T-Mobile just made it hard for tech enthusiasts like me to leave - here's what changed

T-Mobile just made it hard for tech enthusiasts like me to leave

Transferring your phone number can be a mess, especially if you're going from iPhone to Android.

As a mobile reviewer, I spend a lot of time on phones, but I also spend comparatively little time on each individual phone I review.

The constant cycle of swapping from handset to handset as they launch throughout the year has made one aspect of my life a delight -- the SIM card.

SIM cards are easy to swap: it's no big deal to pop the SIM card out of one phone and move it over to another as my assignments (or my flights of fancy) dictate.

However, all that started to change when Apple moved to an eSIM-only model in the United States two years ago.

The first year, I got the iPhone 14 in for review and had to move my main T-Mobile SIM over to it, and so, as a tech reviewer, I decided I wanted to stay on eSIMs for as long as I could.

Author's summary: T-Mobile changes affect tech enthusiasts.

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ZDNET ZDNET — 2025-10-26

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