Feature Request: Apple should offer instant access to overseas eSIMs when traveling

If there’s one thing likely to put the damper on any overseas trip, it’s racking up a huge data roaming bill on your iPhone. I once managed to notch up a bill of about $40 in the 15 minutes between switching on my phone after the plane landed and organizing a local data plan while inside the airport terminal. These days, I have a simple solution to instantly acquiring a local eSIM at a competitive price, but using this on a recent trip made me think how sensible it would be for Apple to make this a standard iPhone feature … One of the great things about travel these days is that being thousands of miles away from your family and friends doesn’t mean you have to be out of touch with them. From continuing the same text conversations we do in our own city to FaceTime video calls as a substitute for face-to-face contact, technology allows us to feel almost as connected when traveling as we are at home. In the developed world, it’s entirely possible to remain pretty connected using only ... Read full article.