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The full form of E-SIM is, Embedded Subscriber Identity Module. It is actually a virtual SIM card, which is embedded with the phone in the form of a chip. It does not require a SIM slot. All those services are available in e-SIM, which are present in the SIM card. e-SIM is the future of the telecom industry which is slowly making its way in India.
If we talk about the advantage of e-SIM, The good thing with e-SIM, you will not need to change the SIM card when you change the operator. Also, if the phone overheats or gets wet with water, there will be no effect on the e-SIM like a normal SIM card. Therefore, the chances of it getting damaged will also be less.
Now if we talk about the disadvantage of e-SIM, then in case of mobile phone breakage, you can easily transfer the data of your SIM card to the new phone, but it is not possible in the eSIM device.
The e-SIM has to be activated through a message, although many telecom companies are not currently providing such facility. Many companies have e-SIM facility but that is only for post paid.
That is why e-SIM has not become so popular in India at the moment, but it is sure that in the coming days you will get rid of physical SIM, because it has started.
Now you must be wondering whether our country has the facility of E-Sim or not, then let us tell you that Reliance Jio, Vodafone-Idea and Airtel are providing e-SIM facility in India.
The trend of eSIM card is very less in India right now because eSIM has been available only in very expensive phones.