Phones with eSIM
Need a phone with eSIM? Here you can find all cell phones with a built-in eSIM. No more fiddling with SIM cards and searching for a SIM card sticker. If you want to get with the times and are looking for an eSIM smartphone then this is the start of your search.
eSIM stands for embedded-SIM and is also referred to in technical terms as "embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card" (eUICC). eSIM is the successor to the physical plastic SIM card. That one got smaller and smaller over the years. From originally the size of a credit card (1FF), to the miniSIM (2FF), microSIM (3FF) and finally nanoSIM (4FF). Despite getting smaller and smaller, there remain problems with a physical SIM card. Namely that you can lose it and it takes up space inside your phone.
Advantages eSIM
All of these problems are solved by eSIM. The user can switch providers and subscriptions through a menu. But this can also be done remotely making eSIM also suitable for IoT applications such as in autos.
History of eSIM
eSIM is not exclusively intended for cell phones. In fact, the first product with an eSIM chip was the Samsung Gear S2 3G. This smart watch hit the market in 2016. However, the eSIM standard had been talked about since 2010. However, it would take until 2016 before the GSMA organization agreed and the specification became official.
