How can a verified A2651 iPhone 14 Pro Max have dual physical SIMs when Apple says this model is eSIM-only?

is that even possible to modify the model number of a phone? I thought it was impossible considering the model number is burned into the device?

As I said, we do see reports on this site of model number changes on phones that have been reworked by unauthorized shops who know that the "model number" is not burned in to every component in a phone.

"Frankenphone"......which is a play on the word "Frankenstein"....is a good way to describe these types of phones.

If the phone has 2 physical SIM capability, the phone was originally sold in China.

The phone has been reworked / refurbished to display a different model number and then shipped to a dealer in the UAE.

We see questions like this occasionally on this user-to-user site.

If that's the model number displayed in settings>general>about, then you have what's commonly referred to as a 'franken-phone'.

Apple won't touch it. No support is available for it.

Next time, but your phone from an authorized retailer.

caribouultimately wrote:

is that even possible to modify the model number of a phone? I thought it was impossible considering the model number is burned into the device?

Given that the other explanation is that someone modified the hardware of the phone to add a second physical SIM slot, yes, this is the most likely scenario.