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hailwren | 2 years ago

But they’re also stuck with physical sims because of those same laws. I vastly prefer the esim in the US iphone to the tray.

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dwaite|2 years ago

For those replying, I believe the parent was saying that EU phones are stuck with a physical SIM slot because of regulations. In the US, iPhones no longer have a SIM tray.

hailwren|2 years ago

Yes, people misread this to read “only physical sims”. The sim tray is useless in 2023 imo, but their phones are stuck w/ them because of laws that aren’t keeping up. We’ll see how well the regulators keep up w/ the next generations of tech.

crossroadsguy|2 years ago

I understood it but I would definitely want at least one physical SIM on my phone. It has served me well many times (and not limited to remote areas) when my phone is unusable and I can use my SIM on another phone with the lock PIN.

leoh|2 years ago

Man, who cares. Doesn’t limit the number of esims you can have.

golergka|2 years ago

I've travelled across Europe with eSims bought from Mobimatter, and I've also bought local Vodaphone eSim in Italy and some other operator Montenegro. In fact, I'm writing this from a eSim in my iphone while I wait for Airbnb to resolve issues with check-in on Cyprus. What are you talking about?

hailwren|2 years ago

oh, maybe you have both? US iphones don’t have sim trays. Euro iphones do.

SSLy|2 years ago

I guess the personal Orange and corporate Polkomtel eSIMs I have in my iPhone are fake.

Moldoteck|2 years ago

We have both esim and physical. Not only this, for people that want more privacy, some can buy physical sims without any documents at simple shops so that there is no risk for govt to track you

j-krieger|2 years ago

I googled but I couldn't find anything about this. Source?

microtonal|2 years ago

The Netherlands also checking in, I have used eSIM for years, across various providers.