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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Looking for a new, non-shot phone. Can anyone ID the one on the left?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With the edges and the s pen I would guess it's the S23 Ultra maybe the Ultra the year before.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh, I assumed that was a minimum viable product requirement.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've been avoiding eSIMs like a Boomer avoids anything tech because I don't understand them, and now I'm glad I did.

SIM cards work fine; other than waste reduction, what's the point of eSIM?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, on the other hand, do you just understand how simple cards work? I for sure don’t and I don’t see why I would need a chip from my provider to access it’s services, if I can get a digital key instead.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I like that I can switch phones with a physical card. IPhone to android still no way.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As I understand it (I've done literally zero research), it's to prevent spam/spoofing, at least in the US. With a physical card, you can't just instantly convert your phone to a different number and carrier. Now, with all the robocalls I get, there's obviously still more work to be done...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Spoofing what? Imei numbers? Phone number spoofing is not solved by this. With VOIP you can literally tell it to send whatever number you want to be its caller I'd.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

physical sims can be swapped regardless of OS or whatever arbitrary limitation they impose on us.

i still dont get why esims are a thing besides imposing more control over us

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I traveled across the world last year it took me 5 minutes to sign up for a temporary cell plan in the country I was visiting, then install the eSIM from my phone’s web browser. I didn’t have to plan ahead and wait for them to mail me a SIM card so I could juggle around SIMs while abroad. I much prefer that over a physical SIM card.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

im glad you had a good experience in the random country you were in.

but have you ever dealt with most carriers? also who waits for sim cards in the mail instead of just buying one?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

For reference, this was in Japan. From my experience, there weren’t SIM card vendors until you get through customs. That could be a 2 hour long process from landing to entering the country before you can get a SIM and communicate with family or your travel arrangements at your destination. It also won’t be doing you any favors if you need to pull up documentation on your phone to provide to the customs agent, like your return ticket.

I can buy an eSIM and install it before leaving my home and verify it works instantly. It’s just a better experience than the alternative.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe in somewhere free like the EU or SEA. In the US, most phones bought from a carrier (and most sales are that way, some exclusively so) are locked so that no other SIM (e or physical) can be used.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's your problem as a consumer accepting that. This thread makes me depressed, with the amount of people happy to allow shitty US consumer hostile practices to become more common globally.

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