Different Sim Strengths - eSim vs Physical Sim

[googleyberry]

My iPhone 14 has a physical EE sim used for a work line, and an EE e-Sim used for my personal line.

The iPhone shows the signal strength of both sims at the top of the screen. Both are on EE, but often each sim shows a different signal strength despite being connected to the same network. (Almost always, the e-Sim lower than the physical). Just curious as to why that is if anyone knows? 😁

[Jon_K]

Hi @googleyberry.

Do both SIM cards show the same symbol, like 4G or 5G?

Is it just the signal bars that are different?

Jon

[bristolian]

The signal bars are only a rough indicator of service and there's numerous potential reasons for this.

It's similar to having 2 EE phones side-by-side and both showing different number of bars - as long as they're in-service, it shouldn't cause concern.

The answer is likely to be different serving cells, but you'd need to identify the eNB using a signal-monitor app to be sure.