Here are 2 questions you should ask yourself: 1. Do I travel to countries where I may want to buy a local physical SIM? 2. Do you want to set up a second cellular plan from a provider which doesn't offer eSIM? If the answer to any of these questions is Yes then switching to eSIM for your main provider in whatever country you live in (if your providers offers it) might be a good idea. If not then I really don't think it makes much of a difference at this point.
I am quite sure that there is a definite trend towards eSIM especially here in North America and maybe Europe, Australia, New Zealand etc. This becomes more apparent when you consider that the US version of the iPhone 14 actually doesn't have a SIM tray any more hence you can only use eSIM with that phone. But until all providers offer eSIM transfer which means you can reuse your eSIM and easily transfer it from your current phone to a new phone, eSIM can be a pain in the neck. I had switched to eSIM on my iPhone 11 before my wife and I went to the Philippines a year ago because I knew I wanted to buy a SIM card and data package there. When I then received my iPhone 13 Pro I thought this is no problem, I can just transfer the eSIM. Wrong! When I tried I was informed that my provider, Telus here in Canada, does not support this. My choice was to go back to a physical SIM which Telus sent to me along with my phone or to request a new eSIM which would have meant having to wait at least 3 or 4 days for Telus to mail me a card with a QR code to scan since I live in a small town and unlike in a larger city, I can't just pop into a Telus store or other large retailer like Best Buy where I think I could have gotten one. So I went back to the physical SIM which meant I had to also waste more time going to the Telus website to transfer my number to that SIM since it of course came with its own new number. I think at this point I will stay away from eSIM especially since so far iPhones sold in Canada, even the iPhone 14/14 Pro, still have a SIM tray and I assume the iPhone 15 phones coming out this year will also have it. We are not going back to the Philippines until late February next year so before then I will check if Telus is then supporting eSIM transfer and if not I'll either see if a carrier in the Philippines supports eSIM or else I'll just take my Telus SIM out and keep it in a safe place for the 2 or 3 weeks I'll be there. From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 5:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: SIM Card vs eSIM Card Hi All, My wife and I we'll be receiving our new SE2022 iPhones today. Which will be better, sticking with the physical SIM Cards, or switching to the, eSIM card? If we do any traveling it'll be only here in the United States and our carrier is Spectrum. So, since our carrier is nationwide this shouldn't be any problem. I'm throwing thi information in because this could matter to someone that travels out of the country. All input is welcome. Thanks much. Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go Dodgers! -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/004c01d96627%24da65c280%246101a8c0%40MikeArcadia7<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/004c01d96627%24da65c280%246101a8c0%40MikeArcadia7?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH7PR12MB5656913B89C49E9B3E3A7CC5C7929%40PH7PR12MB5656.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
