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Article: I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret

8 months ago by OldQWERTYbastard to c/technology

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Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM.
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ArfArfWoof 87 points 8 months ago

Nice to see another feature getting removed to make phones slimmer which is necessary because of uhh... 'Cuz the uh... You know that thing that uh...

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PostaL 50 points 8 months ago

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ArfArfWoof 14 points 8 months ago

Yeah but how do make money? Is the few cents saved per unit worth it? Like I know that saving 1€ over a million units is 1M€ saved but still.

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ozymandias117 25 points 8 months ago

That really is how these companies think.

I've seen car companies selling $100,000+ cars sweating over whether we use a $0.10 more expensive part that would last 3x longer than the cheaper one

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PostaL 6 points 8 months ago

I'm betting the mechanical component of a sim card tray is more expensive than the chip.

And to answer your second question:

https://youtu.be/_n5E7feJHw0

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