Looking at other countries available and pricing, I don't think its particularly niche. Outside of Western Europe, pretty much every country is vastly inflated in price compared to a traditional SIM. If you're just going from the US to somewhere like France, sure, but anywhere beyond W. Europe its 3-5x more expensive. Of the dozen or so countries I've worked in, only Czechia has a roughly equivalent eSIM price. I doubt I'll be upgrading from my 12 anytime soon because of this.

Travel and buy the 14 in whatever country you’re traveling to. All foreign countries still have the SIM slot - Apple removed it for the US only.

I went from a 6s plus to se 2016 (the one shaped like an iPhone 5) to 13 mini

13 mini is still a bit large for my preference ; smaller is better for my pocket, my hands, etc

It has passed around 30 min and just 2%, thank you so much! You made me feel dumb🥲

Yeah that’s what I did. It got much better and doubt the battery was the problem because it was pretty good on iOS 16.0.3. It got solved, thank you all for the support :)

And don't just reboot. Force close every app you have running, then reboot.

Also in the battery settings, it should show you what processes are sucking the most battery. That should hopefully help you pinpoint the issue. If nothing seems out of the ordinary, it may be a defective battery (which is rare but possible).

You don't change your phone number with Airalo, instead, you get another phone line that's just for data (you don't even get a phone number at all with Airalo eSIM) and you get to keep your main phone number for iMessage/calls/2FA SMS.

Works flawlessly for me every time no matter where I go, and I've been to over 20 countries with Airalo eSIM so far, zero trouble. Highly recommend.

I’m talking from a 12 with a foreign SIM right now. People saying that you can use e-Sim kinda miss the point imo. The providers with eSim are usually double the price or more when compared to a local prepaid sim. I’m glad Europe doesn’t have it yet.

I went from the 11 pro max to the 12 pro and then finally to the 13 mini. I LOVE it.

If a process is running wild and draining that battery, it could easily be.

The iPhone is just another computer, after all! If something is going wild in the background, a reboot usually nixes it.

Good luck! Also, battery can be uneven the first day or two after an update. Lots of background laundry being done.

It only counts if it was all along the eastern shore.

I’m having this similar consideration but I’ll likely be going from my 11 to a 13 mini and I think the general gains such as OLED screen and better cameras will make it worthwhile. I used to think the mini were too small but the weight of the 11 is getting to me.

I only leave it on for time-sensitive apps:

Messaging apps so messages, voice notes and media can be ready when I open it Ride hailing apps Dropbox/file cloud apps

Less than 10 apps total.

I don’t think devs use it for much, though.

Mexico and canada have sim tray

Apple didn’t force people to use physical sims, but supply from local carriers might. By phasing out physical cards local carriers are encouraged to provide more esim options to keep business from iPhone users, which opens more doors for everyone down the road.

I know people don’t like change and there is a learning curve, but this will ultimately be an improvement giving people more secure, convenient options to stay connected abroad.

I was able to use 1 or 2 pixels and get that right side of the number 1 and get in with some patience. Got all her photos saved. I appreciate everyones help! Thanks all that commented.

Now I can have two eSIMs at once - and a whole load racked up and ready to switch in.

How's that for choice?

If I don't want it sending me alerts, I don't want it refreshing in the background either. Most apps don't make the cut. I think weather and email are the only things I allow.

Try going to Settings->Battery

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There should be a history of what uses how much of your battery, so that might give you info forward. Let us know.

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I’d recommend Airalo! You download the app, buy an eSIM and then install it straight to your phone.

I have an older iPhone (that does support eSIM) and I only use an eSIM. I don’t have a physical sim in mine at all! For me it’s a security thing, nothing to remove so they can’t turn mobile data off without unlocking it first. But yea you can easily travel with eSIM! And you can have two active at once.

Compressed air

I mean, if I had some bugs yeah I would think about it, but if battery is the main problem I wouldn’t think rebooting can be a solution. It’s my first iPhone tho, I’m rebooting rn and telling you in hour, I’m at 64% rn in just 12 min

I used this summer in Turkey and it was great!

I think yours is a niche use case. I suggest you to buy a smartphone with a sim or a portable router