Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

iPhone 15/Plus iPhone 15 no physical sim card

New replacement phone for the kid. Now a reg 15 and no SIM card of course. Already wasted 20 minutes to talk to the carrier which needs to be provided with the EMEI number first. What a pain. Adversely, I can take out and reinsert a sim in about 15 seconds without having to do anything else. Also, I just noticed there is a surcharge for not tapping into the Apple contracted providers. The smell of Cuba or North Korea at full swing. Apple rep confirmed a vast number of complaints from the US market consumers. What a bunch of *****….
 
  • Like
  • Wow
Reactions: WarmWinterHat, turbineseaplane and rocketbuc
Yes eSIM does suck but it prevents a life-destroying attack: SIM hijacking. So the pain of eSIM is worth it - as annoying as it is.
 
Tenashus1 said:
New to this rodeo. Brought an iPhone 15 home with a sim card from T Mobile (?) only to discover that there is no physical sim card slot. Not for me. Returning the phone tomorrow. This business with the e sim card is too much - especially for travel outside the US. Somebody convince me about the wonders and convenience of having an e sim card in my phone as opposed to a physical one. Apple continues to disappoint. They seem motivated to lose customers - even formerly faithful ones.
Click to expand...
Sooner or later eSim will be the standard. No way around it.
 
  • Like
  • Angry
Reactions: hockeyfan81, turbineseaplane and 42545
Konrad said:
New replacement phone for the kid. Now a reg 15 and no SIM card of course. Already wasted 20 minutes to talk to the carrier which needs to be provided with the EMEI number first. What a pain. Adversely, I can take out and reinsert a sim in about 15 seconds without having to do anything else. Also, I just noticed there is a surcharge for not tapping into the Apple contracted providers. The smell of Cuba or North Korea at full swing. Apple rep confirmed a vast number of complaints from the US market consumers. What a bunch of *****….
Click to expand...
I am very surprised to hear that. Who is charging you more because you are not using Apple contracted providers?
 
  • Like
Reactions: ukms
rocketbuc said:
I am very surprised to hear that. Who is charging you more because you are not using Apple contracted providers?
Click to expand...
In the the past there was just one price from Apple for an open phone. The current prices are conditional. The carrier of “your choice” requires an extra cost.
 

Attachments

  • IMG_3624.jpeg
    IMG_3624.jpeg
    158.4 KB · Views: 65
Konrad said:
New replacement phone for the kid. Now a reg 15 and no SIM card of course. Already wasted 20 minutes to talk to the carrier which needs to be provided with the EMEI number first. What a pain. Adversely, I can take out and reinsert a sim in about 15 seconds without having to do anything else. Also, I just noticed there is a surcharge for not tapping into the Apple contracted providers. The smell of Cuba or North Korea at full swing. Apple rep confirmed a vast number of complaints from the US market consumers. What a bunch of *****….
Click to expand...
Yes, not having a SIM card tray is just like an oppressive dictatorship. Sigh.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Konrad
Konrad said:
In the the past there was just one price from Apple for an open phone. The current prices are conditional. The carrier of “your choice” requires an extra cost.
Click to expand...
Thank you @Konrad. I was not aware of this as I am living in Switzerland. It's different over here.
 
Konrad said:
In the the past there was just one price from Apple for an open phone. The current prices are conditional. The carrier of “your choice” requires an extra cost.
Click to expand...
Depends on which country you buy the phone, many countries are still a single price.
 
  • Like
Reactions: kitKAC
Tenashus1 said:
New to this rodeo. Brought an iPhone 15 home with a sim card from T Mobile (?) only to discover that there is no physical sim card slot. Not for me. Returning the phone tomorrow. This business with the e sim card is too much - especially for travel outside the US. Somebody convince me about the wonders and convenience of having an e sim card in my phone as opposed to a physical one. Apple continues to disappoint. They seem motivated to lose customers - even formerly faithful ones.
Click to expand...
There is a convenience factor for Apple. eSIM increases friction for switching to Android because there’s no easy switch and will involve going to the carrier‘s support page, and they hope you’ll get another iPhone instead of trying to deal with the process
 
I personally don't mind either way as I have used one esim daily, organized one when overseas and have a physical one, not really being used with a stand-by pre-paid account. Perhaps it's about having choices but for me it's just another spring loaded point of failure.

A: I will however add that having sim cards in situ really shouldn't cause problems if not constantly removed.

B: NFC esim transfer wasn't possible with my provider when my ph was replaced. An inconvenience that's rare.
 
Tenashus1 said:
This phone was to be for my wife. An upgrade from the 12. She will be staying with that for a while. I will also be living with my lovable, now old school, 13 mini. Always changes. There is no necessary correlation between change and progress. Sometimes simple is best. Being PUSHED to a "new" technology is not always thrilling as a customer. I believe Google's Pixel has an option both for physical and e sims. Why not Apple? Can't fight it though. Echoing the words of Henry Ford, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Written on my trusty MBP M2.
Click to expand...
how is your 13 mini "old school" ?
 
ctjack said:
on a good note, the old physical sim slot was another possible weak point to water flood: i believe they upped the water resistance once they got rid of the silicon protected sim slot. Also, even 3rd world countries easily adopted esim by now - you just walk in and walk out with a local sim card - if the country doesn't have an esim option for tourists/locals, maybe then we should not go/be there in the first place?
Click to expand...
I live in Ireland and only one carrier does esim, so a physical sim is the way to go.
 
I believe it's only in the US that Apple sells phones without physical SIM card slots. My 15 pro max has a sim slot. I have an Esim for local use in the UK but also have a physical time for when I travel. The advantage of a physical SIM is that I can swop sims into different phones very easily.
 
  • Like
Reactions: rocketbuc
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back