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iPhone 7 May Have Dual SIM Trays for Use With Multiple Carriers

Chinese smartphone repair shop Rock Fix recently shared photos (http://www.weibo.com/carememore) of alleged iPhone 7 (http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/) components on microblogging service Weibo, potentially including dual-SIM trays that would allow for the smartphone to send and receive calls and messages from multiple phone numbers (via Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/18/iphone-7-dual-sim-headphone-jack-256gb/)).





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Dual SIM technology would also enable iPhone 7 users to use multiple carriers based upon network coverage, pricing, and other competitive differences. A customer in the United States, for example, might elect to use AT&T for nationwide voice and text messaging and T-Mobile for cheaper and unlimited 4G LTE data.





Dual SIM support would differ slightly from the Apple SIM (https://www.apple.com/ipad/apple-sim/), which allows cellular iPad users to easily switch between different short-term data plans from select carrier partners using one SIM card. The Apple SIM is particularly useful for traveling abroad, with coverage in more than 90 countries and territories.





A number of Android-based smartphones feature dual SIM support, particularly in Asia, including select models sold by Alcatel, BLU, Bluboo, HTC, Huawei, Lenovo-Motorola, LG, Meizu, Samsung, UMI, and Xiaomi. The OnePlus 2, OnePlus 3, and OnePlus X also have dual SIM trays.





Rock Fix turns out to be the same source of a previously leaked Lightning cable assembly (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/05/03/iphone-7-headphone-jack-depicted-in-new-images/) for the iPhone 7 that retains a 3.5mm headphone jack, despite widespread rumors claiming that Apple will switch exclusively to Lightning and Bluetooth audio output (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/27/iphone-7-no-3-5mm-headphone-jack-lightning/) for wired and wireless headphones respectively.





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The smartphone repair shop shared further pictures of the aforementioned Lighting cable assembly alongside purported images of a dual-lens camera and 256GB SanDisk flash storage (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/16/sandisk-256gb-nand-flash-iphone-7-plus/) appropriate for the iPhone 7 series. There are also a trio of display components that may be from early prototyping stages.





Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 7 series in September (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/05/18/iphone-7-suppliers-foxconn-wistron-pegatron/). The smartphones are expected to retain iPhone 6s-like designs (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/05/09/iphone-7-sketch-same-length-width-as-iphone-6s/) with faster Apple A10 processors (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/06/tsmc-a10-production-info-wlp/), dustproofing and waterproofing (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/25/iphone-7-touch-sensitive-home-button/), repositioned antenna bands (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/02/iphone-7-flush-camera-no-bands/), and faster LTE and Wi-Fi (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/10/intel-qualcomm-modem-split-iphone-7/). A dual-lens camera and 3GB of RAM (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/05/11/iphone-7-plus-single-model-3gb-ram/) may be exclusive to the 5.5-inch model.





The addition of a Smart Connector (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/13/iphone-7-smart-connector-no-stereo-speaker/), stereo speakers (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/01/iphone-7-flush-camera-stereo-speakers/), a touch-sensitive Home button (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/25/iphone-7-touch-sensitive-home-button/), and a new Deep Blue color option (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/13/concept-deep-blue-iphone-7-could-look-like/) have also been rumored, but it is not entirely clear which features are destined for the iPhone 7 series, no longer planned, or reserved for the alleged OLED-based iPhone with glass casing (http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/17/iphone-glass-casing-amoled-2017/) in 2017.

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