Forum Discussion
Esim
Please get on and provide an ESIM on Smarty! I may have to leave if you can’t. I want to use a local sim when outside UK and EU, so I want to me able to put a sim in my phone whilst retaining access to the Smarty network, which would work once Smarty implement eSIM. eSIM now please.
MarkDav_1795153 From posts stretching back some while, it doesn't look like smarty plan to introduce Esims in the near future.
As an alternative (and one I have successfully used) how about an Esim when outside the UK & EU and retain the Smarty sim in the physical socket? There seem to be some pretty reasonable deals on Esims overseas - would that work for you?
By the way, you are not writing to Smarty employees here and so we have no direct 'clout' on what happens.
Thanks, I know that option, but physical Sims are easier to find overseas and purchase. For example on arrival in Dubai, I was handed a free one at the airport. Not used an eSIM, so not sure how easy they are to set up. Will try next time I’m outside EU and UK.
MarkDav_1795153 Esims are very easy to set up. Take a look at Airalo as an example.
Thanks, I’ve downloaded the app for my next trip. Within the EU I find that the 12GB quite sufficient and it’s why I switched to Smarty.
eSIMs are very easy to set up, either automatically through an app, or, which is currently more common, through a QR code, which is emailed to you
The emailed QR code does need 2 devices for set up :
You open the email *on the device you do not want to install the eSIM on*
Then, you take the device *on which you do want to install the eSIM on* and use that device's camera as a QR code reader by simply holding it above the QR code, which facilitates the installation of the eSIM, which takes just a couple of minutes.
