I would agree to an extent, but I dislike another step or dependency to change phones. With a physical sim I don’t need to login to a carrier site for it to function, don’t need to call their support, don’t need to wait for activation times, only their towers gotta be working.
Comment on Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks agoThis sounds like a your carrier problem, not an eSIM problem.
I’ve swapped eSIMs 3 times this year at my own leisure, no involvement from the carriers, no calls, no issue whatsoever.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
But I don’t need to do any of that either. My phone’s settings have a transfer option for eSIMs and it passes the eSIM data to another phone.
No need to interact with the carrier app, no need to interact with the internet, no need to login to anything.
I guess activation times could be a thing but mine is always immediately active so I never noticed it.
So that leads me to my previously stated conclusion: eSIM isn’t the issue, carrier implementation is.
undrwater@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“This sounds like a your carrier problem, not an eSIM problem.”
This is true, and we the consumer have no control of the carrier decisions. With a physical SIM, we have at least a little.