• Prethoryn Overmind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    Now you will just do it electronically. This really isn’t as big of a deal as I am seeing in the comments. You will just move them across devices. This already works on iPhones. When you move from an eSIM on a 13 to a 14 for example. It will be similar on Android. On top of that, security wise, this is an absolute win for the average consumer, albeit annoying for Lemmy users that can’t bother to learn a thing or two about why.

    https://www.androidauthority.com/android-esim-transfer-3356508/

    Here is a podcast if you want to know a little bit more about why this is happening: https://a.lemmy.world/lemmy.world/post/3584474

    In short, hot swapping is a big deal right now and it is costing people a lot of money and a lot of trust in telecom as well.

    • Dog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Not every phone I have supports esim. If my phone breaks for some reason, or something software wise happens to it and I don’t have the time to deal with it at the moment. I can pop out my sim card and put it into another phone to get it working so I have something at the moment rather than nothing. The example I’ve provided has actually happened to me before and I’d be screwed if I had an eSIM instead.