Apple at its autumn launch unveiled its first foldable iPhone Duo, adopting an eSIM-only design globally. At its 2026 partners conference China Unicom said domestic eSIM phone sales were 1 mln units in 1H 2026 and it expects H2 volume to rise 20-fold to exceed 20 mln units. After issuing 300k eSIM-specific benefits in 1H, China Unicom plans to distribute 8 mln such benefits in H2.