Originally Posted by
vh_bu98
If your carrier doesn't support eSIM, then you will have to use the physical SIM. It's up to the carrier to move over to eSIM or not. The eSIM number will be empty until you add a carrier that supports it. So the advantage only exists if one carrier supports eSIM.
That's too bad. I was kinda hoping there'd be a way to convert your IMEI or something into a QR code and just do it without them knowing. But I guess it's a somewhat different technology.