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Out of curiosity, what sort of reasons do people have to switch out their SIM? I haven't done that in a long time myself, but I might not be the typical user.
I travel internationally semi-regularly. I use an eSIM when not traveling, and will buy a local physical SIM if I'm visiting somewhere where local service is cheaper than my roaming rates.
If you travel internationally, you might need to swap sims out.
If you are a phone reviewer, you would have to swap it frequently. For the average person, maybe if they have two devices, one each for work and personal, with just a single line. Not very common tho.
I've never heard of anybody doing that, and I work in an industry where separate work phones are extremely common. 99% of them are company-supplied.
I do that exact thing. My shop doesn't supply a phone, just a small stipend (like $30) and they lock they ever loving shit out of any phone you use that for. We can't have cameras for example, and require specific mobile apps.
Only $30? Jesus... I'd just use that stipend to fund a basic prepaid plan on an equally basic device. If they're gonna cheap out on the stipend, then I see no issue getting the cheapest device. Calls and texts only, and only available when you're on the clock.
I did use it for a very basic device, that'd be the one I swap my card out of. I happen to like having plenty of mobile data, as it lets me move around the city easily enough when on-call.
Sometimes just switching to another phone I don't mind losing with it not having anything important on it depending on where I'm going, but wanting internet and phone access just in case.
It might be useful to switch phones when you're going somewhere with a high risk of loosing your phone or the phone getting stolen.
Phone manufactures, who create some very good smartphones but put inside of them only 1 physical Sim slot, what forces you to either choose another model or start using eSim.
I switch mine out fairly often. I can't use a phone with a camera at work, so i just swap it out for my normal phone on Friday. Alternatively I'd either need 2 lines, 2 providers, or whatever. Instead i just toss the work phone in the drawer and use the phone i had from before.