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Originally Posted by sixpaq
(Post 31329643)
Think about how carriers make their money for a second and it will make sense to you. eSIMs are the end of contracts, ie recurring carrier revenue.
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GigSky - Italy and France
So just a final wrap post about my Gigsky eSIM experience. In a nutshell, it worked perfectly. All my pre-trip questions were answered promptly. The eSIM worked as expected. Pricing value is subjective, but I would absolutely use Gigsky again. Travel tip: purely as an aside, here's something that worked great for me: Setting Google Voice to use data only, I made all local calls using GV, which charges roughly 1 cent USD per minute. Pretty inexpensive I would say. Mitigated the need for a local SIM. And all incoming calls came through GV data only as well. |
Originally Posted by PackingIt
(Post 31350945)
So just a final wrap post about my Gigsky eSIM experience. In a nutshell, it worked perfectly. All my pre-trip questions were answered promptly. The eSIM worked as expected. Pricing value is subjective, but I would absolutely use Gigsky again. Travel tip: purely as an aside, here's something that worked great for me: Setting Google Voice to use data only, I made all local calls using GV, which charges roughly 1 cent USD per minute. Pretty inexpensive I would say. Mitigated the need for a local SIM. And all incoming calls came through GV data only as well. 1. You paid for Gigsky, and it worked perfectly 2. You used Google Voice for data only, but 3. You made calls using Google Voice Not really sure what was the purpose of Gigsky and how you really integrated all your options. |
Apologies for the confusion. I'll try and break it down this way: - Using GigSky data eSIM for the convenience of not having to remove my current SIM (which causes issues with iMessage, etc), and being able to immediately have data when I arrive in my destination. - To avoid the risk of getting any charges from my cellular provider, I forwarded my calls to my Google Voice number. This, theoretically, helped me avoid any international charges related to getting voicemails or inadvertently answering an incoming call, both of which incur international charges, or would trigger the AT&T International Day Pass which I have on my plan. - Using Google Voice in data only mode, I was able to use the Google Voice app to receive and make calls both local and back to home (USA). Calls to home were free, and local (Italy) calls were 1 cent USD per minute, which is quite inexpensive. And this is all over the data I get from the GigSky eSIM. Hope that helped clarify. Let me know if not!
Originally Posted by 747FC
(Post 31351088)
A bit confused re your post, and hoping you can clarify:
1. You paid for Gigsky, and it worked perfectly 2. You used Google Voice for data only, but 3. You made calls using Google Voice Not really sure what was the purpose of Gigsky and how you really integrated all your options. |
Originally Posted by sixpaq
(Post 31122459)
I was able to provision a Three HK prepaid roaming eSIM on a Google Pixel 3a without any issues.
Three's roaming plan is 10 days at 500MB/day, throttled to 128kbps after you hit the daily quota. You can buy it directly from Three's web site for HKD $138 (USD $17.58). Roaming coverage countries -- APAC: China, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia N. America: USA, Canada Europe: United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Austria, France |
Originally Posted by lsquare
(Post 31402393)
I just saw your post and I think I may have found a good cheap solution for travelling around Asia. Does Three accept foreign credit cards? Can I reload and basically make this my permanent line when travelling? Will Three restrict my usage or terminate my account if I roam exclusively or use the e-sim outside of HK 99% of the time?
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Originally Posted by powerlifter
(Post 31403787)
Does Three have the esim active? Are is this for just HK? Not the United Kingdom?
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Originally Posted by lsquare
(Post 31402393)
I just saw your post and I think I may have found a good cheap solution for travelling around Asia. Does Three accept foreign credit cards? Can I reload and basically make this my permanent line when travelling? Will Three restrict my usage or terminate my account if I roam exclusively or use the e-sim outside of HK 99% of the time?
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Originally Posted by Michele De Acetis
(Post 31425640)
I was going to buy this offer, but I stopped when I read in the FAQs in 3 HK website the following statement: "Recommend to activate the eSIM in HK". Are we sure that it can be activated directly in an another country (in my case, South Korea)? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by lsquare
(Post 31426727)
I haven't tried it yet. Maybe you can find out for us?
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Originally Posted by lsquare
(Post 31426727)
I haven't tried it yet. Maybe you can find out for us?
Also FYI, activating any eSIM + Verizon physical sim results in the Verizon app not being able to load Verizon account details & timing out. The Verizon website still works as it prompts for account login. This was also reported on reddit a bit after the dual sim iPhone was released and I recently reported it as a bug, too. esimdb blog details some of their experiences with using and reloading in Japanese https://esimdb.com/ja/blog/tag/3-hong-kong/ |
Originally Posted by freecia
(Post 31430098)
I activated an 3HK esim in US on AT&T with iPhone XS. It took ~ 30 min and I manually connected to AT&T (3HK US roaming partner) while waiting for activation confirmation sms. A few others on flyertalk and reddit have reported activating outside HK if you dig around, though I wouldn't be surprised if YMMV based on roaming network. The 3HK management app is not available in the US app store. I had no issues purchasing an additional 1 day package with Chase Visa and haven't used it, yet, so can't confirm performance or how to keep it valid.
Also FYI, activating any eSIM + Verizon physical sim results in the Verizon app not being able to load Verizon account details & timing out. The Verizon website still works as it prompts for account login. This was also reported on reddit a bit after the dual sim iPhone was released and I recently reported it as a bug, too. esimdb blog details some of their experiences with using and reloading in Japanese https://esimdb.com/ja/blog/tag/3-hong-kong/ M. |
Forgot to note eSIM activation requires wifi (or other cellular data) as it needs internet to activate the profile.
Deleting an iPhone XS/XR eSIM entirely seems to involve resetting all settings and not just network https://forums.macrumors.com/threads...#post-27619050 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads...#post-27619900 Hopefully they'll fix that in the next major release. Something to keep in mind. |
Originally Posted by freecia
(Post 31433302)
Forgot to note eSIM activation requires wifi (or other cellular data) as it needs internet to activate the profile.
Deleting an iPhone XS/XR eSIM entirely seems to involve resetting all settings and not just network https://forums.macrumors.com/threads...#post-27619050 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads...#post-27619900 Hopefully they'll fix that in the next major release. Something to keep in mind. |
Originally Posted by lsquare
(Post 31433331)
So only 10 day plans are available? Possible to get 30 day plan? You like what you're getting so far?
Another FT'ers 3HK roaming in JP experience here: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30953289-post489.html |
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