eSims, what is your experience.

[anat0l]

Just took the plunge into eSIMs by changing carriers, but opting to port my old physical SIM to an eSIM (much faster than having to wait for delivery, which would be very much delayed thanks to Alfred).

Was concerned with a heightened risk of SIM spoofing, until I read around and realised that the risk is pretty much the same even for physical SIMs.

While it's certainly more convenient, I think when I flip to another carrier, I will opt for a physical SIM so that I can have my active eSIM spot free for use abroad as needed.

 

[SYD]

Just took the plunge into eSIMs by changing carriers, but opting to port my old physical SIM to an eSIM (much faster than having to wait for delivery, which would be very much delayed thanks to Alfred).

Was concerned with a heightened risk of SIM spoofing, until I read around and realised that the risk is pretty much the same even for physical SIMs.

While it's certainly more convenient, I think when I flip to another carrier, I will opt for a physical SIM so that I can have my active eSIM spot free for use abroad as needed.

How old / new is your phone? Most modern phones support multiple eSIMs and you can have two lines active at the same time ie 2x eSIMs or 1x eSIM + 1x SIM.

 

[kevrosmith]

WANDER15 is also a current promo code for 15% off for Airalo

 

[CaptainCurtis]

30% off Simify/SimsDirect, although it appears they've increased their list prices which negates part of the discount. I used an unlimited data esim from them for a recent 6 week trip in the US, and it worked seamlessly.

 

[anat0l]

How old / new is your phone? Most modern phones support multiple eSIMs and you can have two lines active at the same time ie 2x eSIMs or 1x eSIM + 1x SIM.

I have a Galaxy S22+, which isn't the latest and greatest but not exactly museum age yet.

My search may have been poor but I was lead to believe that only 1 eSIM could be active at a time (can store multiple, but need to switch between them manually).

 

[Scarlett]

Got caught out by ‘Always Mobile’ eSIM.

I had a 20GB/30days sim for Indonesia and whilst it worked well I think they’ve been deliberately deceptive:
I checked out as much as I could about Always and they appear to be a Canadian company, with their T&Cs indicating Canadian law is relevant for any issues. However, upon connecting in Indonesia, the entry point to the www was via HK Telecom (Hong Kong).
I had discarded any of the Chinese based sellers when looking for the eSIM I wanted, so not particularly happy to have seen that touting point for all my data. ymmv.

 

[Scarlett]

On another matter, we’re heading to Norfolk Island for Easter. Looks like the only option is Norfolk Telecom for data whilst there and that with a $30 tourist sim rather than being able to have an eSIM set up before arrival.

Actually I see there’s a $10 1GB data only sim that might do for the five days we’re on the island.