Budget E-sim recommendations

Nigel Crompton

Nigel Crompton

Joined
Jan 18, 2019
Posts
857
Likes collected
1,402
Location
Cuesta Blanca, Murcia, Spain
Funster No
58,086
MH
Hymer Exis
Exp
Since 2010
Living in Spain we have two Lebara sims @£6.95pcm each to keep our long-held UK phone numbers active.

Our current dual-sim phones are falling apart and I want to replace them - but most new dual-sim phones seem to be 1 physical & 1 e-sim.

Can anyone recommend an alternative e-sim sup[plier, please ?

(ATM I'd rather not be changing my Spanish provider)
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
Nigel Crompton said:
Living in Spain we have two Lebara sims @£6.95pcm each to keep our long-held UK phone numbers active.

Our current dual-sim phones are falling apart and I want to replace them - but most new dual-sim phones seem to be 1 physical & 1 e-sim.

Can anyone recommend an alternative e-sim sup[plier, please ?

(ATM I'd rather not be changing my Spanish provider)
Click to expand...
Which country does the e-sim provider need to come from?
 
Upvote 0
Nigel Crompton said:
Living in Spain we have two Lebara sims @£6.95pcm each to keep our long-held UK phone numbers active.

Our current dual-sim phones are falling apart and I want to replace them - but most new dual-sim phones seem to be 1 physical & 1 e-sim.

Can anyone recommend an alternative e-sim sup[plier, please ?

(ATM I'd rather not be changing my Spanish provider)
Click to expand...
Which country does the e-sim provider need to come from?
 
Upvote 0
Have a look at Redmi 10 phones they have 2 sim slots, as do some of the other phones they do.

We've got Redmi Note 10 Pro 6GB+128GB and they have proved to be excellent.
 
Upvote 0
I had a physical sim from 1penny mobile. I don’t know if they do esims but worth a look
 
Upvote 0
OnePlus Nord 12gb + 256gb is a brilliant dual sim, better than my iPhone Pro for downloads/ van use for sure

SIM-wise I use Talkmobile (Vodafone) for less than a fiver 10gb and ID Mobile (3) at £7/12gb deals through Money Supermarket, both do smaller and cheaper offers. I use physical SIMs so not sure about e-sim I’m afraid. Phone is magic though and I’ve been iPhone for 15 plus years I reckon, 3G was the first…
 
Upvote 1
I've just visited 12 countries in Europe from France to Albania. My experience is Lebara sucks, sum never worked, chat support is slow and guess work.

Best solution I've found and the one I'll stick with after having 6 different sims on my trip is MobiMatter...a range of great plans that work in around 26 countries, i just for 3gb for 5.99USD, a bargain.

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
Upvote 0
Upvote 0
TobyQuest said:
I've just visited 12 countries in Europe from France to Albania. My experience is Lebara sucks, sum never worked, chat support is slow and guess work.

Best solution I've found and the one I'll stick with after having 6 different sims on my trip is MobiMatter...a range of great plans that work in around 26 countries, i just for 3gb for 5.99USD, a bargain.
Click to expand...
Can't port my UK number to it tho', which is the whole point of the exercise!
 
Upvote 0
Steve I said:
OnePlus Nord 12gb + 256gb is a brilliant dual sim, better than my iPhone Pro for downloads/ van use for sure

SIM-wise I use Talkmobile (Vodafone) for less than a fiver 10gb and ID Mobile (3) at £7/12gb deals through Money Supermarket, both do smaller and cheaper offers. I use physical SIMs so not sure about e-sim I’m afraid. Phone is magic though and I’ve been iPhone for 15 plus years I reckon, 3G was the first…
Click to expand...
We have 2x OnePlus 7 atm, with Android12, which is the last update we'll get ... Been very pleased with them, but both need new batteries and one is cracked front & back (mine :rolleyes: ). I have hankering for Pixel 7a's next. Thanks for the Moneysupermarket pointer ..
 
Upvote 0
Having just trawled thro' most of the offers on MoneysavingSupermarket.com, Vodafone is the only one that offers e-sims on the "front page" of their £10/pcm offer.
None of the Vodaphone resellers offer it; O2 doesn't mention it.

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
Upvote 0
TobyQuest said:
What do you mean port your number to it, i don't understand
Click to expand...
I have had the same UK moby number for, I think, at least 20 years. I want to retain it by transferring (porting) the number to a different carrier/provider - as I have already done a dozen times ..
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0
Last year I used these

Buy an O2 or Vodafone eSIM local service for the UK | UK Store | eSIM.Net

Unlimited data, voice and SMS eSIM service in the UK for just £20 per month. No commitment 30 day rolling O2 or Vodafone plan supporting 5G and WiFi Calling. From the UK's only online eSIM store.
www.esim.net www.esim.net
and kept my Uk physical sim for just incoming calls. You can choose which sim picks up what on an iPhone, so I had data on the esim, & calls on the physical sim whilst we were away.
 
Upvote 0
Gave-up on e-Sims eventually, and therefore the Pixel 7a's I wanted to get, so just got new dual-sim phones from Xiaomi. (Neverrerd of 'em? No me neither :oops2:)

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
Upvote 0
Nigel Crompton said:
Gave-up on e-Sims eventually, and therefore the Pixel 7a's I wanted to get, so just got new dual-sim phones from Xiaomi. (Neverrerd of 'em? No me neither :oops2:)
Click to expand...
That's who make the Redmi ones we have, we've had them for years, very good phones, no issues at all, which one did you get?
 
Upvote 0

Join us or log in to post a reply.

To join in you must be a member of MotorhomeFun

Join MotorhomeFun

Join us, it quick and easy!

Join us

Log in

Already a member? Log in here.

Latest journal entries

Back
Top