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I wonder if there's a reversed solution: using physical SIM card on devices that have only eSIMs. The use case: recent fewer versions of iPhone support only eSIMs, yet we will need a physical sim when traveling in China (yes yes, one could use roaming. It's just that with a China phone number, one can do more).
It apparently can be done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twFC0A_m0KI

Supposedly the people doing this at scale (for grey imports?) even de-solder the eSIM module and resell it, but I have my doubts about that part of the story.

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Why do you need a physical sim in China? Are there just no esim providers? Or is it something deeper?
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