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Old Oct 10, 2019 | 8:25 pm
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Originally Posted by ESpen36
Is it worth it to try to switch the AT&T plan over to the eSIM, given that AT&T sells locked iPhones that cannot be used on other networks until you pay off the phone and go through the unlock process?
If your phone is locked, then I wouldn’t bother. You won’t be able to insert a physical SIM from another carrier and have it work.

My phone is unlocked. It took the AT&T store 10 minutes to move my service to an eSIM. And half of that was waiting for the safe to open so they could get an eSIM kit out. When they first tried to scan the activation barcode, it gave an error about not being able to successfully activate the cellular plan, but after a quick reboot it activated just fine. Rocking AT&T eSIM and a Google Fi physical SIM for use while traveling overseas.
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