- So since you've landed on this video,
chances are you already carrying two phones today.
Maybe in your pocket or in front of you.
Or you're someone who's about to carry two phones.
Well in this video I'm gonna tell you what dual SIM is,
I'm gonna tell you how it can benefit you,
and we're even gonna go through the activation process.
Let's get started.
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Now let's talk about those phones.
So if you're a bit like me you might find yourself
needing to carry a second cellphone on a daily basis.
It could be for work, maybe it's for on-call,
maybe it's even for while you travel abroad.
Well, the friction here is that everything you do,
because you have a second cell phone, is twice the effort.
I mean, you gotta charge two phones,
you need accessories for two phones,
you need service plans for two phones.
You get my drift, right?
Well the 2018 iPhones which include the iPhone 10S,
10S Max and the iPhone 10R are dual SIM capable.
Now this isn't the same thing as having a phone number
from Skype or Google Voice.
These are over the top services, or OTT VoIP services,
and these services still require you to have
an Internet connection.
This means that the phone itself is capable of having
two phone numbers assigned to it and no matter what
phone number someone calls it's gonna ring a single device.
This is what the standard bodies commonly refer to
as Dual SIM Dual Standby.
So no matter what phone number someone dials,
if they call that phone, it's gonna ring your device.
And what's great is is that this functionality is
even extended to your Apple watch series three
or series four, if you have cellular enabled.
Right, that's another bonus.
I know you might be thinking to yourself,
hey Mike this is 2018 how is this even new?
Well, this is the first time in the U.S. that someone's
been able to buy a Dual SIM phone even at scale, right?
And we're broadly speaking for those people who are watching
outside of the U.S.
Apple getting behind Dual SIM Dual Standby means
that your carrier is more likely to implement the
network support that's needed for this technology.
So let's talk about the possible use cases for this.
The first use case is exactly like mine.
You have two phones and you want to consolidate
down to one physical device.
In this scenario, I only need to carry one device,
so this means that I can possibly resell or re gift
that second device to a friend or family member.
I don't need to carry insurance on that second phone.
I don't need to carry Apple care on that second phone.
I don't need to buy accessories for that second phone.
So there is an incremental amount of savings that I can
go ahead and realize by activating this.
Now I still need to pay for my monthly service plan,
because I was paying for my monthly service plan before,
and I still have that second telephone number
on this single phone.
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In the second scenario is where you have one single phone
and you wanna activate some data plan
for international travel.
Nobody wants to get screwed from their carrier for high data
roaming rates while they're traveling abroad.
So what you could do is you could activate a data only plan
from a carrier such as Truphone or GigSky right
from the comfort of your hotel room using an app.
There's no misunderstanding.
There's no understanding the local language,
there's no currency conversion.
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The third scenario is very much like the second scenario
but instead of getting a data only plan you need to
get a local number.
So here there are a number of different carriers
that support e-SIM all over the world and Apple keeps
a list of those growing carriers on its' support page
which I'm gonna link on the video description below.
So the same benefits apply in scenario three
as scenario two.
You will be able to activate a secondary line from the
comfort of your location without needing to worry
about misunderstanding, currency conversion,
or any type of those problems.
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So let's go and set up our device.
In this example I'm gonna be using GigSky which is
a prepaid data service provider.
As I mentioned previously that it is as easy as downloading
an app or as straightforward as downloading an app.
After you've installed the app and registered,
you're presented with several different pricing options
based on the geographical region that you are traveling in.
Simply choose how much data you want and how long you want
the data for and you're presented with a checkout total.
And since GigSky supports ApplePay, I authenticate
with my face and I purchase my plan using my local currency.
Now that we have our second cellular plan added
to our device, let's take a look what actually transpired.
To manage our cellular accounts tied to the device,
we're gonna go ahead and navigate to settings,
and then we're gonna go to cellular.
On the screen we see the following items.
The first thing we see is the label that I assigned
to that second cellular plan, which is secondary.
Next, we see that the line is enabled.
Third, we see that the network selection is to GigSky.
Fourth, LTE is enabled.
And finally fifth, if and when we wanna remove the
cellular plan from our phone.
Now if you look closely at the cell signal bars,
they look a little bit different.
That's because those signal bars are showing a service
for both your primary and your secondary cellular plan.
If you open up control center, you can see the delineation
between the different networks with their respective names.
So that is it for me today.
Who plans, or who has already activated Dual SIM
on their iPhone?
Let me know in the comments below.
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