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eSims at the moment are more of a gimmick, with mostly the higher-end devices supporting them. Smarty, as a relative budget cell provider is definitely not interested in adding gimmicks to the network, it would probably end up raising the prices of the existing plans to phase this in when there strictly isn't a need for them. I suspect they are already on extremely thin profit margins considering the pricing of other providers.
You have to pick your battles in business, you're either an all-thrills provider, or focus on being the cheapest. Smarty is most likely the latter. I just wish the team was more transparent in regards to this instead of letting these suggestions quietly fade into obscurity, at this point I'm not even sure what is the point of this section.
Definitely not complaining however, I am getting data speeds that rival the biggest UK networks at a fraction of the price, for that I'll take a barebones network anyday,
Name me a *single * device that doesn’t support eSIM. I’ll wait…
The point about Smarty being a no frills network as a justification to not support eSIM is a total idiotic nonsense given a tonne of similar budget carrier brands support it.
JP_15928 They are definitely not a gimmick if you need data at a reasonable price while roaming outside the EU.
I have used couple of different brands and found them exceptionally good.
I do think that they might prove to be cost neutral to companies - Three certainly offers both - but turning to sim exclusively would exclude a huge number of customers.
Your comment about letting ideas fade into obscurity is interesting. There were a lot of gripes about short code texts for a very long time and it looked like smarty were not going to move on that - but they did eventually.
JP_15928 They are definitely not a gimmick if you need data at a reasonable price while roaming outside the EU.
I have used couple of different brands and found them exceptionally good.
I do think that they might prove to be cost neutral to companies - Three certainly offers both - but turning to sim exclusively would exclude a huge number of customers.
Your comment about letting ideas fade into obscurity is interesting. There were a lot of gripes about short code texts for a very long time and it looked like smarty were not going to move on that - but they did eventually.
Also, this idea has gone to 'investigating' status.
Been with Smarty for about 6 years using SIM for data in a cellular iPad. Now had to upgrade to a new cellular iPad which only takes eSIMs. So farewell Smarty. Sorry I recommended you to friends now using Smarty similarly.
Any update on this? It makes joining the network very easy too, no waiting needed
you are not wrong, though. Usually when Apple do something the rest follow so if Apple make an eSIM only iPhone in the UK, If mobile networks want to keep up their customer base, then they will have to adapt. Much like had to happen in the USA when Apple brought out the eSIM on the iPhone over there
> eSims at the moment are more of a gimmick, with mostly the higher-end devices supporting them
Absolute & utter total *crap* JP_15928
