Usually the first step in troubleshooting any issue.

Zero offense to you, OP, but it astonishes me how few people try this first when an issue happens. :)

Its great that you love esims. What might be better for you and your use case might not be for someone else. Its why other phones have this thing called choice? Want a cheap airport sim? You got it. Want to set up an esim before you even get on a flight? You got it too.

You're acting like apple didn't support esims before today and forced you to buy an airport sim until now.

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Would you say it shocked you like an electric eel when you got that electric feel?

Also works great for around the camera lenses

Hmm no, should I?

Have you rebooted it since updating?

OP should consider T-Mobile or Google Fi as a carrier.

You spent $25 for something that can be configured without the involvement of any staff via the T-Mobile Website. Or for free via a phone call or T-Force on Twitter/FB.

Sports Alerts https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sports-alerts/id432450349 (see "what's new" in the app listing.)

It's a new feature using the "Live Activities"

I got the app a few years ago so I could have games in an Apple Watch complication. But the new live activities to follow games is pretty cool.

More on live activities https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/enable-live-activities-ios/ and https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/24/live-activities-dynamic-island-apps/

I think Flighty using live activities will come in handy too.

I recently looked into this because of some international travel coming up and Airalo seemed to be the best option. Yes, it's a bit more expensive that buying a physical SIM at your destination and possibly more limited (I did not see service in Ethiopia listed, for example). So I'd start by checking out that app and seeing if the countries you visit are listed.

Also, I don't know where you're located, but where I am at least there are plenty of 13 pro max phones available. That also might be a good option so that you have the SIM tray. It would still be a huge upgrade from the 6 and would last you years. So I'd check around to make sure buying a 13 isn't an option.

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Airalo is significantly more expensive than purchasing a SIM in many countries though. I just looked up their plan options for a country I regularly fly to for work and they charge $24 USD for their largest option - a 5 GB/mo plan. Meanwhile with a physical SIM I can pay $5 for unlimited everything on the exact same carrier that Airalo uses.

I'm a 'digital nomad' and work in tech.

Most of my friends and I bounce between Asia and Europe - and we're all bullish on eSIM.

eSIM is a fundamentally superior and more flexible technology than dirty physical SIMs.

eSIM = I can buy my SIM BEFORE I fly and get data as I land - rather than dealing with some dodgy, lying SIM card merchant in an airport corridor who wants to rip me off and touch my phone to 'set my SIM card up'.

We mainly use Airalo to buy eSIMs right now.

Sure, right now there's less availability and higher costs than physical - but we can blame carriers for holding everything back.

Apple's fired shots - and the entire industry's going to have to rush to catch up.

It's highly likely that most of the rest of the world will get eSIM-only iPhones next year.

And that's awesome.

I'm happy to pay extra costs in the meantime in order to help starve carriers from physical SIM revenue and push the industry towards rapid adoption of eSIM.

Is it that expensive to use your current plan abroad? Mine in the uk includes international roaming for free and i just use my existing phone minutes and texts, along with a few Gb per day. I pay £25 a month so it seems more hassle for me to get a new SIM card and then tell everyone who i might need to contact me what my number is.

Buy a HK variant phone. It supports 2 sim card but no eSim support.

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Buy a 14 from any country not USA, they still have SIM card slot and eSim.

Even Ethiopia, per your example, is serviced by eSIM options. Use an eSIM marketplace like Airalo, Dent, etc and install an eSIM for anywhere you want to go.

It’s cheap. It’s fast. It’s simple. You have service as soon as you land. You don’t have to wait in line at a local telecom counter/store.

I don’t understand the issue

I found the bigger notch on the 14 Pro creates a little shelf that rests on your index finger.
Edit: meant the camera bump

I can’t go back to larger phones these days. It’s either the mini or the Samsung flip phones. Screen size be dammed I like having a phone that fits in my pocket again.

I bought the 13 mini when it first came out, I had the one plus 9 before than. The mini is nice because it fits in your pocket great and you don’t need to worry about sitting on it. I traded that in for the 14 pro. The camera on the mini was so lack luster… idk all iPhone cameras seem lackluster . I hate zooming in on a phone just to get a picture of the moon. Or something close. But besides that I had no problems with the mini

Is the Canadian one functionally identical? Has all the same bands?

Edit: looked it up. It’s missing 5g mmWave bands unfortunately

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