Re:Qualcomm wants to replace eSIMs with iSIMs, has the first...
by vanilla_nut on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:12AM
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Great point. I'd love to see eSIMs managed via an open standard over NFC, phone-to-phone or POS-to-phone to "simulate" the transferability of physical SIMs without the tiny piece of plastic.
But until then, I'm avoiding eSIMs entirely. I used to have a CDMA Verizon iPhone back in the day, and every time I switched to or from it (it eventually became my backup phone) I had to call Verizon to beg them to move my number between phones. Slow, annoying, and error-prone: I ended up with no usable phone more than once.
And now a lot of carriers are charging $15-30 "activation fees" in the US every time you set up an eSIM on a phone. No thank you.
Re:Qualcomm wants to replace eSIMs with iSIMs, has the first...
by jen20 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @08:37AM
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Hopefully this will fall under the junk fee act proposed by Biden. Telcos are among the worst offenders and deserve nothing less than corporate euthanasia.
But until then, I'm avoiding eSIMs entirely. I used to have a CDMA Verizon iPhone back in the day, and every time I switched to or from it (it eventually became my backup phone) I had to call Verizon to beg them to move my number between phones. Slow, annoying, and error-prone: I ended up with no usable phone more than once.
And now a lot of carriers are charging $15-30 "activation fees" in the US every time you set up an eSIM on a phone. No thank you.