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Originally Posted by kinggo View Post
all this is from 2015.....
in many markets things have change and some kind of flat rates exist. Or at least offers with a few x000 minutes.
Then, many cheaper phones do come as dual sim but people don't use two of them any way.
The most recent info I found was from 2017
https://deviceatlas.com/blog/dual-si...one-usage-2017
but again, those are just percetnage of existing phones but not how many of them use two SIMs at the same time.

And finally, there is a question of how many people that do use two SIMs (and that is usually just because of the cost) are potential buyers of phones with niche OS with outdated HW and with the price 5x higher than comparable one running android.
I agree entirely. I also think that for most of those people from poor countries who are using two (or even more) SIMs, if/when their countries collectively get wealthier (with better infrastructure and a real choice of operators), they'll stop using multiple SIMs because they'll no longer have a need for them. The cultural entrenchment of dual SIM cards in Nigeria (and possibly elsewhere as well) mentioned in Zeta's article can only last for so long.
 

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