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> Reimagined Lock Screen

Welcome to such a lock screen, Apple. Better late than never. Oh, did they add the ™ sign?

> Focus

First, I hoped in futility it would be renamed to something that actually makes sense - but that won’t give that “Only on iOS Devices™ aura”, would it?

Did they finally add ability to control notifications for the two SIMs differently, or not yet? (And no, please don’t effing ask me why would I ever need that) and since it’s not mentioned on the homepage I doubt it.

That’s the only feature I’ve been waiting for at least two releases and that’s the only reason I do not I do use my dual iPhone as a mono SIM phone.

I honestly don’t think iPhone or iOS are anything great, it’s just that the competition is shitty in this duopoly - one of them wants to track when you breathe, when you sneeze, when you move, when you stop… and the other keeps devices and OS and features hostage!

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I've had two SIMs in my 13 pro max for a while now.

One of them needed to be converted to an eSIM and the other one is physical.

There is a very clear delineation of which number is being contacted, which number's data is being used, etc. You can even choose separately to use the data of carrier 1, whilst having carrier 2 as your primary voice line.

You can also choose which carrier you'd like to be the primary carrier of conversation for each individual contact as well. It defaults to the default voice line you choose, but you can manually choose to change contact preferences and which number they are used with.

I don't understand what problem you are having. Could you elaborate further? I have had 0 issues using a dual sim setup for over a year now.

I think they want to manage the notifications of both SIMs separately - e.g. have the "work" SIM be in DND during nights and weekends, but not the regular one. If I'm not mistaken, this has been a feature on Android for quite some time.

There is a solution to this as well.

You can customize your DND settings and allow through a specific number and or persons only.

There are two SIMs - SIM1 and SIM2

So the need is:

- silent notification on SIM1 calls/SMSs, but allow on SIM2 -- this is not possible

Are you proposing

- allow notifications for calls/SMS from person1, person2.. etc?

Do these look same to you?

Modern Apple has shown very little interest in making their devices sharable or flexible in this way. If a new feature would make it less likely for you to buy and use multiple devices they probably won't implement it.

https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/shared-ipad-overv...

duel sim in iphone has been around for years

Serious question: what do you mean by notifications for 2 different SIMs, like from the phone app? Nothing I do on my iPhone is related to my SIM card.

What is the general use of a SIM on a phone other than phone call, SMS, and Internet access?

By two SIMs I of course mean there are two numbers on the phone and they receive call and SMS and they generate notifications.

I wonder whether they have a business SIM and personal SIM and are looking for different notification policies for each.

No. They have two personal SIMs so two numbers. One one of which is given to places which are more likely to send frequent spam but still useful in many cases but not something that might need attention immediately.

Does Apple sell a multi-sim device? It seems like a fairly small market so it's understandable they're not spending resources on it

They support multiple SIM cards through eSIMs. China region iPhones support two physical SIMs with a dual sided SIM card tray.

One regular SIM plus an eSIM (which you can have many installed, but only one active at a time). I also believe some Asian markets actually have dual SIM slots. I saw a YouTube video where they swapped the little daughter board with the sim reader on it from a dual SIM iPhone into a US iPhone and it worked without issues.

I currently have dual networks setup (SIM+eSIM) and it works great. I think the battery life is slightly reduced, but that might be in my mind.

You are one of the lucky ones to learn today just how good dual SIM can be. If you have an iPhone 10S or better, or a recent Pixel, install the Truphone app, grab a T-Mobile prepaid SIM, or try silent.link, and watch your main carrier’s dead zones vanish as the second carrier automatically fills in. And don’t ever worry about changing SIMs when you travel again.

They support esim.

They didn't add a ™ sign to the lock screen feature, no.

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