Other Which phones are active dual SIM?

[Mity]

The following is from this support article: support.apple.com/en-us/HT209044

Set up another cellular plan on your iPhone​

All iPhone models that support eSIM can have multiple eSIMs and use Dual SIM with two active SIMs at the same time.

You can use Dual SIM by using a physical SIM and an eSIM. iPhone 13 models and later also support two active eSIMs. iPhone models without a physical SIM tray support two active eSIMs.

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The above was a bit confusing for me. I hope I've worded my thoughts properly:

Would an iPhone 11 Pro have Dual SIM Active with 2 eSIMs or only via 1 physical and 1 eSIM?

According to the second line, are only iPhones 13 and newer Dual SIM Active with eSIMs? Meaning iPhones older than 13 were not DUAL SIM Active with eSIMs; only via 1 physical & 1 eSIM?

 

[Nozuka]

yes, you understood it correctly. only via 1 physical & 1 eSIM.

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

To add a little more clarification. Regardless of esim or psim you can only have 2 ACTIVE sims. Technically you can add more esims to your device but only 2 can be used at any given time.

 

[Mity]

On an iPhone 11 Pro, if I'm on a call using eSIM1 and I get a text on eSIM2, does this mean that I will not get the text until I hang up the phone? And what would happen if I was on a call with a pSIM and I got a text on my eSIM - would I get the text right away? Is that the difference between Active vs. Standby?

And what would happen on a 13 Pro in the same scenario above? I would always get a text since I can have two eSIMs in Active Dual Sim?