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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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