So could there be a contact from the other sim listed in the main? Like a separate chat?
Will the Hong Kong model with dual nano SIM work in the USA?
Great Help! If someone phones you, does it say which of your two lines they are phoning?
Might have been said, but important to bring up that 5G is not available when using an E-Sim
It will be supported in iOS 14.5
WIFI CALLING is wonderful when do not want to use either carrier.
How do we know when we are using WIFI calling? If the WIFI goes off, prefer not to make a call.
I need to turn off my business text messages as well. Can you try it so we know for sure that it works.
Toy can turn off both by simply disabling the line. Calls will still go top voicemail and SMS will show up once enabled again.
How du u actually activate that function on the iphone
This is such a helpful video. My friend just started a new business and got the dual SIM option from AT&T. We were trying to figure out the best process and tips to switch back and forth (the AT&T rep wasn't helpful). We should have watched your video first and save us the hair-pulling. THANK YOU!!
This would work great, hate carrying two phones.
Great step by step explanation thank you!
ATT is a PIA for esim! There excuse is security for making us hard to use. And they want to charge $5 per esim if you switch phones. I don’t know why we can’t just verify something and generate a QR code.
Great review of a little known feature that appears(based on your review) to have been well thought out by Apple. Of course, if they really promoted this, it would reduce the need for people to carry 2 phones and thus their handset sales would be less!
Thank you for the great video @StateOfTech. Question: do you notice a higher battery usage with the 2 lines being active?
No lol
I don’t think you clarified, can you set preferred line by group??
Which one is primary line by default? the one with physical or esim?
Important question for me as well. Have you found your answer ? Thanks.
Thank You! Still on the iPhone 6s but will get the dual sim iPhone by end of year.
How you can delete a line you hav e for other company before, I appreciate the help
How do you make business contacts separate than personal? And separate texts
what about Imessage and Facetime ?
I have two sim in my phone one is my personal and another is from company when i was using android phone my all outgoing call are from only from company sim card but now in my iphone 13 pro if i receive a call from any number on my secondry sim which is my personal if i call to same no every time i need to change the line which is very in convince in this case android dual sim system looks better
If you are on a phone call using your primary number and then receive a call from your business number , will it go straight to voicemail or will the call come thru?
I have had calls go straight to voicemail but once I had it show up like call waiting and I was able to end one call to take the other.
@@jeradhilltech Thank you
is there any special set up to have second call as call waiting?
@@vramsdell no but i find it does not always work and it does go to voicemail sometimes.
I tried this before and had issues with reception and battery life. Also found I had issues with calls not transmitting the voice when I answered, or vice versa not being able to hear the person on the other side. Aldo had issue with continuity on MBP when trying to answer calls on Mac. Do you have any experience with this?
Carriers are mobile and Verizon
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Thanks for the video…can you set the business number up for calls and notifications during work hours only by setting the times…Outside of these hours it’s just personal calls only.
Thanks for the vid. I just added another number and unless I'm missing something there's no way to assign a different ring tone to each number. Seems really stupid I can't do this. Am I missing something?
If I text during the day using my Business line then text the same person at night from personal will it combine the two conversations business and personal or will it keep business texts separate from personal?
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When I receive a message, how do I confirm if it’s sent to the primary or the secondary line?
I am using Iphone x. Is there any ways to use dual sim?
Hi, you may have covered this some where but I am new to the channel. How does dual sim affect aaps such as WhatsApp and other applications that use your cell number banking etc any issues?
Thank you for this video! Few questions. If you turn off your secondary line does it eliminate the two bars on the top right? Also, will a phone with two lines show up as two seperate devices on a bluetooth finder app?
Sounds Great i will upload it, i have a business using google voice but does not work well, though of a 2nd cell as my XS Max is compatible i will check into this week about getting this setup.
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Can you have two Apple ID? For work, I’m using one Apple ID and for personal another. Can it do?
Roman Nahaylo is also like to know this
It’ll mostly be on one account
No. Thats not how dual sim works. Apple ID only works for 1 iphone
Will my iPhone 7 Plus SIM card work in the unlocked sim free 11 pro max?
What do I think about this I think your video was phenomenal the visuals you’re clear communication was really well you had no fat no fat to cut this is a great video very informative and I had no idea I would love for you to do a update video with the iPhone 11+ pro that’s what I have but my company gave me a iPhone 7 so I don’t want to carry two phones and I don’t want to just use the iPhone 7 so I put the company Sim card into my iPhone 11 has been OK but I feel like people are trying to contact me on my personal number
I am watching this video on my Xs Max with two physical sims I got from Hong Kong. It’s as good as it can get on an iPhone.
Dual physical SIMs? EPIC!
Can you set up an auto reply text message when your secondary line is disabled?
Informative video. Thank you!
anyone know how to setup macos imessage? so I can also use 2 phone numbers on the mac
Use the coffee machine
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Thanks for this video. Great explanation.
But what about calls coming in? Are you always available on both lines or only one at a time? I know that in the past with two physical sims, you're only available to receive calls on 1 number, never on the two simultaniously. thanks!
I would also like to know this information.
roccow76,
HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS:
If someone calls your primary number, your digital display will show a “P” which indicates that your caller is calling you on your primary number.
If someone is calling your secondary (aka “Business”) number, your digital display will show a “B” which indicates that your caller is calling you on your secondary or “business” line.
It works great!!!
BONUS: I don’t know how other carriers handle dual SIMs but at AT&T, they allowed me to name each line for Caller ID purposes. I named my personal line “Vince G” and my business line “Victory”. If you’re on AT&T, you’ll be able to do the same.
Good luck!!!
Nice video thanks, it’s really informative
Dude if you want to use Google Fi as a secondary line - use AT&T as your esim and Google Fi as your other line using a physical sim
The only reason I have not done that yet is because numbersync wouldn't work for my Apple Watch. I probably won't get LTE on my next watch so I will be doing that soon.
Using the Iphone Pro max 13 - how do I return a call from my second sim from 'recent' calls instead of typing in the number again
Thank you. This video presentation was incredibly useful to me. I have subscribed. Thanks again!
Thank you! Great info..
Hello, Have you tested how this works with a in-app call? Many apps business app now allow to make calls from within the app. Air BnB for example. If a user has a second phone to manage their Air BnB business, this would be great if you could select which line it uses. On the Samsung when making a call a setting option is to prompt which line to use.
Can you have a separate ringtone for the esim? If so how
Say for example you have two iPhones and two phone numbers with different carriers, one on a two year contract and one on pay-as-you-go, can you move your pay-as-you-go number onto your contract phone if it’s unlocked so you have both numbers in one phone?