I have a new Phone Plan starting in a couple of days. I have the option to choose a Physical Sim or eSim, both are similarly easy to get going. What are some +/- of both, what should I use? Or does it even matter at all?
One thing I think of but have no conclusion to yet is when my Phone gets stolen, is that a concern then?
I greatly prefer physical sim, just because I can control it. If I want it out of my phone, it’s out, if I want to switch phones, I switch. Easy peasy. I really don’t see any advantage to an eSim apart from maybe faster delivery.
You can disable and even delete an eSIM-profile. Then it’s just a dead chip. If your provider is halfway decent, you can recover a deleted eSIM-profile as well.
When I traveled last year, having eSIM-capability in my phone was extremely convenient. I picked two providers, one as the primary and one as a backup in case there were problems with the first one. No juggling with the SIM-tray and different nano SIMs.
eSIM requires proprietary google services to activate, so if you’re planning on messing with ROMs I find physical to be easier
I’ve transitioned to eSIM with no plans for going back
What’s your reasons for that?
I didn’t feel physical SIMs brought me any benefits. Nor do I feel an eSIM has any downsides. The industry is slowly moving towards eSIMs anyway, so…
Physical leaves the option of a second one for travel or similar.
You can have a physical SIM alongside an eSIM. These days you may have to have at least one of them be an eSIM, as many phones only have one physical SIM slot.
Some phones will let you save your physical sim as an eSIM.
