Cheap-Finance5580 t1_j27ev4b wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:31 AM

Reply to comment by Jalohann in My experience activating my US iPhone 14 Pro Max internationally (Airtel India eSIM) by Jalohann

Is there no way to activate directly on eSIM with Airtel prepaid?

Jalohann OP t1_j27eyln wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:32 AM

nope, not even their postpaid plans support this IIRC

that being said, the email update process (the longest part of the process) works seamlessly on postpaid connections

Cheap-Finance5580 t1_j27fnnq wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:38 AM

I wonder what types of offerings “Vi” has for eSIM?

Seems like Airtel is a pain setting up eSIM. Waiting 3 days seems unnecessary complex, I think

rbp25 t1_j28evd0 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:36 AM

Vi is just absolutely shit. I literally just ported over from Vi to Airtel. Plus Vi doesn’t have 5G and they’re financially in a messy place (they were bankrupt sometime ago)

chaicutting t1_j28nyhc wrote on December 30, 2022 at 1:16 PM

Vi offers eSIM services for postpaid numbers only. Just visited a Vi customer service center yesterday and got the info..