Apple’s iPhone 8 (or iPhone 7s) is set to be the first iPhone to have a couple of features never seen on previous models. It will ditch the home button completely and sport an OLED display, and now new reports say it will be the first to have dual SIM slots.

Yes, it seems Apple has seen the light, in China alone though, as the source says it will be a China exclusive. The news was broken a few hours ago on micro-blogging site, Weibo. While the new has not been confirmed yet, we want to believe it is true judging from a report back in October that said Apple filed two domestic patents related to dual SIM technology.

One of the patents (Patent Number: 2016101166075) is related to SIM selection and the other is related to power consumption for dual-SIM technology (Patent Number: 2016100813788). Both patents were submitted on February 5th and March 2nd 2016.

It will be interesting to see how Apple’s first dual-SIM phone differs from that of other manufacturers. Will both SIMs support 4G LTE or will data connectivity be limited to one? What will also be the difference in price between a dual-SIM variant and a single SIM model? These are some of the questions on our list.

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If this turns out to be true, it will leave the Pixel line as the only flagship phones without dual SIM support. Are you excited about a dual-SIM iPhone?

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It has been quite a year so far for Chinese electronics company, Meizu. This year saw the release of the Pro version of the successful Meizu MX4, the Meizu MX4 Pro. A lot of news was made of this device for its great specifications and interesting design (it has a fingerprint scanner on the front instead of a Home button). But it is not over yet. Meizu recently announced the release of another phone, the Meizu K52.

Today, they released more information about the Meizu K52, particularly about its cost. According to reports, this device could rival Xiaomi’s Red Mi. It is said to have a very affordable price which is said to be 799 RMB. Although previous reports have stated that it would cost somewhere between 1000 RMB (162.46 USD) and 1300 RMB (211.20 USD), this year, Meizu has been pricing their products very differently. So, nobody should be surprised if it will really cost 799 RMB.

In addition, someone online leaked a photo of what appears to be a Meizu device’s Home button. It looks like Meizu’s classic round Home button, but it glows with a blue light. It looks pretty interesting. What do you all think?

Previous reports have stated that one of this device’s strengths is its slimness. It is said to be easy to handle with one hand. Furthermore, the Meizu K52 will sport a 4.6-inch 1080p display screen. It also uses the MT6752 64-bit octa-core chipset which has a frequency of 1.7GHz. It uses eight Cortex A53 cores and its GPU is the Mali-T760 MP2. It also has 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM. As for connectivity, it has support for dual-SIM cards.

It sounds like a pretty interesting phone. It might make a nice Christmas present.

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As currently high-end smartphones are extremely popular, many operations quickly released a new generation of high-end smartphones at the start of 2014, but most of the releases do not support the 4G network. Last month, Coolpad announced a model, the Coolpad K1, which is not just a 4G-compatible phone, but a 4G dual-SIM phone. When it was opened for pre-order on the 15th of this month, preorder numbers broke 10,000 in a very short period of time. Today, the Coolpad K1 will be available to purchase online and at retail.

The Coolpad K1 comes with one 5.5-incch large touchscreen display, with a 540 x 960 resolution. The processor is a 1.2GHz Quadcomm Snapdragon 400, with 1GB or RAM and internal storage, 4GB card storage, which supports up to 32GB micro SD cards. The main camera shoots at 8 megapixel, with a 2 megapixel front camera. It runs on Android 4.3 with Coolife interface, and supports 4G LTE networking and dual-SIM cards.

The Coolpad K1 is officially announced in Shenzhen on the 19th of last month. China Unicom and Coolpad collaborated and focused on creating this high-end dual-SIM 4G mobile phone this year, and is even the first high-end 4G smartphone. Looking at the current situation, even if the other operators were to release a high-end 4G phone, they will only make it out three months later than the Coolpad K1 at the earliest, so for users with two numbers, this device is not a bad choice.

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