I had a physical sim stuck in a phone whose screen broke (but could use screen mirroring to operate). I tried to convert the sim to an eSIM. No dice.
Called my carrier and asked if they could convert it to an eSIM. Nada.
I ended up just going to my local brick and mortar and got a new physical SIM altogether.
I don’t trust eSIMs.
I tried to transfer my eSIM from my old S21 to my new S24 the other day. It failed miserably. My carrier charges me $10 for a new eSIM (which i think is way too much for a digital service). Transferring eSIMs sounds like a good idea if it works, but might not be endorsed by carriers that earn large profits from the service.
The $10 is so ridiculous not because it costs them virtually nothing as a digital service, but because they charge you for access to something you’re already paying them for.
This thread made me wonder how often y’all change phones. It sounds like four times a day.
For me it’s about every 1 to 2 years, but I’m an app developer part-time so I use it to make money which justifies the high cost of ownership. I keep the trail of older phones for testing on different models.
For my wife, it’s more like 4 years, and we prefer to get last year’s model especially with today’s update commitments.
No. Once every few years. However, the gap in service is absolute disaster in modern society. Without a phone, you can’t use public transport, can’t pay for parking, can’t get a taxi/uber/competitor, etc. etc.
Any “progress” that makes the turnaround time longer when your phone breaks is a horrible and unacceptable downside.
Looking for a new, non-shot phone. Can anyone ID the one on the left?
It’s the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. Apart from the flat bezels, you can see that the other phone reads “Transfer SIM to Galaxy S24 Ultra”
With the edges and the s pen I would guess it’s the S23 Ultra maybe the Ultra the year before.
