As an IT guy, I have to say that eSIMs have been way more annoying than normal SIMs since the start.
With a physical card, I can just pop it out and move it to another phone, with eSIMs I have to mess with the software, and usually issue a new eSIM when people are moving devices.
This is exactly why I want a regular SIM. I use an unlocked phone and can mostly just drop a new SIM in while traveling. It’s like people forgot that GSM was designed in part with consumer freedom in mind.
And that assumes it’s free.
Some carriers will charge you for a new eSIM.
Oh, you want more funny shit? My carrier charges €4 for a physical SIM, but €8 for eSIM.
Another carrier around here even offers you a new SIM for free when signing up. But if you want eSIM, that’s €10. Oh, and yeah, the code you get is single use. Want to move to another phone? You need a replacement eSIM. That’s another €10 because fuck you.
When traveling, I had an option to get SIM or eSIM during my stay. My phone already had a sim and SD card so I opted in for an eSIM.
It didnt work. Well, at least it didnt straight away. Technically, should work out of the box but it didnt. Troubleshooted for so long until I gave my phone to a worker who issued me my eSIM. After 5 minutes it worked. Not sure what she has done and what I havent. I was following instructions given 1 to 1 and it just couldnt work.
Nah. I am keeping my physical SIM. As you have stated, it is as simple as popping it in a device. Nothing to setup, troubleshoot or tinker. Just works OOB.
I bought an old surface pro 5 specifically for formatting and exporting tracks to usb for my dj decks because Pioneer are cunts and refuse to help make their software functional on Linux, even through wine. It detects if it’s being run in a vm or through wine and refuses to work.
Anyway, it came with an eSIM and even though it was wiped the eSIM persists. I’ve not been able to figure out how to get rid of it. One drunken night I think I got close but was told the sys-admin needed to approve the removal. 🤷♂️
As an IT guy, I have to say that eSIMs have been way more annoying than normal SIMs since the start.
With a physical card, I can just pop it out and move it to another phone, with eSIMs I have to mess with the software, and usually issue a new eSIM when people are moving devices.
This is exactly why I want a regular SIM. I use an unlocked phone and can mostly just drop a new SIM in while traveling. It’s like people forgot that GSM was designed in part with consumer freedom in mind.
Same thing with the cluster that is VoLTE support between carriers.
Isn’t “I can move my phone between countries and carriers without worrying” something that was mostly sorted out in the 3G days?
And that assumes it’s free.
Some carriers will charge you for a new eSIM.
Oh, you want more funny shit? My carrier charges €4 for a physical SIM, but €8 for eSIM.
Another carrier around here even offers you a new SIM for free when signing up. But if you want eSIM, that’s €10. Oh, and yeah, the code you get is single use. Want to move to another phone? You need a replacement eSIM. That’s another €10 because fuck you.
Your carrier just sucks 🤷♂️
I’ve never once been charged for a SIM with an active sub.
Seems to be accepted in Slovakia. 3 out of 4 carriers charge for eSIM.
When traveling, I had an option to get SIM or eSIM during my stay. My phone already had a sim and SD card so I opted in for an eSIM.
It didnt work. Well, at least it didnt straight away. Technically, should work out of the box but it didnt. Troubleshooted for so long until I gave my phone to a worker who issued me my eSIM. After 5 minutes it worked. Not sure what she has done and what I havent. I was following instructions given 1 to 1 and it just couldnt work.
Nah. I am keeping my physical SIM. As you have stated, it is as simple as popping it in a device. Nothing to setup, troubleshoot or tinker. Just works OOB.
I bought an old surface pro 5 specifically for formatting and exporting tracks to usb for my dj decks because Pioneer are cunts and refuse to help make their software functional on Linux, even through wine. It detects if it’s being run in a vm or through wine and refuses to work.
Anyway, it came with an eSIM and even though it was wiped the eSIM persists. I’ve not been able to figure out how to get rid of it. One drunken night I think I got close but was told the sys-admin needed to approve the removal. 🤷♂️