You've lived a good life.

Thanks. It seems as if I may be over-complicating the whole thing.

Very prudent. I wish I was as disciplined.

More or less, I'm used it.
Considering the 15s are rumoured to have this on all models. Yes, I think it'll stick at least for now. But I'm basing that off said rumours.
As for app utilization, 16.1 just came out and that opened the door for devs to take more advantage of the DI so it'll be used a lot more than just stock app as it was in 16.0

why would it use extra battery when no one’s connected

I did a Euro trip last month - Sweden, specifically and decided to try the eSIM option in my 13 Pro Max (it can do dual eSIM). The SIM tray was empty.

I chose to buy an eSIM from Airalo so i downloaded the app at home here in the United States and chose to install the Sweden eSIM thru the app directly. There are options to scan a QR code but I chose the direct method.

The Sweden eSIM installed and I even activated it in setting but it went into SOS mode since there were no local towers to connect to. It didn’t roam.

Once I landed at Arlanda International Airport, I turned off airplane mode and my t-mobile eSIM connected and I got the “welcome to Sweden” text from t-mobile. I then activated the Airalo eSIM and it took a minute (we were approaching the gate at this point) and it also connected - to Telenor, a local Scandinavian provider.

Now, I saw that split signal icon on my 13 PM. After I disembarked, i found an empty chair to sit down and change the settings to use the Airalo eSIM for all data and the T-Mobile eSIM for voice and texts.

Connection was at LTE for the whole trip. I burned thru all but 11mb of the 3GB Airalo eSIM by the end of the week long trip.

It was a great experience and gave me much confidence for my 14 PM.

If it’s a serious concern, tho, Apple still sells the 13 and we can pick up older models thru refurb.

That was my eSIM experience :-)

just doing my first international with the 14, eSIM sucks. Twice I’ve changed you get a QR code that they tell you to scan with your phone. If you have just one phone you gotta print it? If you have a partner you snap it and airdrop it to them?

Then you need to be connected to the Internet to activate it. Once you scan the QR code the only option is “activate” two times in a row. So if you bought a limited time eSIM you have no option to install but not activate. And you need to be connected to the Internet so you have to hope to find a wifi to make it work if you wanted to wait until you’re in the country.

Wtf it’s so awful.

eSim stands for embedded sim and sim cards only contain the cryptographic keys to connect you the network securely. Your issue isn't eSim it's likely a modem issue. Make sure to update to latest iOS versions to get modern updates.

If you still have issues, you might have a hardware defect.

As others have said, many international travelers are willing to pay the $10 per day (max $100 in a billing cycle for some US carriers). It’s just easier.

For people in the US, it’s not hard to find a data-only international eSIM for many countries. Yeah, you can’t make traditional phone calls with these, but it’s not hard to get a VOIP phone number from Skype, WhatsApp, or others. These eSIMs might also limit you to a specific country (no roaming) and be more expensive than physical SIMs, though.

Once carriers realize how eSIMs can save them money, they’ll switch to them.

there are cheap travel eSIM like airalo

My iPhone 8 has seen some damage over the years. One feature that is worth turning on is the double tap on the home button (tap not push) that brings the whole screen to a lover level.

I think you need to go to accessibility, touch & turn on reachability. Not sure if it’s on by default but worth a try.

If that fails looks like y’all are in for a new screen

The no transferring of WhatsApp messages was why I never made the move sooner but now they have this I moved so you don’t have to worry about that. Dunno about the other stuff

It's 'uge and not as worth for no-professinals, who might not require the somewhat extended Camera features.

I get what you mean, but you should not have to click on the side at all. If you want to. PM meb I will explain further.

I think that people who travel a lot have moved to global traveler sims which tend to be e-sim. So you’d have your main domestic e-sim and a global traveller e-sim

But of course there will be people who do things the more traditional way of getting a local SIM and their main e-sim and they will need a different phone not a US Apple model.

I think I can still get apple care. I’ll probably just get a screen protector. The scratch will be like a battle scar or something. Lol

ESimDB can you show you Edina available in which country. I am personally using globalesim for my future travel overseas. It appears to be cheaper than local sim plans in some countries.

Exactly this .... I feel bad for Americans . And of all versions HK has it best , dual nano SIM and ofc has e-sim ability too

Yes with iOS 15 and above newer phones can be tracked whiles it’s still off but not completely dead

I don’t need any app refreshing or know my location until I need it to. Only ONE is the weather app, just so that I can have readily available at a glance. For the other apps I already have push notification if they are important.

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In Australia, the iPhone 14’s have a sim card option, so maybe check that out. There are def models available. Have to say I got the iPhone 14 Pro Max (with SIM card) and it’s hands down the best phone I’ve ever had. You’ll really enjoy it.

People will pay Verizon's $10/day for international data, or similar with other USA carriers. Maybe the carriers paid Apple to remove the SIM.

Why didn’t apple consider such people before removing it. What real advantage are they getting by having that blank space instead of a sim slot even for US region. It’s not like they’re removing it for all the regions and using that space for some other component.

You can get your screen fixed through Apple care or any third party store.

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