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All this talk of eSIM in the iPhone 14 thread has got me thinking. My iPhone 13 has eSIM and I'm on EE so I think it's easy to change over. Is there any benefit in me switching over to it?
Moving to eSIM, is there any benefit?
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Is that a common thing, SIM theft?
Soldato
I’d be interested myself but it still seems as though a lot of the MVNO’s in the UK (certainly Sky in my case) don’t even offer it yet - and don’t appear to have any plans to.
Once you move your sim to esim you can then add a second sim on another network should wish and assuming your phone isn’t locked to EE
Should you move to esim then remove the physical sim be careful not to remove the wrong sim in iPhone settings.
Should you move to esim then remove the physical sim be careful not to remove the wrong sim in iPhone settings.
I thought about doing it myself since I'm with O2 and they do support it, but I just can't be bothered. I can't see there being any benefit for me. In fact if I'd done it before it would've been a negative as I had to use an iPhone 7 for a short while - I was only able to do so because I'm still using a physical SIM. Maybe when my spare phones become phones with eSIM support I'll do it.
If I was abroad and I used a local SIM card then there's a benefit to the local one being eSIM, but I'm personally not likely to do that either since O2's roaming is actually pretty decent.
If I was abroad and I used a local SIM card then there's a benefit to the local one being eSIM, but I'm personally not likely to do that either since O2's roaming is actually pretty decent.
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Soldato
I don’t get the hate, I find them really useful. When I went travelling earlier in the year I bought an eSim with plenty of data and had the QR code scanned and ready to go before I even left. It was much easier than having to pick up a physical SIM card… that SIM is now deactivated but still listed so if I go back to europe before it expires I just need to switch it back on. Pretty effortless.
Also if someone steals/finds my phone it stops them popping out the SIM card to turn off location tracking via data.
Also if someone steals/finds my phone it stops them popping out the SIM card to turn off location tracking via data.
That's a really good point.
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This is why I love apple, they force company’s who aren’t improving their infrastructure to do it. You still have carriers who don’t offer Wi-Fi calling and VV though.
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Soldato
Yep I totally agree.
I remember years ago thinking how difficult could it be to have wireless earbuds - this was at a time when wireless headphones were starting to become a thing.
It pretty much took Apple removing the headphone jack (and subsequently releasing the AirPods) to really force the industry to get their act together.
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I did this and found it worked really well on my 12 pro max.
It is done.
Soldato
I thought that when I went eSIM, then realised you can swipe down on the Lock Screen still and enable aeroplane mode.
Soldato
Never heard of someone nicking a SIM and leaving the phone in all the years I was in telecoms.
Probably due to the SIM having no physical value, being able to be disabled with one phone call to the operator and that’s before you set a SIM PIN, making it utterly useless to all but the owner.
Personally, I’d keep the physical SIM and leave the eSIM free for if I needed cheaper data/calls when roaming.
Soldato
Depending on other settings, that might not switch off all the transmitting elements in your iPhone.I thought that when I went eSIM, then realised you can swipe down on the Lock Screen still and enable aeroplane mode.