All 2023 International eSIMs Compared!

Gret video very useful thanks a lot

I will need an eSim soon, for I will be traveling to Spain and stay in Spain for a whole month. I wonder if 5G of data will be enough for a month since I will be trying to buy a home in Spain, and I'm sure I'll be using my phone in Spain a lot. I guess my only option is Holafly, but I would like to hear more about Holafly with a tutorial how to set up my iPhone SE 2022. By the way, how can my wife, who doesn't have an iphone compatible with eSim, use that small router so she can share my eSim connection while we are in Spain? Anyhow, thank you for your video. 🤔

Fantastic! So thankful to discover your video. We’ve traveled for decades and did old school with sim cards.. Thank you. wonderfully straight forward and all the details we needed:))). Appreciate you and the simpler reality ahead:)).

What are your thoughts on Maya E-Sim ?

airalo was about three times more expensive than bytesim in korea.

Thanks for the Video. I have used Bytesim in both Indonesia and Thailand and it was great. My phone is also locked to my Australian carrier (still under a plan etc) and had no trouble with using Btyesim, cheers

Curious why you didn't add "Orange" to your list of eSim comparisons?

Did I miss where this comparison chart is?

Do you need wi-fi in each European country to connect Airalo?

What’s the best for Mexico for 5 days ?

Thanks!

Great review but Google Fi is NOT an option for a globetrotter as, per the terms of their service agreement, they shut off your data after 6 months outside the US. My wife and I use Airalo as we need coverage in Thailand. It's the only option that works everywhere for us.

Great video! It is very well made!! My problem is iMessages in US number. Once I changed sim, my iMessage failed to work … :< One tips for activating eSIM via QR code (by email)) for iPhone. Instead of reading from another device or printing QR code, just taking screenshot or photo. Once opening QR code image by photo app, iPhone still can read QR code. Please try!

Fantastic video! BTW on airalo, the code doesn't seem to work, it says the code is invalid

Hi Michael, i have an extra phone without a simcard. Can i use esim on that phone? Or it has to be on a phone with simcard?

I am from the UK, and travel to South Africa every year on holiday, with the usual headaches of data. Am glad I saw this video, I didn’t realise it could be so easy! Airalo for me now! Thanks for such an informative and useful video mate.

Well, isn't it typical of Apple to introduce another phone with eSIM technology? Whether we like it or not, it's like they're on a mission to push us into the future. Who cares if the rest of the world needs to be fully prepared for this technological marvel? Apple knows best, right? Even more amusing is that while they claim eSIMs are the future, they conveniently keep selling iPhone 15 Plus and Pro models with suitable old-fashioned SIM card trays in select countries. It's almost as if they're hedging their bets or maximizing profits. Yet there are at least 14 counties where you can purchase your iPhone 14 or 15 with a sim card tray. Hmm, how ironic. Could Apple's cozy relationship with the big three U.S. carriers - AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon - have something to do with this decision? After all, why cut off the revenue stream from those sweet, lucrative carrier partnerships when you can have your eSIM and your traditional SIM, too? It's all about the bottom line, folks. Welcome to the Apple reality distortion field, where innovation and profit margins go hand in hand

Thanks! I'm travelling soon and this was very helpful

I used to buy eSIMs for all my travels, but stumbled upon Unisim once. It is much easier to use as it is one eSIM for all countries.
And I really enjoyed that I pay only for actually used data without having to buy packages. The most convenient eSIM for me

Excellent review!!! thanks.

Hey Michael
Can you recommend a good alternative to Numero ?
I am out of the country for most of the year and I need an eSim that I can receive and make calls reliable.

I have been using Numero but it is extremely buggy and several times when I have a call come in, I go to answer the call and it disconnects.

I am losing out on potential job opportunities and clients.

