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SIM iPhone 8 or Samsung Galaxy S8

Apple’s iPhone 8 will undoubtedly be touted as “the best iPhone we’ve ever made” by Tim Cook in September, and Samsung will claim the same for the Galaxy S8 on March 29.

But one feature both phones will lack is a dual SIM card slot, according to major carrier and phone manufacturer sources who’ve talked exclusively to TechRadar.

Why is that Why can’t the best phones come with this highly beneficial, money saving feature for international travelers Aren these phones supposed have all the bells double coque iphone and whistles

truth coque iphone 5c obey is, carriers make too much money off of international plans, said one US carrier rep who spoke to TechRadar at MWC 2017.

profit evaporates as soon as a second SIM card is present. coque huawei You not going to coque iphone se vert see it on the biggest phones. kawaii licorne other words, it’s not the greed of Apple and Samsung, but of the networks that deliver their phones to customers and even the leading phone manufacturers need to kowtow to major carriers.

Why a second SIM slot saves you money when travelingIf you have two SIM slots, you can use your regular, everyday phone number for calls and texts in the first slot while coque iphone devant et derriere abroad, and reserve the second slot for data from a local SIM card.

Having a second SIM slot is a coque telephone samsung a8 huge deal if you travel a lot Local carriers (wherever you’re visiting) charge much lower prices, and can provide 4G LTE speeds, so you can avoid outrageous international data fees with your home carrier while abroad.

But with just one SIM card slot you have decide between paying for an coque iphone pasteque expensive international plan, or coque iphone 8 marvel completely switching over to a local carrier, which changes your regular phone number. Goodbye, iMessages. Hello, confusing +86 country code when visiting China and texting friends.

All of this coque iphone qualité complicates calls, texts and WhatsApp messaging, too. You either cutting into your travel budget or cutting yourself off from your normal number.

Look at these ridiculous feesSure enough, the prices for international plans in the US coque iphone 5 flash led have you paying through the nose on most carriers. It price gouging at its a8 samsung coque finest.

You’ll get just 200MB for $40 (about AU$53) for AT basic international plan and you can burn through that by checking your attachment laced email. many paperclip attachment icons was that in a row [Expletive]! you say nervously. Forget streaming music or video.

US coque samsung a7 2018 pour fille carriers’ international coque samsung a8 2018 rose plans offer little data for a lot of money Pay $60 (about AU$80) and AT bumps that all the way up to 300MB. Note: that not an extra 300MB that 100MB extra coque iphone lumiere selfie for a total of 300MB. Woah, you’re a big yime data user now!

It $120 (about AU$158) for 800MB. Not even 1GB. And what happens if you coque iphone 8 porte carte go over It anywhere from 15 to 25 cents for every single extra MB. Going over can be a costly mistake.

Verizon is hardly any better. For every 100MB it $25 (about AU$33), and if you want unlimited received texts (with just 100 outgoing texts) it $40 (about AU$53).

When free isn really free

Sprint and T Mobile free global roaming perks are better, but still not what you want when traveling internationally, and they don obviate the need for a dual SIM phone. They only give you free data at 2G speeds, coque samsung a8 2018 silicone and they charge photo sur coque iphone 6 premiums for 3G.

Sprint 3G international pass for 100MB is $15 (about AU$20), which expires after 24 hours. 200MB is $25 (about AU$33), expiring after seven days, while 500MB costs $50 (about AU$66) and expires after 14 days.

A dual SIM phone running AT (regular coque iphone 5c louis vuitton number for calls and texts) with T Mobile ONE+ (much cheaper international data) T coque iphone 7 chasse Mobile is the best option of the four major US carriers, charging $25 a month for what it calls T Mobile ONE+. This extends your unlimited data internationally, with lower end 3G speeds of 256kbps. You can at least get where you going in a foreign city in Maps.

Google Project Fi has reasonable data prices: $10 for every 1GB (on top of $20 for unlimited domestic talk and worldwide texts), and you can get a refund on unused GBs.

Project Fi doesn cap you at 2G or 3G speeds; it whatever speeds are available to Google partners T Mobile, Sprint, coque samsung galaxy a8 2018 US Cellular and Three. The catch It only works on phones like the Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X.

T Mobile One+ and Google Project Fi have reasonable international plans Both AT and Verizon now offer an International Day Pass (AT and TravelPass (Verizon) to compete with T Mobile and Fi. coque iphone They charging $10 per day (about AU$13), and it only counts against your domestic plan normal data allotment.

But, of course, we found out the hard way in Barcelona that they don work on all data plans, and have restrictions buried the FAQ pages, coque iphone best friend hidden coque iphone 4 en bois from the glossy webpage that meant to sell you the passes. If you grandfathered in on AT old Unlimited Plan, it just won work.

‘If you’re on the new Verizon Plan Unlimited, 4G data speeds apply for the first 500 MB/day with reduced speeds thereafter,’ reads the small print. In other words, get ready for 2G speeds thereafter. AT has the same policy on its new unlimited plans.

Plus, there this caveat: ‘If international voice, text, or data use exceeds 50% of total voice, text, or data usage for two consecutive months, the [International Day Pass] feature may be removed.’

Carrier interference: it changes the fundamental makeup of your phoneSo what do these expensive data plans have to do with the design of your phone You not getting a dual SIM flagship device in the US, UK, or many other countries because of them.

It actually changes the fundamental makeup of your phone. coque huawei Take the unlocked ZTE Axon Mini, for example. When we reviewed it in the US and UK, it was a dual SIM phone. Great.

A phone carrier actually killed a feature for no other reason but to profit from travelers When the same phone launched in coque iphone 4s harley davidson Canada, however, it was sold through coque iphone x magnetique Virgin Mobile on a two year contract. All of a sudden the microSD/second coque iphone 5 chic SIM slot only worked for microSD expandable storage, not a second SIM. A carrier went out of its way to break a feature on a phone. coque huawei That how powerful carriers are. in Canada.

That not the case in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, where phones are sold unlocked without carrier interference. In these regions, you can buy a dual SIM Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

Not only will you never see a dual SIM Galaxy or iPhone in the West, you can get an unlocked single SIM Samsung Galaxy phone at launch in the US.