Verizon service won’t work well with Apple’s dual-SIM setup for now

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iOS 12.1 is set to roll out today and bring a variety of useful improvements, including dual-SIM support for iPhone XS and XR. But if you’re a Verizon customer, that two-line system might not work very well, at least for now, according to a report from PCMag.

The issue is how the new iPhones handle having two SIM cards. Unless you live in China (where Apple is selling a special XR model for two physical SIM cards), the XS and XR will support the two lines of service through a combination of the physical SIM and a digital eSIM.

As Apple’s support page notes, users will, in theory, be able to switch back and forth freely between the primary SIM (used by default for voice, SMS, cellular data, iMessage, and FaceTime) and the secondary one...

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