“ You can install eight or more eSIMs on an iPhone and use two phone numbers at the same time.” Can someone explain this statement? Doesn’t each sim support a individual phone line? With each line can you set do not disturb separately?
To expand on imobl’s spot-on reply:
To use a “SIM Box” analogy; the “box” inside your iPhone can hold at least 8 eSIMs electronically, along with one physical nanoSIM. (subject to important exceptions explained below)
Also note the subtle differences in terminology — eSIMs and nanoSIMs are both SIMs.
IPhone Xs/Xr and later are ALL capable of using up to TWO SIMs at one time. (This is what Apple means by “Dual SIM”)
iPhone Xs/Xr, 11, and 12 can use only ONE of the stored eSIMs at a time … alongside with up to one nanoSIM.
iPhone 13 and 14 can use any TWO of these eSIMs at a time … or up to one eSIM + one nanoSIM.
Important Exceptions:
Refs:
Using Dual SIM with an eSIM - Apple Support
While you can have multiple esims installed, only 2 can be active
at any given time. You can set DND separately on each of the 2
active lines.
Multiple line using esims
