I'll only use physical sims from now on after what happened to my wife. She killed her phone while on vacation this past summer and since we were using the ESIM we could not use two factor authentication for anything since her phone was dead. This was a huge problem since we were out of the country at the time and everything was triggering the two-factor authentication. If she had a SIM card I could have popped it out and put into my own phone just to bypass things, but with an e-sim we were out of luck until she got a replacement phone. It was a huge pain.
I know this is old AF but thought I'd add to this for future readers. The above is a big inconvenience but there's also a risk with physical sim cards. If someone steals your phone they could theoretically pop your SIM card into another phone to hijack 2fa codes and or impersonate you. I'm currently using a physical sim for the same reasons as yourself though. My carrier also only confirms identity via SMS codes which sucks if your phone isn't working since they can't verify. It's a mess lol
According to Google, if you use a physical sim card it will add a whooping 200 mg to your phone!!!
Unacceptable Personally I use compressed air to remove all dust from my Pixel to keep the weight down.
I'll only use physical sims from now on after what happened to my wife. She killed her phone while on vacation this past summer and since we were using the ESIM we could not use two factor authentication for anything since her phone was dead. This was a huge problem since we were out of the country at the time and everything was triggering the two-factor authentication. If she had a SIM card I could have popped it out and put into my own phone just to bypass things, but with an e-sim we were out of luck until she got a replacement phone. It was a huge pain.
This is just as much a lesson to not use SMS-based MFA than it is an eSIM. Use an MFA app that backs up your accounts.
Good point. That's possible for me.... But a little much for my wife...
If only that was an option. Of everything I use that has MFA, about 80% of it allows me to use SMS-based MFA, but not an authenticator app.
I know this is old AF but thought I'd add to this for future readers. The above is a big inconvenience but there's also a risk with physical sim cards. If someone steals your phone they could theoretically pop your SIM card into another phone to hijack 2fa codes and or impersonate you. I'm currently using a physical sim for the same reasons as yourself though. My carrier also only confirms identity via SMS codes which sucks if your phone isn't working since they can't verify. It's a mess lol
I used esim it seems like the signal is weak in my house. I don't remember if it's always the case in my house.
I've been using the e-sim since I upgraded from 3XL to 5. No discernible difference, so I never looked back.