Comment on Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret
ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 2 weeks agoThis isn’t just cheaping out though, this is removing a feature. Surely no one will be glad to put in additional effort for no advantage? Or are there advantages to eSIMs that I don’t know about?
From the phone manufacturer, it’s fewer traces and less mechanical design work.
From the carrier side, it requires you to have their spyware installed to register the Sim
From a user perspective, someone can’t just steal your Sim and put it in another phone
Except that’s not true, I neither need to install any apps nor give my data to my service provider.
Then you are using a feature phone, or a standard Android/iOS device with their tools preinstalled
If you try to use it with a free operating system, it’s not possible.
Here are the instructions for installing the bridge code on Graphene: grapheneos.org/usage#esim-support
Yes, eSIMs are much more convenient plus phones can have multiple. While I’ve never tried the multiple eSIM feature, I find it so much nicer to set up a new eSIM online than to have to deal with a physical SIM from a physical store. It’s also more convenient when getting a new phone, at least for iPhone. The setup can just transfer the eSIM from one phone to the next so your number gets moved with no effort on your part
Somebody can’t steal your phone and pull the SIM card out so that it can’t be tracked.
As long as you don’t have the ability to enable airplane mode or disable cellular data from your notifications shade, you can’t stop it from being tracked if it’s stolen unless it’s physically powered off. And as soon as it’s physically powered on again, it’s immediately trackable.
There’s a thing called the power button. You can’t track a phone that’s turned off
In another comment, I specifically acknowledged that you could not track a device that is powered off, but as soon as it is powered back on, it would be trackable again.
uninvitedguest@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
When traveling you can pre-purchase an E-SIM and already have it loaded to your phone in advance of landing - avoiding the whole airport SIM purchase shuffle, or the holding off on using your phone until you get to a convenience store, etc.
I use an E-SIM for my personal plan, saving the physical SIM for a work line.
iopq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When I travel I pre-purchase an eSIM and it’s just ready to turn on when I land