大蛇丸 Orochimaru
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who using esim?
Me........大蛇丸 Orochimaru;128663212 said:who using esim?
Wonder what's holding back the rest of telco of supporting eSIM? Cost of setting up, fear of losing customers?
For those on 2 years contract, I guess the fear should be minimal.
For those non contract SIM only plan, easy to lose also means easy to get as well.
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This also means they pay more for the phone due to the cheapest plan.they dun want you to sign up a main line on a minimum plan with them on esim, then at the same time you can sign up a secondary cheap data plan to be used on a physical sim like TPG $10 50GB plan.
like that you will be add on the extra data such as data X 2, data X 3 etc....
esim good meh? Feel very inflexible. Change phone still need to contact telco to transfer. Still got service charge to swap right?
they dun want you to sign up a main line on a minimum plan with them on esim, then at the same time you can sign up a secondary cheap data plan to be used on a physical sim like TPG $10 50GB plan.
like that you will be add on the extra data such as data X 2, data X 3 etc....
eSIM is the only way for some phone models to have dual SIM. iPhone and Google pixel phone come to mind.esim good meh? Feel very inflexible. Change phone still need to contact telco to transfer. Still got service charge to swap right?
Think Singtel will come out eSIM very soon for iphone 12 as they have a new eSIM with China telco
Think Singtel will come out eSIM very soon for iphone 12 as they have a new eSIM with China telco
Honestly, it's probably more like main line in physical SIM, while secondary lines on eSIM.
Each phone can store multiple eSIM profiles which can be swapped on the fly, don't need to fumble with ejecting and potentially lose that nanoSIM...
I will thought it's the opposite. For biz traveller profile, office SIM card as you will unlikely to change since it's office line.It is probably for future while every telcos in every countries have all these implemented. eSIM enabled devices is available since Apple Watch is firstly launched and since iPhone Xs. Again being an 'advance' country, not even the biggest two telcos have offered the eSIM yet. Same like since long people have been complaining no 5G on iPhone yet but even until now there is not even an 5G plan in lion city yet. Hardware is ready long ago but telcos are not even ready.
This is for many years to go at least. ESIM should still be best reserved for main line which you have control while physical sim is a wildcard that can fit anything. You have no control how soon the countries you are visiting will have eSIM ready.
and i dun think switching eSIM profiles will be totally free across telcos. i know there are charges involved to reactivate your eSIM profile. it is not as easy as "on the fly" until the charges are waived permanently by all telcos even it can be done in lion city but no one can guarantee all countries telcos will do the same too.
so for many many many years to come.
below scenario will then be flexible for anyone. below scenario has minimum physical card ejection needed too.
1) main line - eSIM (one no need to switch whatever profiles anytime until u change telco. same like u dun eject the physical sim out of ur main line unless u change telco or change phone too)
2) secondary line - physical SIM (no matter which country which telco the SIM is, it can work certainly and you only eject the physical card to swap when you visiting different countries)
I will thought it's the opposite. For biz traveller profile, office SIM card as you will unlikely to change since it's office line.
ESIM for travelling purpose. I can buy before my trip and no need to queue to scan passport and make payment.
I think there's a few eSIM vendor that offer data roaming to most countries.
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I will thought it's the opposite. For biz traveller profile, office SIM card as you will unlikely to change since it's office line.
ESIM for travelling purpose. I can buy before my trip and no need to queue to scan passport and make payment.
I think there's a few eSIM vendor that offer data roaming to most countries.
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Actually my thinking is the same.
Not only physical SIM gives you a piece of mind if anything goes haywire on your main phone, requiring you to put in secondary handset to get at least the basics running, it also gives you flexibility to change device whenever needed.
Meanwhile, eSIM is for easy switching. People can have multiple plans to switch between without removing the sim card, adding more data to their existing pool. For overseas, if the operator(s) support eSIM, can add that into the phone and you're good to go, that's as long as you've internet connection. If the country doesn't support eSIM, there's probably alternatives like Airalo and Ubigi that provides solutions. It's not as cheap, but it's still an option.
Oh, if eligible for M1 Corporate Individual Scheme, can always get M1 Enterprise Mobile plans. Bundled with a few GB of roaming data per month, and excess rate of $5.35/GB, good for those business people. 75 countries included isn't a small list, doubt many will go to countries that aren't in the list anyway for business and leisure. M1 supports eSIM anyway, so it's yet another profile that you can switch to if needed.
i would think otherwise, when one needs to change device for main line, just swap the SIM card to another phone and can use it straightaway, nothing difficult. physical SIM card failure rate is always zero too. people are dealing with this at all time especially for iphone that does not even come with dual sim at all previously.
esim swap device still requires reactivation. it may causes hiccup in between.
What do you mean by reactivation? iMessage/Facetime activation?
Yes, as you said, change device just swap sim and go. If it's eSIM, you still have t contact carrier and request for new QR to be generated, be it via the telco app or email. Charges may apply too.
Plus, eSIM device must be compatible with the network too, so it's also another problem that users have to face. Physical SIM most phone have still, and is typically compatible as long as you buy in the country. Basically plug and play.