Hi Mike, The phones have one eSim and one regular Sim card, so you can still switch Sims as necessary on your primary phone line.
HTH, Anna > On Sep 30, 2018, at 1:06 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think there is one major disadvantage to the idea of a phone using an ESIM > compared to an actual hardware SIM card, perhaps this is addressed in the > standard, but if so it has not been mentioned. > One major benefit of using sim cards is that you can have more than one phone > and transfer your account to that phone by simply inserting your SIM in to > that phone. I think this has always been a major advantage of the GSM system, > and this system has moved on to 3G UMTS and now to LTE. With CDMA networks, > the account is tied to the serial number of the phone you are using, if you > want to switch phones, you must deactivate the current phone and activate the > new one. Unless I am missing something, if phones use ESIM exclusively the > same thing would happen. I switch between my iphone 8 and iphone SE, there > are times when I prefer to have a smaller phone in my pocket. I'm wonering if > the ESIM standard allows you to have more than one phone associated with your > account. If not, than I would consider ESIM to be a step backward because you > can no longer switch phones whenever you want, at least not nearly as easily. > This is one reason why the GSM system has always been more flexible, unless I > am missing something, it seems like the ESIM idea is much less flexible. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
