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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by greggman3 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:08AM (#29714991)
Traveling is one of them

Plenty of countries don't allow no-locals to buy a sim or don't allow them to by a "good" sim so you get a local to buy a sim and then they give you the sim. Not going to work for eSim.

I also used to keep an extra sim for friends visiting. Can't do that with an eSim

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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by maratc on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @11:12AM (#29715020)
airalo sells eSIMs for most countries in the world, no locals needed.

It also sells one for my country, so my friends visiting can buy it from them, so I don't need to keep an extra SIM.

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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by greggman3 on Sunday January 02, 2022 @10:16PM (#29776920)
Just checked and exactly as I specified above, those prices are shit. 10x local prices. $30 for 3meg vis a local sim, $15 for unlimited.

So, no, airalo is not an example of why eSims are good

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