Originally Posted by
tai4de2
One thing I don't know about eSIMs is what happens if one buys a new phone and tries to transfer eSIMs from old phone to new phone while roaming.
I've done eSIM transfer more than once between iPhone models -- but only with a single eSIM, and I was directly on that eSIM's native network (T-Mobile USA).
But I now also have a prepaid eSIM from Thailand, which I've been using for years, but I haven't bought a new phone since then. I have no idea if the Thailand eSIM would transfer over to a new phone if I tried to activate said new phone while in the USA. And if it doesn't, whether there's any way at all to keep that Thailand phone number.
you can try... But these travel esims won't work with Apple's transfer mechanism.
Some travel esims allow you to contact them and issue a new one. Sometimes for free, sometimes at a cost, sometimes they allow you to buy a new esim and they'll transfer the balance over. Very rare that the same QR code works on a new phone (ubigi allows up you to activate up to 5 times on different phone with same QR code)
Originally Posted by
tai4de2
This doesn't match what Apple says. For example, phones Apple sells in Thailand still have one physical SIM slot and also support eSIM, and Apple specifically says -- back as far as iPhone 13 -- that dual eSIM is supported.
https://www.apple.com/th/iphone/comp...one-13-pro-max "SIM คู่ (Nano-SIM และ eSIM) รองรับ eSIM คู่" which means "Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and eSIM) Supports dual eSIM".
did you read my whole post? I mentioned what iPhone supports dual esim and what pixel/samsung models support dual esim. Other models won't support dual esim