I’m considering buying iPhone 15 in US and read that there’s no physical sim card slot, so it’s only e-sim.

Will this work in every country? Has anyone here been nomadding just with e-sims?

I want to make sure I want get caught out in a country with simply no ability to get a sim.

I don’t go anywhere too wild like Yemen, Afghanistan, etc.

But I like to visit countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Peru, Paraguay, etc.

Thanks for any help!

  • 123spacereturn_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have e-sims from different countries. Thailand, Philippines, Israel, European. You’ll be fine a lot now offers e-sims

  • playwright69@alien.top
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    1 year ago

    I have a Google Pixel with my home country SIM in the slot and I only travel with eSIMs. Almost every country offers eSIMs but they are usually more expansive than the same data with a physical SIM. However I am willing to pay a bit more for convenience and if ever I need a physical SIM, I have a second phone so I do not need to remove the one from my Phone.

    Have been in many countries in SEA, Vietnam and Thailand included and both of them have good eSIMs, especially Thailand.

  • RogerMiller90@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Don‘t buy an eSim-only phone, if you don‘t have to. You will likely find a solution in most countries, but you will mostly pay a premium and you will at times be stuck with bad providers and you will loose a ton of convenience when you can‘t just get a Sim from the good provider with good plans just from the next corner store with a simple transaction anymore.

  • SVAuspicious@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    iPhone 15 outside the US has, I believe, a hardware SIM slot. I have a 12 with eSIM (up to eight) and a hardware slot. I haven’t used the hardware slot yet. I’ve gotten eSIMs everywhere and usually can download them before I leave the previous country.

  • axlr8@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m using an iPhone with eSIM in Peru as we speak. One from the home country and the other for Peru. I bought the eSIM on Maya and activated it with a QR code from my laptop. Did the same in Brazil and every other place

  • jackthebackpacker@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Don’t buy an esim only iPhone if you plan to travel. For example esims don’t exist in China I don’t think. You also may not be able to have a choice of mobile networks in a country that you may visit and be stuck with the one that offers an esim