Re:The Rise and (Eventual) Fall of the SIM Card
by mort96 on Monday September 11, 2023 @01:41PM
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That must be a US thing. Any time I've gotten a new phone (be it iPhone -> iPhone, iPhone -> Android or Android -> iPhone or even Sony Ericsson -> Sony Ericsson back in the day) I've just popped out the SIM from the old phone and put it in the new.
The only exception is when they've moved to a physically smaller SIM card format.
Re:The Rise and (Eventual) Fall of the SIM Card
by ipqk on Monday September 11, 2023 @01:42PM
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That's not true. For the last few iPhone upgrade cycles, everytime I got a new iPhone I just removed the SIM it came with, and popped in my old one. Everything worked. The only time i replaced the SIM was when 5G came out and it required a new SIM to work.
(This was USA on Verizon)
Re:The Rise and (Eventual) Fall of the SIM Card
by jaywalk on Monday September 11, 2023 @04:37PM
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I have Verizon in the US as well. I suppose it works both ways, then.
Re:The Rise and (Eventual) Fall of the SIM Card
by bandergirl on Monday September 11, 2023 @01:44PM
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> New iPhones came with a new SIM
This is literally never the case unless you buy from your operator in some backwards country like the US.
As a consumer, eSIMs are fantastic for international travel. I can have a prepaid international data plan up and running before I even get off the plane.