https://gizmodo.com/google-s-pixel-8-sim-slot-esim-only-iphone-1850759671
What happened to daring to be different? What happened to having options? What happened to creativity?
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If I don't have a SIM card slot, how do I plan on using my phone to.... oh I don't know, use a mobile phone network?
And how exactly will I swap between networks at will, by swapping SIMs, if I can't swap SIMs?
Ridiculous.
You can load multiple esims and choose which one you want to use for calls/data/text just like a physical SIM card
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESIM
Can you explain how to load multiple esims? I thought they were embedded into the device, akin to an IMEI and unchangeable.
The eSIMs in phones are reprogrammable with new "profiles", and Android can store multiple profiles and reprogram the eSIM with whichever one you want to use. Non-programmable eSIMs are only used in embedded devices.
Android 13 also has something called eSIM MEP that allows it to do dual SIM using a single eSIM chip.
Edit: here's Android documentation for developers on eSIM MEP: https://source.android.com/docs/core/connect/esim-mep
Thank you for sharing your information, I did not know that at all. ๐