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Other Apple Should Get Rid of the Physical SIM and have 2 eSIMs
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Apple Should Get Rid of the Physical SIM and have 2 eSIMs
...what?? Bad idea. How about 2 physical, seems more reasonable for me since I TRAVEL A LOT!
...what?? Bad idea. How about 2 physical, seems more reasonable for me since I TRAVEL A LOT!
Nooo, then we can’t switch our old sim into new phone and get around the $30 upgrade fee
Even though the iPhone can have multiple eSIMs, only one can be used at a time. Not all iPhones have eSIMs, of course.
As someone who frequently travels overseas, I would've preferred to have 2 physical sim slots over the current 1 + eSIM option! If the iPhone were to adopt 2 eSIMs, it would be a no-go for alot of folks like myself!
With T-Mobile, during the setup, one can transfer the cellular plan from the 'old' iPhone to the new iPhone and that includes eSIM to eSIM.
You could move your main number to the eSIM and leave the physical slot empty for when you travel internationally?
Having used phones now for a year with both eSIM and physical SIM I am so happy that I no longer have to rely on the eSIM. I thought it was a genuine pain in the butt, especially when all I wanted to do was swap phones for a day or two.
I can't even get an eSim one as their HK/MO/CN models come with dual nano SIMs only. I wish they'd two the dual-nano PLUS eSim!
Hell no!!!! Already heard a few horror stories from people in Australia, they got their new iPhone 12 don’t have a SIM card because they’re using eSim, go to activate eSim end up with a error, because of Covid they can’t get in touch with the telcos due to short staff at call centers, so their phone ends up becoming a paper weight for a few days.
Hope SIM cards don’t go away anytime soon.
Hope SIM cards don’t go away anytime soon.
Still not sure why people love eSIM so much.
Do you realize carriers have to get Apple’s approval in order to be listed as an eSIM carrier? And carriers pay a cut of revenue to Apple. So, less choice, higher prices not to mention privacy concerns with eSIM.
There is not a single appreciable benefit with eSIM. Fewer internal components doesn’t make a bigger battery. iPhone 12 proves that to be the case. Instead of using the ToF space for battery, Apple simply put a plastic spacer.
Do you realize carriers have to get Apple’s approval in order to be listed as an eSIM carrier? And carriers pay a cut of revenue to Apple. So, less choice, higher prices not to mention privacy concerns with eSIM.
There is not a single appreciable benefit with eSIM. Fewer internal components doesn’t make a bigger battery. iPhone 12 proves that to be the case. Instead of using the ToF space for battery, Apple simply put a plastic spacer.
Well I’m glad they don’t. I use my private number with esim and work number with a regular sim. I got my phone Friday and still can’t activate my esim through my carrier because of technical issues. Had to go to the carrier store for a regular sim in the meantime. My work sim is now in an old Nokia phone. I wouldn’t be able to use my phone at all if it didn’t have a sim slot.
Although I agree, in reality, adoption of it on all plans have been extremely slow. Most carriers only adopted it for postpaid plans. In my country, only 1 carrier so far supports eSIM, and it’s not even the top 3 carrier.
And what will happen if you brake your iphone or it just stops working? If you have actual sim - just put it in every other phone. eSim? You have to own another esim-phone and that's rare and expensive. Or you should visit operator store to exchange your esim with normal one - if your iphone breaks on friday night - you will spend a weekend without phone.
It can ( has been ) be a PITA.. if I lose my device or it gets stolen ( has happened ) or if it just kicks the bucket for whatever reason.. Transferring physical sim cards is so much easier in comparison. I always have at least 2 backup devices ( for the aforementioned reasons ) and its much.. much more convenient to pop out/in a physical sim over an e-sim.
Do you think setting up the SIM PIN is a good security measure? Is it difficult cracking the PIN on the physical SIM?
An Apple rep last year suggested I set up the eSIM as security measure since that way nobody could take out my physical SIM and hijack my number since there would no physical SIM to take out. It was a PITA to set up the eSIM last year with QR code cards, so this year I set up a SIM PIN, but wonder if how easy/difficult it is to crack the PIN on the SIM.
Hell noooooooooo! Having sim for me is the best scenario. Plus what I've seen so far with carriers, cough cough ... Verizon they have a ways to go before they lock this crap in.