Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document

On 5/26/2024 10:05 AM, -hh wrote:

On 5/24/24 9:08 PM, Alan wrote:

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You not understanding the physical SIMs can be made in to eSIMs is not the world's problem.

 I wasn't aware of this .. if one buys a physical SIM in a random foreign smokeshop (or whatever), what's the process for entering into an eSIM-only smartphone like?

See: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnEvkwgEWhM>. It's been done to add a physical SIM to an eSIM only iPhone, but it's not trivial.
Basically, he has it backwards. eSIMs can be loaded onto a phone that only has a physical SIM slot, using eSIM.me <https://esim.me/>, but not the other way around.
What is needed is the ability to put a physical SIM into an iPhone that only has eSIMs (only the iPhone 14 & 15 models sold in the U.S.). For the rest of the world, except China, you still get one physical SIM slot and one eSIM slot. In China you get two physical SIM slots.
For data-only, an eSIM is fine. If you're traveling, and want a foreign phone number as well as data, then you're usually stuck with a physical SIM.
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