I am primarily based within the US, and have an iPhone 14 with twin eSIMs – one among these is my common US quantity, and the opposite is for “Nation A” the place I steadily journey and discover it helpful to take care of a quantity for. Each of those eSIMs are working accurately. I am contemplating upgrading to a brand new iPhone, and want to switch each eSIMs.
My understanding is that eSIMs should be activated of their nation of origin (i.e. you can’t allow it for the primary time when you find yourself roaming). Definitely, my US eSIM was initially arrange within the US, and the abroad one in Nation A. Does anybody know if that is required to be the case? (If not, the remainder of this query could also be moot.)
Each networks assist the eSIM Fast Switch characteristic. Apple says:
With eSIM Fast Switch, you possibly can switch your telephone quantity out of your earlier iPhone to your new iPhone with out contacting your community supplier.
Does this additionally apply when you find yourself at present roaming? Worst case, if there’s a problem with the US one, I can contact them and work with them. Ought to the worldwide one additionally work? I do not know whether or not that is extra the equal of transferring the present eSIM (analogously to shifting a bodily SIM between units), or whether or not it is extra like organising a “new” eSIM which could require me to be in Nation A.
