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AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is this just a switch to eSIM from regular SIM? Travel sim cards have been a thing for at least two decades.
registeredusername@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 2 months ago
It’s also the ease of it. I travelled to Indonesia a while back thinking I could pick up a SIM card once there. I didn’t realise you have to register the phone itself for tax reasons (?) to white list the IMEI of the phone before buying a SIM card. It was loads easier just to buy a roaming eSIM after I arrived. In hind sight I probably could have got a better package had I shopped before hand but it got me out of a tricky situation.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Same issues in Turkye. You have to track down a shop and they’ll fleece you because they flat out refuse to sell you the cheap options under various pretexts. If you use the SIM for 6 months you have to register your IMEI, and if you don’t they expire and you have to do it all over again. So yeah, having an eSIM is a big improvement.
Album@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Yeah. Before your options were roaming or waiting till you get there to get a physical SIM.
Today I can get an app that will install the esim before I get to the country so I’m ready to go out the gate.
Rates seem really good this way.