You're probably already familiar with the SIM card, a tiny chip in your phone that connects it to your cell phone carrier of choice. For years, this chip was on a physical card that you could swap in ...

I'm not buying the eSIM hype — physical SIM cards are more reliable and make you less dependent on your cellular carrier.

For the past three generations of the iPhone, Apple has stood alone in a particular area: eSIMs. Apple made a shift that many had anticipated since the first eSIM was launched in 2016, dropping the ...

In the US, all versions of the Apple iPhone 16 series support eSIM. They also all support dual-SIM, using two eSIM profiles at a time. However, there is no support for physical SIM cards in the US.

If your new phone no longer supports SIM cards, or you don't want to use them anymore, you can convert to eSIM instead. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...