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the SIM-dance I do when I travel
I used to carry around multiple SIMs for all the countries I expected to travel to. At times I had 4 or 5 of them with me, I even bought one of those little holders for 6 SIMs so they wouldn't get lost (scotch taped to the back of the phone, or inside the phone case wasn't cutting it anymore).
But lately I just use eSIM. I log in to a local service, I buy a month or two, and then a QR code either pops up or arrives in email, I scan the QR code, an eSIM is loaded into my phone, and very quickly it activates over the air. Last time, the entire process took under two minutes (I was astounded that they could generate a new eSIM and get it loaded and activated so quickly).
In fact, my current phone doesn't even have a SIM slot anymore (but it can support 8 eSIMs, two at a time). I also have spare phones that still have a SIM slot if needed.
