Mmmm, it has. Most of the big markets and countries have esim, and available to buy online.
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Apple Removes SIM Card Tray on All iPhone 14 Models in U.S.
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Oh my. I saw this coming.
It doesn’t work, usually prepaid plans are much cheaper if it’s a disposable gig. Also, doesn’t work in China.
Those characters in tv shows and movies who used to break their burner phone SIM cards to avoid being tracked will now have to break their iPhones in half instead. 🤣
You go online, and type esim + the country where you are going, and you'll find loads of the major players.
This is bad for me. The country I work in most, outside the US, requires physical sims still. No SIM card tray makes this a no go for me. Bummer.
Oh they will. Samsung always does
There's miles better Androids than Samsung. Get a Sony or Nokia instead.
Absolute dick move by apple, especially if you are on a prepaid network. Visible is pretty much the only prepaid that supports e-sim and it's a giant cluster. My cousins use it and its a giant headache trying to swap phones or troubleshoot stuff.
It’s like these companies become more and more anti-consumer and yet there are people that support this crap under the guise of progress. Taking away ports, repairability and consumer choice isn’t progress. I’m sick and tired of people defending this crap.
So Verizon and all the others always charge an upgrade fee for switching phones because SIMs cost money they have to drop that charge now right?
Isn’t it more expensive to make different phone modes?
Maybe the pro will have the SIM card still
Maybe the pro will have the SIM card still
Doesn’t this make selling/buying a phone second-hand problematic? You need to swap your old SIM into the new phone so you keep your phone number.
Ubigi, gigsky, truphone. People still don't know about these international eSIM providers, smh
My iP11's battery needed replace. Maybe using IP68 case with wireless charging aged it early.
I had to pick up physical SIM to my backup iP6. At the time of change, it took something about one minute to get the old phone working.
Going back to iP11 and eSIM, at evening, it didn't work. Even operators support couldn't get it to work.
Next day some specialist did something special at the operator's end and iP11 started to work again.
That took 12 hours.
I'm waiting for eSPOON.
Where eating a yogurt could take all day.
"There's no spoon."
I had to pick up physical SIM to my backup iP6. At the time of change, it took something about one minute to get the old phone working.
Going back to iP11 and eSIM, at evening, it didn't work. Even operators support couldn't get it to work.
Next day some specialist did something special at the operator's end and iP11 started to work again.
That took 12 hours.
I'm waiting for eSPOON.
Where eating a yogurt could take all day.
"There's no spoon."
I was looking at this website that has an interesting list. Not sure how accurate it is. https://esim-world.com
This is a major deal breaker.
My company issues SIM cards for employees who travel for business. Most of us enter 8 to 12 countries on each trip. We usually get 2 or more SIM cards serviced by foreign mobile carriers that the company has agreements with.(through our overseas subsidiaries) It will be impossible to try to swap our existing service agreement to eSIM.
Does Apple want me to downgrade to iPhone 13 or earlier models? Or worse, switch to Android phones?
My company issues SIM cards for employees who travel for business. Most of us enter 8 to 12 countries on each trip. We usually get 2 or more SIM cards serviced by foreign mobile carriers that the company has agreements with.(through our overseas subsidiaries) It will be impossible to try to swap our existing service agreement to eSIM.
Does Apple want me to downgrade to iPhone 13 or earlier models? Or worse, switch to Android phones?
Big disappointment in my view and could make me avoid upgrading.. Can't stand paying for activation fees
Using the example you replied to. What would my local Indonesian phone number be when I sign up for an eSIM option with Ubigi, gigsky, truphone?
Slowly puts wallet back in pocket……..
I have a feeling that apple purposely chose this year to do this, it will lower demand during a time of supply-chain constraints, and it will force the hand of many carriers to finally adopt ESim.
I have a feeling that apple purposely chose this year to do this, it will lower demand during a time of supply-chain constraints, and it will force the hand of many carriers to finally adopt ESim.
If you're a cell provider, I think this is pretty good motivation to adopt e-sim..
Well, I hope that this will force all the carriers in my country to support eSIM. Right now, only one carrier does, Smartfren, but they have the least coverage out of the 4 carriers.