• atyaz@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      I thought they were super convenient until I had to repair my phone and apple deleted my old sims because they thought there was a physical sim (there’s wasn’t). So I have to go to the agency for the sims I lost. One of them is in another country. So I won’t be able to get that until I go there again.

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        I think the confusion stems from eSIMS being very convenient for Americans, but not true for every other country.

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          They’re pretty convenient everywhere. Check out the Airalo esim app. You can get one for pretty much anywhere in the world.

          I also switched my local provider to esim because it means the sim can’t be removed from the phone if lost or stolen to take it offline. I guess they could keep it wrapped in tinfoil but that’s probably more than the average street rat knows.