Other Seeking some UK centric iPhone 12 advice

[Internaut]

Hope there are plenty of Brits here... So, thinking of getting an iPhone 12. Not sure from where - I have an iPhone 7 to trade in or I could get a larger discount using my Amex Rewards on Amazon.co.uk. Here's the ideal scenario:

Currently I have:

• An iPhone 7 with my employer's SIM card
• Google Pixel 3a XL with my personal BT Mobile SIM card.

Where I think I'd like to be:

• One phone to rule them all
• An iPhone 12 where my BT Mobile SIM is transferred to the eSIM of the phone
• And beloved employer's SIM card goes into the physical SIM slot.

Which begs a couple of questions: Am I understanding correctly an eSIM actually is? And is what I'm thinking of doing actually a doable thing?

 

[GreenLightLuke]

Hi Internaut,

fellow brit.

eSIM does allow you to run two different sim plans but not every carrier supports it (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209096) BT Mobile is not on there, however, it does use the EE network - it would be worth calling BT Mobile and understanding whether that using the network = access to an eSIM. This BT Community thread from May 2020 (https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Mobile/BT-eSIM/td-p/2049356) says that this is not available despite the network share.

So you've understood eSIM correctly and providing BT Mobile allows an eSIM it would be a doable.

Hope this helps.

 

[Internaut]

Thanks. That clarifies things a lot. I guess I might be porting back to EE (which would not be a problem looking at their 5G plans).

 

[Darkashnet]

I've been wanting eSim (personal/business) for a while but the carriers are limited.

United Kingdom
EE
O2
Truphone
Ubigi

Two of those I've not even heard of. What you suggest is possible, but BT would have to be physical sim and the eSim one of the above.

 

[Kal El]

Three have just launched their eSim

 

[Manda]

I think Vodafone have eSim