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FreakDeckard t1_itztvh9 wrote

Reply to comment by Insomnisquirrel in iPhone 14 No SIM Card Implications by Ok_Drive1036

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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