Dual-SIM Dual-5G support is a feature that is common in a lot of Chinese phones especially those powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000/1000+ processors. The feature allows users to use 5G networks on both SIMs at the same time. However, phones powered by Snapdragon chipsets don’t have support for Dual-SIM Dual-5G as only one SIM will be connected to 5G while the second SIM is connected to a 4G, 3G, or 2G network.
The Nokia 8.3 5G is one such phone without support for Dual-SIM Dual-5G but it has been reported that it will get support with a future update. The info comes from an official response to an inquiry made by a buyer on Amazon.
The buyer asked if the phone supports using 5G + 4G networks (dual SIM) at the same time when one SIM is on 5G or if the second SIM is disabled. The response provided by Nokia was that a software update will allow users to run both (SIMs) on 5G.
The answer doesn’t necessarily answer the question. However, NokiaPowerUser reports that HMD Global released an update for the phone recently that allows users to set SIM 1 to 5G while SIM 2 can be set to 4G, 3G, or 2G networks. Prior to the release of the update, if you had two SIM cards inside the device, both support 4G, 3G, or 2G. Yeah, really weird, right?. So to answer the buyer’s question, you can use one SIM for 5G while the other uses 4G, 3G, or 2G.
Going back to dissect Nokia’s response, we want to believe they mean that users will be able to use 5G on both SIMs and not just on one SIM 1. However, they most likely will not be able to connect to a 5G network on both SIMs at the same. This is because no Snapdragon processor offers that feature at the moment. Qualcomm says it is still working on it and we believe when it does happen, it will arrive with future processors.
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