India Leads in Dual SIM Feature With Support in 98% Smartphones
As per IDC's quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker for Q2, 2018, a whopping 98 percent of all mobile phones sold in India offer dual SIM functionality. As can be seen from the tweet from IDC's tech-manufacture annotator, Bryan Ma, the feature is likewise popular in other emerging markets in the continent, including the Philippines, China and Indonesia with 92, 90 and 77 percent adoption respectively.
% of smartphones that are dual-SIM in selected countries, 3Q17-2Q18
Bharat 98%
Philippines 92%
China 90%
Indonesia 77%
United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland 29%
Us 4%Source: IDC Mobile Telephone Tracker, 2Q18
— Bryan Ma (@bryanbma) September xi, 2018
At the other end of the spectrum and in stark dissimilarity to their popularity in Asia, dual SIM devices are almost unheard of in many other places where smartphone sales are by and large driven past carriers. In the United states, but 4 percent of all smartphones come up with dual-SIM back up, and although the number'due south significantly higher at 29 percent in the UK, most users in the state are seemingly either oblivious of the characteristic or give it a laissez passer.
The ubiquity of dual-SIM smartphones is not exactly 'Breaking News' for those of the states who alive in Bharat, simply people in the US and Western Europe, even seasoned tech journalists, are nevertheless trying to become their heads around the concept post-obit Apple's announcement that its latest iPhones will offering the functionality in select markets around the world.
While some use the feature to save costs by subscribing to two different plans from two different carriers, well-nigh these days use information technology to keep their work number separate from their individual number.
Source: https://beebom.com/smartphones-india-dual-sim-functionality/
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