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Enough is enough - eSIM *now*
Not all US carriers offer eSIM. In fact, many don’t.
Name me *one* US carrier that doesn’t offer eSIM. I’ll wait….
PS - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209096 - oops. Looks like every US carrier I’ve ever heard of. It doesn’t matter if the service is pre or post paid - they support eSIM.
Waiting for you to educate us on which mythical US carrier doesn’t support eSIM.
Agreed! I can't think of one US carrier who doesn't support e-Sim. If there is one, you can be sure they will quickly update as Apple (a US company) has just released the iPhone 15 today and it only supports e-sims. If you're like me and didn't realise your carrier doesn't support e-sim before you left the Apple Store with your new phone, it's a real nightmare!
This is the UK, not the US give-us-eSIM. Either open your wallet and spend the extra per month required to get eSIM support or pack your bags and move abroad to a country that offers 100% eSIM support (if that’s your thing).
> This is the UK, not the US.
Obviously. That's why there is such difficulty obtaining eSIM on any pre-paid plan.
> Either open your wallet and spend the extra per month required to get eSIM support
Why can British carriers simply not offer eSIM for prepaid services? It's totally within their technical ability to do so, they just *choose* to not offer it.
I don't want postpaid. Why would I want *two* cellular contracts? I have my main service in the US - which is great, and performs far in excess to any UK carrier - yet I want to use my iPhone 14 with a prepaid UK carrier when I return to the country of my birth. Is this concept too difficult for you to understand?
> or pack your bags and move abroad to a country that offers 100% eSIM support.
I did. A decade ago. Hence how I know how *poor* UK carrier support is for eSIM.
https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/esims
As you can see above, not all US carriers support eSIMs
AFAIK, Three did a trial on eSIMs, but do not currently offer it.
If you want eSIM that bad, don’t use an MVNO. The only UK MVNO’s that currently support eSIM are Sky Mobile and Voxi.
That info is not accurate. T-Mobile (my carrier) has supported e-sim for the past 3years or so.
