Esim will be available with the release of ios 12.1

On September 12, Apple unveiled its new smartphones, the iPhone Xs, the iPhone Xs Max and the iPhone Xr. One of its newest features is the incorporation of the “dual SIM” functionality although, with the only exception of the Chinese market, this feature does not support two physical SIM cards, but a traditional nano SIM and an e-SIM that can be used as soon as iOS 12.1 is released.

But eSIM doesn't just depend on iOS 12.1

As we were saying, one of the most anticipated and demanded features by users was announced together with the new iPhone of 2018, however, as usual, Apple has done it in its own way, incorporating a “virtual sim card” or eSIM that does not It was available at the time of the launch of the new smartphones, although the company promised to activate it in a later update. Finally, after the launch of the first beta version, it seems that eSIM will be activated with the arrival of iOS 12.1.

Dual-SIM support with eSIM is useful for people who use two phone numbers simultaneously, for example for personal and work matters, as well as for those traveling abroad outside the EU, thus avoiding roaming acquiring a new plan with a local company.

As we have read on MacRumors, in the United States, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon will offer support for eSIM, but it is likely that they will not deploy the feature until iOS 12.1 is released to the public, so it could take a little longer..

In Spain, as we can see on this Apple page, only Vodafone will offer the service, sad news for those of us who are not willing to return to these great companies and their commercial policies. And it is that this eSIM will not arrive independently, but will be linked to your current plan with this operator, to which you will have to add an extra to enjoy it. In the meantime, we hope that competitors will get their act together soon, especially OMVs like Simyo.