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Do y'all use eSim or Physical Sim for your phone? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just curious.

I used eSim for a while when I first got a phone that supported eSim, because I wanted to make it harder for a thief to disable the phone tracking, but now my main phone is broken and I'm a bit annoyed at having to chat with customer support for half and hour to activate eSim on another device.

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[–] lazycouchpotato 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Physical, because "it just works". I have had a SIM fail on me once, but I was quickly able to get a replacement. Popped out the old one and popped in the new one. No fuss.

eSIM on the other hand requires competency from both your device manufacturer and service provider, and is a mess to deal with if anything goes wrong. The phone manufacturer will blame the service provider and vice versa.

I've had two unpleasant experiences trying to activate an eSIM, and I don't plan on using it again soon – at least not until every Android device manufacturer does an Apple and goes eSIM-only.