It's is in fact Dual-eSIM, actually my current iPhone 13 Pro Max already supports Dual-eSIM.
How's that work on a broken phone when you want to move the SIM to your loaner phone? Physical SIM is just pop out from broke phone, pop in loaner and up and running.
Switzerland does. I just got a [Swisscom] pre-paid eSim for my iPhone 12Pro when I was here in September 2021
We were waiting for the adult to srep into the room. Charging top price and saving massive warranty costs (these built up over a ten year period) from having ”sealed units” when leaving the factory…
Ideally you sign into a carrier app and click get eSIM on the new phone. But again carriers have to support it first and many do not, even ones who support eSIMs.
I have Firstnet and use and e-sim with no problems. They even show how to convert to e-sim on their site.
Oh noes.
Earlier this week, a rumor from Brazilian website Blog do iPhone claimed that iPhone 15 Pro models might not have a physical SIM card slot in at least some countries and regions, but the change might happen even sooner.
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An anonymous tipster informed MacRumors that Apple has advised major U.S. carriers to prepare for the launch of eSIM-only smartphones by September 2022. The tipster shared a seemingly legitimate document outlining the timeframe for this initiative, although the document does not specifically mention Apple or the iPhone.
As part of the transition, some U.S. carriers will allegedly start offering select iPhone 13 models without a nano-SIM card in the box in the second quarter of 2022. iPhone 13 models sold at Apple Stores or on Apple.com already lack a nano-SIM card in the box, with users typically able to activate a cellular plan via eSIM by turning on the iPhone, connecting to a Wi-Fi network, and following the on-screen instructions.
Given the alleged September 2022 deadline, it is possible that Apple might remove the physical SIM card slot starting with some iPhone 14 models, rather than some iPhone 15 models as originally rumored, but nothing is definitive at this point.
An eSIM is a digital SIM that allows users to activate a cellular plan without having to use a nano-SIM card. It's worth noting that eSIM service is not available in all countries, so iPhones with a SIM card slot may remain available in some markets. Adoption is expanding rapidly, though, with over 100 carriers offering eSIM service worldwide and more planning to roll out support in 2022, including Three in the UK and Vodafone in New Zealand.
iPhone 13 models already support multiple eSIM profiles, allowing users to subscribe to several cellular plans digitally and switch between them, and this functionality could pave the way for the SIM card slot's removal in select countries.
Apple's former design chief Jony Ive once envisioned the iPhone as becoming a "single slab of glass," and the SIM card slot's removal would be another step towards a seamless design and improve water resistance in the process. Taking out the slot would also free up some valuable internal space in the iPhone — every bit counts.
Update: Leaker @dylandkt, who has a respectable track record with Apple rumors, tweeted that they are "in agreement with recent rumors regarding the removal of the physical SIM card tray."
Article Link: Apple Allegedly Preparing for iPhones Without SIM Card Slot by September 2022 [Updated]
Yeah but this is different. This is esim vs regular sim, and Apple has already shown to be unwilling to yield in that unless forced by local laws, like in China where they had to sell a very rare 2-physical-sim iphone because their laws prohibit the eSIM. So, what’s going to happen in countries where there is no prohibition but carriers insist on physical sims? Mexico would be a great example of this. Two of the main carriers appear on apple’s list as activating eSims, but in practice they really don’t because they never have the QR code cards in stock, and the other one -which is Mexico’s largest carrier Telcel- doesn’t even appear in the list and only activates eSIMs for the Motorola Razr. This makes Mexico pretty much a physical sim only country despite not there being a legal restriction. Would Apple release a physical SIM iphone in this and other similar countries?
They weren’t willing to make a dual-sim iphone. They had to make one for China because the local laws prohibit the use of eSiMs. And that model is rare because they only sell it in China, not elsewhere, so it’s a lot more difficult to get than the regular non dual sim models sold elsewhere. If you don’t think that makes the dual sim iphone a rare one, then please explain your definition of rare. On the other hand, Even if they sell the regular model with eSIM and physical SIM in China, the eSIM can’t be used there at all because by law the local carriers aren’t allowed to activate it, so it’s puzzling why apple is selling it there if that’s the case.
Two of the three main carriers in Mexico do if you can find one of their stores that will have the QR code cards in stock (online eSIM activation isn’t available from any carrier in Mexico).
