Items tagged with esim

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Jun 30, 2021

T-Mobile's Test Drive Program Gets A Clever eSIM Upgrade For Free 30-Day Network Trials

T-Mobile's "Test Drive" program just received a sweet upgrade for people that want a hassle-free way to test drive its burgeoning 5G network. The long-running Test Drive program allowed you to obtain a physical SIM to sample its network for free for up to 30 days. Now, Test Drive leverages eSIM technology, making it... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Feb 21, 2018

ARM Wants To Integrate A SIM Card Into Your Future Smartphone's Processor

When it comes to SIM cards, we often "set it and forget it". Unless you do a lot of travel overseas, chances are that the SIM card is popped in the moment you purchase a new smartphone and isn’t touched again throughout the life of the device. However, that SIM card -- even tiny Nano SIMs -- can take up a valuable... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Samsung Gear S2 Classic 3G Shipping March 11th With World's First GSMA-Certified eSIM

We first got a taste of programmable sims when Apple launched the iPad Air 2 in 2014. The proprietary “Apple SIM” allows users to change their wireless carrier at any time via software without having to swap out physical SIM cards. Samsung, however, is going the industry-standard route by adopting the eSIM... Read more...