eSim
Hello
I'm moving to Spain next week, and am looking to get set up with a pre-paid number. Can I do this before I arrive via an eSim? Any tips would be appreciated. |
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More controls here in Spain than UK when getting a conventional SIM and I imagine an eSim also.
You have to show ID to get a SIM. Perhaps you can do all online, so your best friend is google... |
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Doubtful, you need to provide photo proof of ID before any SIM card is issued.
No 'burner' phones in Spain! |
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You can use your UK mobile until you get a Spanish one.
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From your question I'm wondering if you really understand what an eSIM is?
https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/help-...at-is-an-esim/ |
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Originally Posted by missile
(Post 13081868)
You can use your UK mobile until you get a Spanish one.
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Originally Posted by Notdunroamin
(Post 13081924)
From your question I'm wondering if you really understand what an eSIM is?
https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/help-...at-is-an-esim/ So the question is do I get the eSim in Spain or UAE. Sounds like I'll just get the eSim here and the physical one in Spain. Had hoped to buy it online (which you can for may eSims but they are often data only) just to get the number before I arrive. |
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Originally Posted by Notdunroamin
(Post 13081924)
From your question I'm wondering if you really understand what an eSIM is?
https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/help-...at-is-an-esim/ https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/mobile-devices/get-esim/ including an explanatory video.... |
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You will need to make sure your phone is unlocked to use and eSim. I have an iPhone 13 and my U.K. EE contract number is an eSim and my Spanish Vodafone number is a physical sim. U.K. phones are all locked by default for the first 6 months of any contract.
You can get a Spanish SIM card from Amazon.Es without problem and you don’t need ID. https://www.amazon.es/s?k=sim+card+e...s_ts-doa-p_6_8 Once unlocked on an iPhone the operation is seamless. I use The Spanish sim for data when in Spain and around the EU and the EE sim in the U.K. and they can switch back and forward automatically. Call reception is transparent on either number. . |
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Originally Posted by airways
(Post 13081943)
You will need to make sure your phone is unlocked to use and eSim. I have an iPhone 13 and my U.K. EE contract number is an eSim and my Spanish Vodafone number is a physical sim. U.K. phones are all locked by default for the first 6 months of any contract.
You can get a Spanish SIM card from Amazon.Es without problem and you don’t need ID. https://www.amazon.es/s?k=sim+card+e...s_ts-doa-p_6_8 Once unlocked on an iPhone the operation is seamless. I use The Spanish sim for data when in Spain and around the EU and the EE sim in the U.K. and they can switch back and forward automatically. Call reception is transparent on either number. . Thanks for the tip about unlocking. Almost all phones in Dubai are unlocked (we buy handsets not contracts) |
Re: eSim
Originally Posted by airways
(Post 13081943)
You can get a Spanish SIM card from Amazon.Es without problem and you don’t need ID. . |
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Originally Posted by Fred James
(Post 13081967)
You will need ID to activate it.
Yep, just a passport number. |
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So why did you say that you didn’t need ID?
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Originally Posted by Fred James
(Post 13082115)
So why did you say that you didn’t need ID?
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Fred is right. You are right that a photo ID is not required but I don't think Fred ever said that it was. The law can be found at:
https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?la...-18243&tn=1&p= Is it possible to buy a Vodafone SIM card online and later activate it by just providing a passport number : yes Is it legal: no I will eat my hat if you bought the SIM direct from Vodafone online and they activated it just on inputting a passport number. This is illegal and if you check the law above I think you will find it is considered a serious or very serious criminal offence.. Yes loads of resellers of Vodafone cards ( and all the others ) exist on line who openly promote they will activate it on just an ID number. They use different tricks to do this and exploit a loophole in the Law. Been going on for years. Best Loco
Originally Posted by airways
(Post 13082167)
I answered the question, you can buy a sim online without ID. You don’t need photo ID and you don’t need to provide any ID to buy it. You register the sim put your passport number in and it’s active. I got a Vodafone sim for my wife recently.
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