I’m having the same problems in Australia on Optus (e-sim) and Vodafone (physical sim). At first I was having phone calls when I could hear everything but the other person could hear nothing. Then I noticed the sudden drops on both sims from 4 bars to 1 or no bars, then back to 3 or 4 bars... it was very frustrating, and the worst thing was it was happening on both sims.
Then I started experiencing the 4 bars but no internet thing every 15 minutes or so, and was ready to throw the bloody thing at the wall (iPhone 11 Pro 256gb).
I took it in to show a “genius” and he just said it was the carrier’s fault... not the sort of amazing Apple customer service I’ve become accustomed to, but nevertheless, even though I had spoken to both carriers and been through their processes, I repeated some as per Apple’s request... reset network settings (didn’t help), backed up to Mac and iCloud, restored to factory settings, replaced voda sim, set up as new phone, setup Optus e-sim again, used the phone that way for a day (didn’t help), restored from iCloud, still having problems, so went back in a few days later, and demanded a new phone.
Sadly, the new phone has exactly the same problems! I’ve since done all the iOS updates (now on 13.1.3), but none of these have helped. I alternate my default data plan between Optus e-sim and Voda sim just in case that helps, but it doesn’t. They can’t both be having the exact same reception problems in the heart of Sydney, Australia, can they?
i’m guessing there’s a hardware issue that they are still trying to work out. I was starting to think maybe it was because I have two sims, or perhaps because I always have wifi calling turned on (Apple “Genius” suggested that?). Anyone else in the same boat, or are there lots of single sim users with problems?