you know they now now pushing e-sim card. There won't be any physical sim cards any more. It is already widely popular and available in India and slowly moving to US. You can potentially have 10-15 phone numbers on a single phone if that is what you want :)
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E SIM is a super useful thing when you travel abroad a lot. Go to the kiosk, buy an ESIM and load it into your phone (I think my Samsung S23+ can add 8 at the same time) and set a plan for that card, usually for data. For calls and SMS to be on a physical, personal card, and for data to go through the new ESIM card.
Sounds complicated. 8 Sims?
It is not.
It's very simple🙂
And for countries that do not have roaming agreements, it is an ideal option.
Here is my example:
I have my personal number in my phone on the physical card, which is SIM1. Calls and SMS are set up through it. I bought a card from another operator, as well as a Ubigi service card if necessary, I would add another one, for example Greece or another European country.
And depending on where I travel, I activate a card for more favorable data transfer such as SMS2 for data transfer.
It is a little incomprehensible to people who live in huge countries, like you in Australia or who lives in the USA, or Europe where there is an agreement on roaming...
But even with the agreement, by far the most favorable option is to buy a SIM (or ESIM) card locally, and still use a lot of GB for little money.
The advantage of ESIM is that it can upload several ESIMs and then choose the one that is the best option. Only one ESIM card can be active at a time.
Yeah, I just use roaming.
Toosim toosim.com made my travels abroad so much easier with their eSIM service. I quickly purchased an eSIM for data while keeping my physical SIM for calls and texts. The process was fast and seamless on my Samsung S23+, which supports multiple eSIMs. It’s a convenient and cost-effective option for frequent travelers.
I didn't know that, old people like me are not all that tech savvy. Lol.
If I had 10-15 numbers on the one phone I could only ever imagine me sending the wrong message to the wrong person. Nudes to my boss...hmm, probably not legit. 🤣
Seriously though, it's good tech and like all tech it'll be superseded quickly.
Remember when this was cutting edge?
What about this?
LOL! No kidding.
In fact multiple numbers on a single phone might help many bad actors on one hand, and govt. trying to catch them on the other hand. Its a cat and mouse race, who knows who wins!
I was thinking when I read the e-sim thing...is that more easily tracked by government and other rogues? At lest with a sim one can remove it from the phone and avoid being tracked.
This was a phone 😃
1994...
Yeah, had one. Lol.