So just to see if I understood correctly - local providers STILL don't support e-SIMs for calls and text messaging???
You can buy a data plan for almost any country from a third party, but you can't swap your carrier for a different country and make calls as soon as you land???
Wasn't the whole idea of e-SIMs swapping carriers easily without having to go buy a physical SIM from a store and fill up bunch of papers on site and activating it?
Just sign up online, get the code and enjoy the ride feeling safe that you can phone from another country without running up and down in a new place, asking people who don't speak your language, looking where to buy a SIM?
Is this where we still are? I can pay with Apple/SamsungPay anywhere in the world, but I can't swap my mobile carrier because that's too new and modern and scary and difficult to use?

Thank you so much!!!

Try BNESIM, you can get monthly and unlimited expiry plans based on a country or region (more than one country)

How was instabridge? I see that they have relatively cheap prices (and some more with a discount code!) so I was thinking about it for going into Europe

Thank you! This is great

Great review. One question: how do they work on cruise ships when the ships are a bit far from the land? Thanks.

Going to Argentina, any recommendations?

I really like the simple, professional look to your video. You speak clearly, and provide good information, glad to see channels like yours

Great informative video thank you. Simly best price for turkey. If the daya runs out does it start charging at different rate or do i need to buy another plan? Regards Renee

Hey Michael. Add us to your eSIM app review video next time!

Airalo has worked flawlessly for us. I liked GigSky when it came out but it is finicky and we cannot get it to work on my wife’s IPhone. When you contact support, particularly while abroad, it is challenging to work through problems. When these products don’t work easily out of the box, so to speak, they just aren’t user-friendly enough to bother with. They have to be EASY.

Google Fi and Orange got the job done for me for 3 weeks in Europe: France, Belgium, NL, DK, Sweden, D, CZ, and Austria. Each provided voice and data.

I used Airalo this spring with the regional esim. It was good but customer service was usually slow to get back to me.

I am going to South America this winter. Their regional esim is a lot more expensive than world one. Why is South America so much more expensive? Have you used the world coverage? Thoughts?
Thanks!

Have you ever tried Orange? I saw it being highly recommended, so I was curious why it's not included. It lets you have calls, not just data. And the price is better. I'm just trying to find the best one for my upcoming trip.

Thanks for this video, Michael! Much appreciated! 🙌

Great. I had not tried Airalo or Simly. I have tried now. I am seeing that it helps greatly in some countries like Brazil where you need to activate the card with a local tax ID which is very difficult for a foreigner, and you end up paying an expensive card on landing at the airport to someone who preactivated it. However, I have found the rates not always competitive vs local rates, Morocco for example you get 1 G 7 days for 1 USD, not 8. But Canada on the contrary I found super competitive vs local

Brilliant vid, quick and straight to the point. 👏🏽👏🏽. I've looked through the list of which phones support esmin. I don't see my phone listed in your link. Does Samsung A32 use esim? I'm travelling to the Middle East and Rome for 3wks

Hello Michael
I just need a US phone number
What do you recommend ?

Hi I am going just to Italy this year and I already have an account with Numero because I needed an American number. Do I have to use their data plan since they already are connected to my phone or can I sign up to Airlo? And if I can only use them what do you think of Numero? You didn't review it in either of you videos? Thanks.

Hi great video! Can i activate it in the usa on the day i leave. This way i don't have to go looking for a wifi in the country of arrival.?

This is gold

What a great video, thank you very much.

I have one question: Does Holafly work with this eSunFi device?

I'll be going to Ireland to studenr there for about 5 years and on the vacations I will come back to my country, I was wondering if the best option for me is to buy a sim from the carriers in Ireland or there is another way.

Hi Michael, I registered with the Simly, it didn't work on my Iphone 13, what should i do ?

I've tried Airalo and it work for only 2 hours.
After that I tried the support service and they didnt give a dawn.
Also they're not sending your money back: which for my understanding is a scammer company.

Avoid them..

👎

Fantastic video but I have a question for you...
Does the Holyfly eSim support the faster 5G signal?
I noticed some international eSims might have unlimited data but it's restricted to 4G speeds only!

Great video Michael!

Great Video. Just arrived in Iceland. Never done esim. Suggestion for here?