eSim recommendations for iPhone 14

el-pe

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Frances 2022; Portuguese 2022; VDLP 2023

• Feb 1, 2023

• #1

I live in the US and will be walking the Via de la Plata with an iPhone 14 (only eSim) and was looking for recommendations from people who have used an eSim on the Camino. An eSim provider that provides more than data - talk, text and data. I do not need any comments or info on physical Sims. Thanks

 

fornazari

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• Feb 1, 2023

• #2

I have the same question/doubt for Iphone 13.

 

henrythedog

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• Feb 1, 2023

• #3

el-pe said:

I live in the US and will be walking the Via de la Plata with an iPhone 14 (only eSim) and was looking for recommendations from people who have used an eSim on the Camino. An eSim provider that provides more than data - talk, text and data. I do not need any comments or info on physical Sims. Thanks

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Assume you’re starting in Sevilla? I’d just go the the Vodafone shop.

 

Gwill21

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• Feb 2, 2023

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Bought an Orange “Holiday Zen” esim (phone, text and data) from simoptions.com back in Sept and it worked great. Bought in the US and activated on the plane upon landing without any issues. Also bought a separate data only plan from Airalo as a backup. ($5). Didn‘t need it but it also worked well. I used it for video calls.

 

BobY333

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• Feb 2, 2023

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Gwill21 said:

Bought an Orange “Holiday Zen” esim (phone, text and data) from simoptions.com back in Sept and it worked great. Bought in the US and activated on the plane upon landing without any issues. Also bought a separate data only plan from Airalo as a backup. ($5). Didn‘t need it but it also worked well. I used it for video calls.

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Just checked out the website - looks perfect, thanks!

 

Keith H

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• Feb 2, 2023

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Airalo worked really well for me. Super simple to do with good instructions and can be loaded up ready to go before you leave home.

 

TexasIndia

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• Feb 2, 2023

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I’ve used Airalo (https://www.airalo.com/) on the Camino and on hiking in other countries. You only get a data connection, not a phone number. It is very reasonably priced. I used Signal and WhatsApp to call, but there were a couple of times, I actually needed to make a phone call and had to turn on my regular sim and pay for a day of international calling. I met several others on the Camino using Airalo.

 

trecile

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• Feb 2, 2023

• #8

TexasIndia said:

there were a couple of times, I actually needed to make a phone call and had to turn on my regular sim and pay for a day of international calling

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You can save money by buying credit on an app like Viber to make very inexpensive phone calls when you need to call a land-line or other number that doesn't use WhatsApp or Signal - only 2¢ a minute.

 

el-pe

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• Feb 2, 2023

• #9

Gwill21 said:

Bought an Orange “Holiday Zen” esim (phone, text and data) from simoptions.com back in Sept and it worked great. Bought in the US and activated on the plane upon landing without any issues. Also bought a separate data only plan from Airalo as a backup. ($5). Didn‘t need it but it also worked well. I used it for video calls.

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Thanks, looks as if this will do the trick.