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Just curious.

I used eSim for a while when I first got a phone that supported eSim, because I wanted to make it harder for a thief to disable the phone tracking, but now my main phone is broken and I'm a bit annoyed at having to chat with customer support for half and hour to activate eSim on another device.

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[–] httpjames@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

My carrier is eSIM preferred so I decided to try it out. I had a few hiccups with their app but other than that, it's great. Way more secure since it's encrypted on the device.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] zedutch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I use both a physical sim (personal) and eSim (work) with a second eSim that I can enable and recharge when going outside of the EU so I don’t get huge roaming charges. When I’m at home it’s disabled so I only have the other two active

[–] Coelacanthus@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 10 months ago

Maybe you can do both: physical USIM card, but with eSIM functions. So you can move your profile from one phone to another just by plug out and plug in, and install many profiles on one phone and switch between them. There are some products can do it, such as eSIM.me, esim.5ber.com or https://github.com/estkme-group .

[–] auf@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I use physical sim, but I think eSim is better in the long run.

[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use eSIM, because it's so much easier when traveling overseas to get a physical data SIM than it is to get an eSIM. Many countries' regs prohibit eSIM sales to non-residents, weirdly.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

Both, one physical SIM for data and one esim for calls. I'm actually using a sim from esim.me which turns an esim into a physical SIM so I still have my phone's esim free for when I buy a travel esim.

[–] otherbarry@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

eSim, that seemed to be the default for my provider/phone (Google Fi with Pixel). It works fine. The online activation seems to work okay, I've even moved to different Pixels without much hassle.

That aside overall I'm indifferent to using Sim or eSim.

[–] totallynotfbi@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Physical, because my telecom only supports eSIMs for smartwatches... Even if they offered it for mobile phones, I would prefer a physical SIM, so that I can swap it easily if I'm overseas

[–] essellburns@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Both. I need two lines

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