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In a phone dual Sim, usa a normal Sim and a only data Sim
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If you have the phone and the SIM, why haven't you just tried it?
In general I think you should be able to, but not all dual SIM phones are the same and there are some service providers whose data-only SIMs won't work in phones, so I can't guarantee it will work for you. You may need to make sure you put the right SIM in the right slot, since in many dual SIM phones the two slots are not equivalent, and one may not have 4G access or even be voice only. And you'll only be able to use 1 data connection at a time, so your phone SIM's data allowance will go unused (which is probably no big deal if you have 100 GB/month on the data SIM).
(A pedantic aside: Gb is "Gigabit", GB is "Gigabyte". There are 8 bits in a byte, so this makes a big difference to your allowance
. It's common to quote connection speeds in bits/s and data allowances in bytes, so I knew which you meant, but it could cause confusion if you mix them up).
In general I think you should be able to, but not all dual SIM phones are the same and there are some service providers whose data-only SIMs won't work in phones, so I can't guarantee it will work for you. You may need to make sure you put the right SIM in the right slot, since in many dual SIM phones the two slots are not equivalent, and one may not have 4G access or even be voice only. And you'll only be able to use 1 data connection at a time, so your phone SIM's data allowance will go unused (which is probably no big deal if you have 100 GB/month on the data SIM).
(A pedantic aside: Gb is "Gigabit", GB is "Gigabyte". There are 8 bits in a byte, so this makes a big difference to your allowance
. It's common to quote connection speeds in bits/s and data allowances in bytes, so I knew which you meant, but it could cause confusion if you mix them up).