You’ve likely seen the term “dual-SIM” before, but you may find yourself wondering what that means or why such a thing would exist. Stateside, dual-SIM phones are practically unheard of, mainly due to ...

SIMs offer faster activation, better security, and easy travel SIMs, but drawbacks include harder transfers, carrier limits, ...

Phones that take two SIM cards were a small trend at Mobile World Congress. Here's why that's a good thing. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of CNET since 2003, he reviewed ...

With Android 10 rolling out, users are finding some unexpected surprises included in the update. For example, an upgrade to the Pixel 3a and 3a XL’s Dual SIM Dual Standby (DSDS) feature that (finally) ...

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The Pixel 8 series phones are still great Google handsets, but we know many of you are wondering how connectivity works with these. Does the Google Pixel 8 support eSIM and dual-SIM? Yes, it does, and ...

iPhone XS models and newer feature both a physical SIM slot and a digital eSIM, allowing for a feature known as dual SIM, dual standby. This means you can have two lines of service on one iPhone, ...

In the US, all versions of the Apple iPhone 16 series support eSIM. They also all support dual-SIM, using two eSIM profiles at a time. However, there is no support for physical SIM cards in the US.

Google is reportedly working on a better dual-SIM switch approach for users in Messages. A tipster notes that the company is testing a long-press "Switch SIM" button for users in an RCS chat; however, ...

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