Glad I could help.

We have the SIM tray and eSIM. That’s what you mean right?

Just buy it unlocked in Canada. We still have the sim tray

I am paying the $100 max with AT&T while in England for a few months. It seemed easier to me because I can keep my US number. The alternative of getting a UK eSim and dropping my AT&T plan to just calls and texts, is not that desirable because I actually use the HBO Max that comes with my higher-tier AT&T plan. So if I were to pay for HBO Max, then the difference would come out to like $30/month, which just doesn’t seem that handy to me. If I were travelling for only 1-2 weeks, that would be different…

Am I making a mistake here?

Is Airalo eSIM available in Amazon US? I wanted to try a travel eSIM on my next EU visit.

I keep using the French Orange Holiday SIM from Amazon every time I fly over to Europe almost yearly from LAX since 2016. It works flawlessly thru the years from UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and most recently as last month, Slovakia & Hungary. Since 2018 on my venerable OG 8 Plus. 👌

I understand. My point is that if I don't disable my main line, even without data usage and just using it for calls and sms, I get charged $10 a day. If I use data I also get charged $10 a day.

My carrier bundles the cost of using voice and data abroad into one package with no other option, I get charged for both no matter which I use, unless I fully disable it. Your carrier may not charge you for using voice/sms abroad, which is awesome, but mine does unfortunately.

If I am getting charged anyway, then the local data only sim saves me no money.

This gives me great confidence in trying it out. Did you alter any of your apps data usage? Like not having Instagram/Reddit/etc use cellular for data only Wi-Fi? I think my concern is that I will burn through the data accidentally.

Apple says the weight of the 13PM is 8.46 ounces (240 grams) and 14PM is 8.47 ounces (240 grams)… 🤔

Weight 13 Pro Max Vs 14 Pro Max

https://i.imgur.com/9Hhi42L.jpg

Except that Airalo doesn’t disable your main line since it occupies a separate eSIM slot, unless you have a 2nd line in there, in which case you’d need to disable it for Airalo to work.

As an ATT 14 Pro Max user traveling to London in two weeks this is the answer I was hoping to see

I don’t even have it 💀

I’m currently traveling in Asia using a local SIM (an eSIM) I bought from 3 Hong Kong, which works across many countries. I was able to access this SIM from 3 HK despite never stepping foot in HK because it’s an eSIM that I was able to easily buy from their website.

eSIMs enable this kind of choice and competition that’s impossible with physical SIM cards, where you’re stuck with only the options that are physically in front of you. Physical SIM cards have some advantages over eSIMs, too, but I love eSIMs as a traveler.

They’re based in France but I was able to get a 14 day plan (they had longer ones too) for almost all of Europe and even some parts of Asia. I even registered the number so I could keep it for future use. I was able to pay and get the esim while I was still in Canada, while waiting in the airport, so that I could have service as soon as I got off without using my own roaming plan.

Orange in which country?

> cheap airport sim

SIM cards at the airport are notoriously overpriced compared to the options waiting for you if you buy your SIM card in town at a place like a carrier shop or convenience store.

Loved the mini but the brightness and battery sucked so switched back to pro.

Forgot about that, we don’t have that in Canada yet, and I bet not many travel destinations do either, or at least have it being a dealbreaker

>change the settings to use the Airalo eSIM for all data and the T-Mobile eSIM for voice and texts

how did you do this? I had an airalo eSIM for my trip to italy recently but had to disable texting and voice (basically disable my regular sim)

The price for me to use my line for voice/sms abroad is the same as using it for voice/sms/data. That's the point of Airalo, to disable your normal line and use the local one. The same as when we used to physically switch the sims before esim, you lose your normal number for the duration entirely.

I would rather pay the extra to keep my normal one active. Unless I am in a country that my normal provider doesn't work in.

Yes. Thank you. Just edited my post. It really really feels uncomfortably heavier.

Edit: just weighed my son’s 13 pro max and my 14 on a kitchen scale and they were within 2 grams of each other. So not sure why it feels heavier.

Did you “upgrade” to a different color? Maybe that’s what made the difference in weight.

Have the 13 mini since launch…when you don’t compare it to other phones, it’s great, small, very light, ultra reachability,

….but when you start to compare it to other phones, for example hand in hand vs a normal phone, you really see the cracks in its armor… battery life is atrocious. That screen really is tiny, makes you have to jack up text size if you want to see info clearly and quickly…any video or email, you’ll have to turn your phone to landscape…granted it’s easily done with one hand, but gets tiring. Did I mention how horrible battery life is ?

If you’re used to a big phone, browsing Webb pages normally, without zooming in, or watching YouTube videos in portrait without bringing your head closer…you’re not gonna like the mini.

It shines when you’re laying down and browsing or watching videos, one handed thumb scrolling and swiping can’t be beat in a device so light..

I use a keyboard brush. Soft and thin.

13 pro max which was fine.