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I can already see myself, as a tourist who buys a US SIM card to get data on vacation, having to add a SIM card swap to this ordeal to confirm debit card transaction via my EU phone number. Why, oh why...

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Could make life easier for tourists wanting to get round a language barrier.

Aren't most smartphones dual-sim by now?

No, most aren't.

I would dispute that -- except for iPhones -- almost all the smart phones I've seen sold in Asia are dual SIM.

That could have something to do with it. I've ordered from India before when I wanted a dual sim android. Local stock for that model was single sim only.

Looked at gsmarena now and indeed most models have dual-sim versions (as well as single sim). But when I look at a local store, it seems that roughly 1/2 has dual sims (that's including eSIM).

> sold in Asia

irrelevant.

If we're talking about tourists it definitely isn't. In fact, the phones that are sold in the US are the irrelevant ones.

Well, Asian phones too I suppose. Most Xiaomi phones if not all are dual sim.

I refuse to buy phones from Chinese government majority owned companies tho.

I own Samsungs, and they are all dual SIMS.

My understanding is that the current iPhones offer both a traditional SIM card slot along with an esim, which gives you the option of two sims provided one of the carriers supports esim.

I also believe that current iPhones sold in China support two physical SIM cards and no esim.

Only in some nations.

Some nations even have laws that prohibit selling phones locked to a particular cell provider.

They will have paper menus available as well. Don't panic.

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