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FreakDeckard t1_itz0plj wrote

there are cheap travel eSIM like airalo

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nightfly13 t1_itzcvoy wrote

+1 airalo is fabulous - be sure you check the regional plans before you commit to a single country plan. (I bought both UK and Ireland plans before realizing there was a Europe plan that covered both (and more)).

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Insomnisquirrel t1_itzqmq3 wrote

Airalo is significantly more expensive than purchasing a SIM in many countries though. I just looked up their plan options for a country I regularly fly to for work and they charge $24 USD for their largest option - a 5 GB/mo plan. Meanwhile with a physical SIM I can pay $5 for unlimited everything on the exact same carrier that Airalo uses.

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randybruder t1_iu1q1ms wrote

"Significant" is just a matter of perspective. It's significantly more expensive, 4.8× the price. Or it's an insignificant extra $19 on a vacation that costs over $1K, or work trip where a company worth working for would cover the cost for you.

Like yeah, it sucks that the 1Phone 14 limits you to more expensive options, but overall it's not something I'm going to get significantly worked up over.

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FreakDeckard t1_itztvh9 wrote

I think yours is a niche use case. I suggest you to buy a smartphone with a sim or a portable router

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Insomnisquirrel t1_iu01ry1 wrote

Looking at other countries available and pricing, I don't think its particularly niche. Outside of Western Europe, pretty much every country is vastly inflated in price compared to a traditional SIM. If you're just going from the US to somewhere like France, sure, but anywhere beyond W. Europe its 3-5x more expensive. Of the dozen or so countries I've worked in, only Czechia has a roughly equivalent eSIM price. I doubt I'll be upgrading from my 12 anytime soon because of this.

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FreakDeckard t1_iu029xb wrote

You know, I think that all things considered, physical sims are bound to disappear sooner or later. eSims only have advantages from a technical point of view: they are like an email account and have fewer security problems. So sooner or later even the cheaper travel sim providers will adapt

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EScootyrant t1_iu0d5dc wrote

Is Airalo eSIM available in Amazon US? I wanted to try a travel eSIM on my next EU visit.

I keep using the French Orange Holiday SIM from Amazon every time I fly over to Europe almost yearly from LAX since 2016. It works flawlessly thru the years from UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and most recently as last month, Slovakia & Hungary. Since 2018 on my venerable OG 8 Plus. 👌

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BitingChaos t1_iu7cpuz wrote

If Airalo is the "cheap" option, what is the pricy one?

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FreakDeckard t1_iu7zu7v wrote

If you’re so poor, don’t travel and buy a 50$ xiaomi

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BitingChaos t1_iu90eto wrote

That didn't really help.

Airalo has been called one of the most expensive options out there. It's one of the reasons many people don't like eSIMs.

Paying Airalo's artificially-inflated prices for minimal data eSIM versus paying a few bucks for a physical SIM card with tons of data can be quite annoying for many people that travel.

You claimed it was the "cheap" option. Tell us, then, which option costs more than Airalo?

"stop being poor" isn't anywhere near a real answer.

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