iOS Dual-SIM Experience

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Aaroona

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#265669 4-Feb-2020 15:28

I got an iPhone 11 Pro when they were released and am loving the phone. For many years now, I've had a work phone as well, for those weeks when I'm on-call etc.

I would love to have just one phone, but have a few questions about how a dual line setup will work.

NB: I am not asking if you can turn OFF a line (thus disabling data, cell... all connectivity). That I know you can do.

1. Can I mute a singular line, but still allow texts and alerts to come through (VM) etc.? (when not on call and after hours, I want work phone muted)

2. (sort of related) Can DnD apply to a singular line, but allow the other line to ring freely? (I'm on call, need the phone to ring, but want personal phone on DnD)

3. can I set certain hours in which this second line (work line) is in mute, separately from my main personal line?

My guess is these questions speak more to advanced features not yet available in iOS. But I can dream....
I'm guessing I'll need to retain my work phone for a while longer to maintain a bit of church and state in my personal life. Last thing I want is to get calls during personal time (but would still like to see messages and use data from work plan).

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#2412527 4-Feb-2020 15:51

As a previous OnePlus 6T and 7Pro owner, I am not sure you could achieve the above with a dual SIM Android, let alone with iOS (considering dual SIM has been around on Android for a while now)

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#2412530 4-Feb-2020 16:02

Just checked, it doesn’t look like it, only as you say, turn each line on or off

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#2412858 5-Feb-2020 10:13

Bugger, was hoping there was a bit more customization baked in. I guess I'll hold off swapping my work SIM onto the phone for now.

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#2412883 5-Feb-2020 10:41

Aaroona:

Bugger, was hoping there was a bit more customization baked in. I guess I'll hold off swapping my work SIM onto the phone for now.

I'm glad you asked all this as it's kind of dampened the fire for me too...I'd like to go down to one device but don't want to be available to work 24/7, but have similar wants to you...

I guess we wait for iOS17?

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Aaroona

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#2423881 19-Feb-2020 11:39

Handsomedan:

Aaroona:

Bugger, was hoping there was a bit more customization baked in. I guess I'll hold off swapping my work SIM onto the phone for now.

I'm glad you asked all this as it's kind of dampened the fire for me too...I'd like to go down to one device but don't want to be available to work 24/7, but have similar wants to you...

I guess we wait for iOS17?

Yeah I guess we can only wait. I will send in a feature request to Apple.. hopefully enough people will want the same customization.

Now that Work/Life balance is more important than ever, it'd be great to have some technology supporting this a bit more.

Additionally I'd love to see actual profiles (work/personal) on a phone, in order to separate data for the same apps. I know Android is heading down this path.

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#2467617 22-Apr-2020 09:29

Hey! I am glad you like the iPhone 11 Pro, it's a great phone and the battery life is awesome!

This will only sort of resolve your first point. You could forward it to your provider's voicemail number? I am with 2degrees and I have tried forwarding the number to 022 202 2001 and the phone didn't ring.

https://support.apple.com/en-nz/HT209086

Wakrak

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#2467656 22-Apr-2020 10:48

I have no experience in this whatsoever (besides a quick 5 minute google), but it seems on Android you can create triggers using MacroDroid that allow you to create work and non-work groups along with time-frames that these groups can access you. Maybe see if there's an Android alternative?

Otherwise, can you do call barring/blocking on that one sim so that it goes straight to voicemail?

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#2467664 22-Apr-2020 11:01

i had dual sim for one day and then i started texting and calling from the wrong numbers after 4 hours!

that was the one and only day i used dual sim :(

(it was Android, it was a Huawei Mate 20)

Involuntary autocorrect in operation on mobile device. Apologies in advance.

Wakrak

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#2492207 26-May-2020 20:02

Batman:

i had dual sim for one day and then i started texting and calling from the wrong numbers after 4 hours!

that was the one and only day i used dual sim :(

(it was Android, it was a Huawei Mate 20)

Only time I used dual-sim was to chuck in a new simcard so I could get $15 off Uber Eats last week 😀

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#2492286 26-May-2020 21:18

Interesting... i think the iphone phone app can do more than what people expect it, but with only one carrier supporting esim in NZ, it's hard to fiddle.

If ONLY the other carriers could get dualsim going on iphone.

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