this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2025
346 points (96.3% liked)

Technology

78098 readers
2957 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
L4s@hackingne.ws
346
Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 day ago by OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
118 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] uninvitedguest@piefed.ca 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

When traveling you can pre-purchase an E-SIM and already have it loaded to your phone in advance of landing - avoiding the whole airport SIM purchase shuffle, or the holding off on using your phone until you get to a convenience store, etc.

I use an E-SIM for my personal plan, saving the physical SIM for a work line.

[โ€“] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

When I travel I pre-purchase an eSIM and it's just ready to turn on when I land