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The curious case of the removable eSIM
This week's episode of Android Bytes actually follows up on something our co-host Mishaal has been looking at for a while: a removable eSIM that lets Android phones without the technology built-in to access eSIM providers. We chat with Christos Omiridis of Telco Village who was part of the team that created eSIM.me.
- 02:09 - What is a SIM? What is an eSIM? Why does it exist?
- 09:15 - Why bring eSIM to a device that doesn't natively support it?
- 15:50 - How does a removable eSIM interface with Android?
- 27:55 - What's the extensibility of modularizing eSIM from other FOSS devs and wireless carriers?
Android Bytes is hosted by Mishaal Rahman, Senior Technical Editor, and David Ruddock, Editor in Chief, of Esper.
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