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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by traceroute66 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @12:37PM (#29715933)
> If I'm traveling I can just buy a SIM card at a kiosk and pop it in

I don't understand this comment.

Pre-COVID I used to travel a lot for business, with an iPhone.

iPhone has physical SIM + virtual SIM.

My "home" SIM would stay in my iPhone.

Meanwhile I would have one of the many eSIM apps (Truephone, GigSky etc.) on my phone, which I would activate for international data for X days which would enable me to continue doing VoIP and messaging apps as normal.

I don't see the need to go buy local SIMs (and indeed, in some countries, buying SIMs as a foreigner is difficult for legal not language barrier reasons).

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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:35PM (#29717783)
The difference is the price. Any international eSim plan is many times more expensive per GB than a local sim card. Especially if you need a lot of GBs.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by traceroute66 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:05PM (#29719911)
Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the country/region. And as I said, sometimes you can't even buy SIMs as a foreigner anyway due to legal restrictions.

Plus, in reality who needs "lots of GBs" these days when travelling ? You need "enough" GBs to tide you over between WiFi hotspots which, let's face it, in 2021 are everywhere and free in many places (hotels, conference venues, offices, shopping centres, coffee shops etc.).

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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:35AM (#29746072)
I've been to many many countries, not once I was not able to buy a prepaid sim card as a tourist. Wish you luck in your marketing campaign.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by traceroute66 on Saturday January 01, 2022 @12:46PM (#29760711)
What marketing campaign ?

You cannot accuse me of being a shill because I named multiple eSIM providers (alongside an "etc." suffix at the end of the list) so you have no right whatsoever to accuse me of marketing for any specific eSIM provider.

(I do not work for an eSIM provider either).

So please stop your trolling.

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