Although the proposal in comment #11 has merit, in the end what the user
wants is *predictability*, not that some rules that he does not know
about might be lucky and do what he wants. There are myriad of reasons
that might make those rules fail and do not do what the user wants.

What does someone expect when buying a new phone? IMHO:

* One SIM inserted -> The user wants to have data activated

* Two SIMs inserted -> The user wants to have data activated for one
SIM, but probably not for the other (the "secondary" SIM tends to be
used just for calls/SMS). The problem is that we do not have a clue on
which SIM does he want to use for data, as the reasons tend to be "main
operator vs operator for doing some calls SIM" or "work vs personal
SIM". Besides, we know which is the main slot, but that is not obvious
at all looking at the phone, so the user might have inserted what he
considers the "main" SIM in any slot. In this case, I would say that the
right option is to let data off for both SIMs until we have a wizard
that lets him select the SIM for data on first boot. The user that has
inserted two SIMs on the phone is probably knowledgeable enough to go to
system settings and choose the SIM he wants for data.

To summarize my proposal:

One SIM -> Data on for that SIM
Two SIMs -> Data off for both

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