Forum Discussion
Esim
I use eSIMs extensively at home and abroad, on both foreign networks and with services like Airalo.
What is the big deal with them, why are you so keen to use them ? Both physical and eSIMs work exactly the same, there are “no bonus features” that eSIM has over physical sims.
It's not about bonus features, it's because some devices either don't support physical SIMs at all or only support one physical SIM and one eSIM.
That’s not true, certainly in the UK, where all devices available still use physical SIM cards.
In the USA, iPhones from the 14 series do not have physical SIM card slots, being eSIM only, but again, that’s in the USA, not here in the UK…
I was referring to LTE enabled Smart Watches, which only support eSIMs.
Even if Smarty did support esim, that doesn’t necessarily mean they will support smart watches.
GiffGaff, LycaMobile, Spusu and Voxi are UK MVNO’s that currently support eSIM, but none of those four MVNOs currently support smartwatches.
it’s doubtful that UK MVNO’s will ever support esims for cellular watches because they have to be on a paired contract so that the phone number for the watch matches the one on the sim in your phone.
So this is supported by adding addons to post paid contracts (which MVNOs don’t support) so esims for watches are only supported by the MNOs.
So it’s very doubtful that any UK MVNO will be able to support esims for cellular watches because the MNOs would need to provide them with the service of 2 sims with the same number.
If an eSIM for a smartwatch is that important to you, then you are going to have to pony up the cash to join EE, O2 or Vodafone, and pay an extra £10 a month for smart watch connectivity.
Having previously used EE and paying extra for smartwatch connectivity myself, the novelty soon wears off. Obviously though, it’s your money, your choice.
So, don’t make the mistake of thinking that eSIM support automatically means smartwatch support, as it does not.
