iPhone Dual-SIM Variants May Be Coming Soon, If Recent Patent Applications Are Indications
Thursday, December 22, 2016 IST
Apple has been the only major handset manufacturer that has not incorporated Dual -SIM capability on its smartphones, but this can alternate soon. a pair of new patent filings recommends that Apple is thinking about including the dual-SIM capability to iPhones.
Forbes in a report cites two patent filings in China and US that advise the Cupertino-based totally large can also launch a twin-SIM iPhone in future. The document points to a record filed with China's state intellectual assets workplace that describes a dual-SIM card function in iPhones that would allow two cellular numbers in a single device. The document says that the utility changed into submitted through Apple in March in advance this yr and published in September 2016. The submitting in addition shows the inventor as Li Su who's a foremost Architect for cell software at Apple, as cited on his LinkedIn profile.
Aside from China, the report additionally points to a patent filing inside the US. drastically, Apple has been granted dual-SIM functionality patent inside the US remaining week. The patent describes the functionality as, "some mobile gadgets have the functionality of the usage of more than one SIMs. permitting customers to maintain special wi-fi services, together with for business and private use."
At this second, it is not clear whether or not Apple will release a dual-SIM enabled iPhone within the future. thinking about, the company sells its gadgets in most countries in partnership with telecom providers; the twin-SIM addition might also put the business enterprise's relation at hazard with telecom companies.
There might be a hazard that Apple can also unveil a dual-SIM iPhone best in select markets including India and China in which majority of smartphones are offered with the dual-SIM functionality. it is also worth bringing up that Apple every now and then takes the patent for capability and never makes use of it on gadgets. we are able to should wait to see whether Apple is certainly thinking about a twin-SIM iPhone for future.
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