iPhone 17 Just a rant about the disappearance of the physical SIM from the iPhone 17

[grumpykoala]

I travel overseas for work sometimes, and some of these countries do not support eSIM technology.
Up until now, I was able to have my US eSIM, and then put a physical SIM wherever I go.

I was getting iPhones for work every year, then I got the iPhone 13 when it came out, but Apple decided to ditch the physical SIM on the Apple 14.
Ever since, I haven't upgraded my work iPhone anymore... I planned to get one from Canada this year, but they don't have physical SIMs anymore. I checked the prices in Europe and they are much more expensive.

Now it seems that the next time I need to replace my aging iPhone 13, I might have to switch to a SAMSUNG phone for work... I can't believe it.

Anyone with the need of a Physical SIM? Or is it just me?

 

[CMoore515]

At this point, every major US carrier supports Quick Transfer for eSIMs. As soon as eSIM was available in the 13 series, I switched and haven't looked back. Literally takes under 3 minutes to transfer my main line to a new phone every time.

There are also cheap eSIM plans you can buy for when you travel.

I personally don't see the need for physical SIMs anymore.

 

[uacd]

I don’t like that you cannot take sim out anymore. And I don’t like to hassle with carrier apps and QR codes, this is very inconvenient. With physical SIM you just swap and go.

Unfortunately that’s a sad reality, they removed SIM slot for literally no reason. This year they gave slightly larger batteries tho, but I don’t believe it was worth to remove a slot.

If Apple was to make a real slotless, portless phone it should have been thinner and smaller than iPhone Air. But to me it looks like they have run out of ideas at this point.

Going Samsung isn’t too bad of an option, I hope Korean giant won’t copy Apple again and ditch them too in their next phones, because they have already ditched SD cards for phones

 

[mrochester]

I don’t like that you cannot take sim out anymore. And I don’t like to hassle with carrier apps and QR codes, this is very inconvenient. With physical SIM you just swap and go.

Unfortunately that’s a sad reality, they removed SIM slot for literally no reason. This year they gave slightly larger batteries tho, but I don’t believe it was worth to remove a slot.

If Apple was to make a real slotless, portless phone it should have been thinner and smaller than iPhone Air. But to me it looks like they have run out of ideas at this point.

Going Samsung isn’t too bad of an option, I hope Korean giant won’t copy Apple again and ditch them too in their next phones, because they have already ditched SD cards for phones

Physical SIM cards will disappear for everyone.