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No need to presume, BMW vehicles have had this for more than two decades.
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No need to presume, BMW vehicles have had this for more than two decades.
That's interesting, so does that mean you can any SIM card?
No - unfortunately not.
Oh, lol.
Soldato
Most cars have embedded sims these days for the emergency GPS location in the event of an accident. Other stuff as well, such as app access for locking/ unlocking etc.
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Are you saying embedded SIM referring to esim technology or just stating the car has mobile connectivity (and using SIM as a synonym for mobile)
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My 440i has what I expect is an esim. It's in the ATM unit.
Hey, what discount codes did you use when you rented fancy cars from Sixt in Germany?
I think only the very newest cars have a digital one - iDrive 7 and older has a physical one.
I'd thought some bmw have option of a personal esim in addition to cars one - OK google suggests that's other countries.
would also be logical if you could divert your mobile calls directly to cars 4g/5g inbuilt antenna&radio, or use (cheap) VOIP on it.
would also be logical if you could divert your mobile calls directly to cars 4g/5g inbuilt antenna&radio, or use (cheap) VOIP on it.
I've ripped the Old ATM unit apart. There is no physical Sim card, however there is an appropriate chip that can store an eSim details. So I presume older ones can?
I think only the very newest cars have a digital one - iDrive 7 and older has a physical one.
It's an iD6 car
I'm not sure. I think my point remains valid regardless of what type it has.
I was curious as to whether the multiple decade flex about BMW sim trays was 1) true, and 2) useful. Turns out it was neither as it is still IMSI locked to a provider. A shame really as cheap bolt-on data plans would be super useful.
I wonder who the network provider is that bmw use... or is it one of those multi network sim situations
Yeah they are useless without being registered to BMW.
As far as I knew, up to F generation cars the SIM is physical and somewhere in the boot. G generation have moved to eSIM.
What's the advantage to a bolt on data plan though? That's what I'm missing it seems.
Vodafone probably. Their m2m setup uses international IMSIs so they can become localised without any faff at manufacturing line.
I seem to recall Vodafone.
Not being locked to BMW for WiFi in the car.