Apple basically forced US carriers to get their act together when they shipped the iPhone 14 series as eSIM-only domestically. Sounds like the rest of the world is about to get kicked into gear.

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Gigachad 6 days ago | parent [-]

I’m surprised the Australian iPhone 17 still isn’t esim only considering all the carriers support it already.

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Namidairo 6 days ago | parent [-]

The major carriers perhaps, but support among the MVNOs isn't universal. Number sharing support for smart watch usage is almost non-existent among the MVNOs in Australia.

Eg. ALDI (yes, the German supermarket chain run a MVNO in Australia), have been saying esim support in the future since 2021.

	▲	scarface_74 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		In the US, the overlap between people who would buy the latest iPhones and the people who use MVNOs I would suspect is practically non existent. The MVNOs here mostly market older, cheaper iPhones.