iPhone 11 IMEI: Two Physical SIMs vs eSIM
An iPhone 11 inventory can contain two physical SIMs in one market and a physical SIM plus eSIM in another. The useful check is whether your importer preserves the slot labels and market rather than assigning eSIM from the presence of a second IMEI.
Product and regional facts below come from the linked manufacturer sources. The generator uses unverified legacy profile associations; its values are synthetic test inputs, with no verified assignment to iPhone 11 hardware.
Manufacturer-sourced overview
What changes your inventory check
Each sourced detail below changes a field, a branch or a check in the worked example. The “Use in your test” guidance is our proposed application behavior; it is not a manufacturer API contract.
- Model examples
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A2111: US/Canada; A2223: China mainland/Hong Kong/Macao.
Use in your test: Store the full reported hardware model; these examples are not a complete regional list.
Source: Apple Support ↗ - US SIM specification
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Nano-SIM plus eSIM.
Use in your test: Use the US contract only for the corresponding hardware; support elsewhere can differ.
Source: Apple Support ↗ - China mainland, Hong Kong and Macao
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Apple lists this base model among devices supporting two nano-SIM cards when purchased in these markets.
Use in your test: Do not assume an IMEI2 label always means eSIM.
Source: Apple Support ↗ - Physical IMEI marking
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IMEI engraved on the tray; tray on the right.
Use in your test: Choose a documented fallback when the display is unavailable.
Source: Apple Support ↗
Find the IMEI on the real device
The right-side tray offers a physical IMEI reference for iPhone 11. First read Settings if accessible; when recording a second identifier, preserve its displayed label rather than treating the tray engraving as a complete dual-SIM record.
Read Apple Support guidanceStart with the shared iPhone workflow
The brand guide covers capture, slot labels and missing values once for all five models. Then use the model-specific input and expected result below.
Read the Apple capture and import steps →Use the worked example in an isolated mock. A checksum cannot establish ownership, hardware allocation, enrollment or live device status.
Worked inventory example
Keep two physical SIM slots under one asset
Illustrative input for your mock
This worked example defines a private test contract for an A2223 record. Its field names are illustrative, not Apple MDM response keys.
{
"asset_id": "iphone11-hk-demo",
"hardware_model": "A2223",
"market": "Hong Kong",
"identifier_slots": [
"IMEI1",
"IMEI2"
],
"sim_forms": [
"nano-SIM",
"nano-SIM"
]
}Steps to adapt and check
- Open the shared Apple MDM example and run the supplied dataset once to see the expected row report.
- In your local mock, create the asset above and populate its two identifier slots with two distinct valid sample values from the lab. Keep them as strings.
- Import the two rows using the same asset_id. Then remove the second value and repeat the import; report it as missing, without copying IMEI1.
Expected result in your importer
Two valid slot rows remain one asset. A missing IMEI2 remains a missing field; it does not switch the recorded SIM form to eSIM.
The QA lab executes shared identifier checks. Regional capability and asset rules above are worked specifications to implement in your application; no physical-device or manufacturer-service test is claimed.
Sources and review record
Manufacturer documentation was checked for the specific details used here. Product facts are cited beside their application; the mock input and proposed import checks are original examples.
Editorial responsibility: David S.
Sources and examples reviewed September 9, 2026 · Catalog 2026-09-09
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Apple Support
iPhone 11 - Technical Specifications -
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Using Dual SIM with two nano-SIM cards -
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