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Look, Ma, no SIM card!
While phones have come a long way over the years, there’s one thing that hasn't changed: you still need to insert a SIM card to get mobile service. But on the new Pixel 2, Project Fi is making it easier than ever to get connected. It’s the first phone built with eSIM, an embedded SIM that lets you instantly connect to a carrier network with the tap of a button. This means you no longer need to go to a store to get a SIM card for wireless service...
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I can already see it now, in the future we will be forced to use this eSim and it will only connect to the big 3 networks (3 because Sprint and T-Mo want a merge.) and if you want to use a cheaper MVNO, you can get bent. Obviously MVNO's will only get old or outdated phones, look at how Verizon handles MVNO's and you'll see that you can only use an MVNO with devices on a whitelist and they don't share that list, some testing once showed even though the Iphone 6s was out RedPocket CDMA could only allow iPhone 4s on the network.