Product: eSIM[dot]me

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Physical card and Android application for adding eSIM functionality to non-eSIM phones: https://esim.me/blog-about-esim/the-esim-me-revolution
The company is:
TelcoVillage GmbH

c/o eSIM.me

HENNIGSDORFERSTR. 126
13503 BERLIN
GERMANY

The app uses Google Crashlytics and Google Firebase Analytics, according to Exodus Privacy. (I suppose these could be blocked with a tracker blocker.)

Curious to hear others’ thoughts on this, whether you’ve used it or found a similar product.

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My main interest in this is the potential to get substantially cheaper international data roaming with certain carriers that only offer that by eSIM, by the way.

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They say its available for android build… mean if it use Gsf or MicroG its not specified… I asked them… wait and see for their answer

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EDIT Feb03 = No answer… 2nd mail sent to them today

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On Pixels at least the eSIM VM handled by EUICC requires Google Play Services at least for activation.
I personally cannot recommend use of eSIM for that reason.

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Yeah, I’m not keen on the idea of eSIMs in general, but I was curious about the above product, as I’m starting to see very cheap offers for international roaming by eSIM, but not so cheap for physical SIM.

In any case, I wouldn’t use anything that furthers Google’s monopolistic aspirations.

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Answer from Team eSim : …Find a compatible device, download an eSIM with it on the eSIM.me enable it,You can then move the eSIM.me to your non-compatible device… (mean buy the eSim/ activate it on compatible phone/ move it to the incompatible phone…)

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:rofl: As if everyone just had a compatible device easily available!

Thanks for chasing down the info, Mike. It’s an interesting product, but with some limitations, apparently.

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Yes and thanks to you to post about it … I think its good product if you need it … I travel often and I have to buy each time a Sim with expensive data+phone package but frankly their price is expensive too for a virtual eSIM… The difference is that permanent but I’m not sure its a good idea to buy it for everyone

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Fortunately you can get a roaming package for an eSIM device fairly cheaply, so maybe the cost balances out in the long run. In the U.S., for example, the MVNO U.S. Mobile will sell you a 30-day package for as little as $4 for 1GB, $10 for $5, etc., but only for eSIM devices.

And you don’t even have to be a mobile customer of theirs; anybody can buy the roaming package.

I’ve used various roaming solutions in my travels, including:

  1. International SIM from Truphone with calls/SMS/data. [$$$]
  2. Local Vodafone SIM in Italy with calls/SMS/MMS/data. [$]
  3. Paygo roaming with Ting (an MVNO on T-Mobile USA) for calls/SMS/MMS/data. [$$$]
  4. A Vodafone UK paygo SIM, which I bought on Amazon U.S. (Haven’t had the chance to use it in EU yet). [$$]
  5. A Surfroam data-only SIM. Cheap rates, but expensive shipping. (Worked at home in the U.S., but haven’t traveled with it yet.) [$$]

Of course, for the more expensive options, I have had to carefully manage how much data I actively use and which background processes I allow apps to run.

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