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Apple Bends to China's Will Again With Latest iPhone Feature
- Its new ‘eSIM’ feature won’t be available there for now
- Apple bends to local preferences in its top overseas market
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Apple Inc.’s latest iPhones show how even the world’s largest company has to surrender to the dictates of a crucial Chinese market.
The iPhone Xs models unveiled Wednesday come with an “eSIM” feature that supports two cellular services and easier switching between carriers, but that technology won’t be available in China, Hong Kong and Macau. Instead, it will offer slots for dual physical SIM cards, which identify and authenticate a user’s phone number.