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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by pieterhg on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:03PM (#29716159)
This hasn't been my experience. I use only eSIMs now on an iPhone 13. I buy eSIMs via Airalo's iOS app (not affiliated, not an ad but love it).

It takes me 30 seconds from buying an eSIM in any country worldwide from their app, paying with Apple Pay, to having it active and working with data and voice line.

I travel a lot and before it'd take 15 minutes to sometimes an hour of driving to a phone shop or finding it at the airport, getting your passport copied (fraud risk), getting foreign money in cash out to pay, and handing a stranger your phone.

Big improvement for me. And I can run 2x eSIMs at the same time!

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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by MilaM on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @03:22PM (#29717622)
Airalo sounds interesting. I'm a bit suspicious of the offering though after studying their website. No business address, no mention where it's based, privacy policy is not GDRP compliant. Not sure if this is a serious business.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by smoovb on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @04:13PM (#29718269)
Airalo is just one of multiple online retailers, like Mobimatter or Holafly. eSIMdb is a good starting point as well.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by FDSGSG on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @09:10PM (#29720924)
Serious question: Who has the time to research all that stuff before buying a 5 euro eSIM? Why bother?

Airalo is legit, whether or not they're "serious" really doesn't matter.

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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by deadc0de on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:47PM (#29716586)
The problem with services like Airalo is that they almost never give you a local phone number. In many countries getting a phone number involves showing a physical id.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by rosndo on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:21PM (#29716944)
Problem? This seems like a huge win, the sooner we get rid of phone numbers the better.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by ValentineC on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @05:52PM (#29719288)
How does one make outgoing calls without a voice-enabled number?
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by watermelon0 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:31AM (#29723021)
Airalo is data-only plan, so you have to either use another SIM card for making phone calls, or use VoIP/Skype/Viber/etc.
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by rosndo on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @07:22AM (#29724170)
Just top up a VOIP service with $10 and never run out of credit because nobody makes regular phone calls in 2022?
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by klabb3 on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:32PM (#29716419)
What happens when you have more than the 2 active? Can they still be stored on the phone and reactivated in the future?
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by kanbara on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:06PM (#29716799)
yep, you can have multiple eSIM and just swap on the fly
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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by NullPrefix on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @01:45PM (#29716566)
>And I can run 2x eSIMs at the same time

Dual SIM devices were available for a long time.

Yes, most of them were dual standy sim, which meant that you wouldn't get calls from one while talking on another.

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Re:Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card s... by smileybarry on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:47PM (#29717203)
> Dual SIM devices were available for a long time.

Dual eSIM, however, are fairly new.

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