[HN Gopher] Adapter lets you use cheap eSIM plans on any Android...
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       Adapter lets you use cheap eSIM plans on any Android phone
        
       Author : josephcsible
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2024-09-12 06:26 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | happymellon wrote:
       | As long as you have no requirements outside of "getting data
       | access", then esims can be incredibly cheap.
       | 
       | When visiting the US I got a sim that was running on tmobile and
       | gave me 5Gb for $4. However it was obviously using a loophole for
       | a roaming carrier as it claimed I was on a Polish IP, which made
       | Google convert everything to zl.
       | 
       | Except for that (just had to make sure I added "in $" to Google)
       | everything worked perfectly.
        
         | jpl56 wrote:
         | You can use this sim to subscribe to Youtube, they will ask
         | 14.99 zl instead of $4.99, that converts to $3.85 ;-)
        
           | happymellon wrote:
           | I don't subscribe to YouTube Premium, but here it's PS12.99.
           | 
           | Is it seriously $4.99 in the US?
        
             | jpl56 wrote:
             | I was writing about subs to channels. I'm from France btw,
             | but I made the math with dollars. Actually it's the exact
             | same figure in Euros, yet $1 = 0,9EUR
        
       | NikkiA wrote:
       | Looks like a regular size sim, I don't think anything comes with
       | anything but nano-sim slots these days.
        
         | yial wrote:
         | The Xiaomi Mix Flip, which it's supposedly pictured working
         | with, takes a nano sim.
         | 
         | https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mix_flip-13221.php
        
       | nialv7 wrote:
       | jmp.chat is great. besides this esim adapter, their main business
       | - selling virtual phone numbers - is built entirely on top of
       | open standards and open source softwares, which is definitely a
       | rarity these days.
        
         | abdullahkhalids wrote:
         | > JMP is $4.99 USD / month or $6.59 CAD / month, billed out of
         | the balance on your account, for unlimited incoming and
         | outgoing text and picture messages, and calling credit
         | equivalent to 120 minutes of voice to the USA or Canada per
         | calendar month [1]
         | 
         | Is this for real? What is the catch?
         | 
         | [1] https://jmp.chat/faq or see https://jmp.chat/pricing/CAD#CA
        
       | BertoldVdb wrote:
       | There are many products like this, eg:
       | 
       | https://shop.sysmocom.de/sysmoEUICC1-eUICC-for-consumer-eSIM...
       | 
       | https://esim.me/
        
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