Yes, I realize that, I was talking about when eventually the phones are ESIM only and a sim card slot is no longer provided, it seems likely that this will happen at some point.
> On Sep 30, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Anna Dresner <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
