Trusted Connectivity Alliance reported a 135% increase in eSIM profile downloads, indicating a surge in consumer and industry adoption of eSIM technology. The report suggests that eSIM deployments have been growing rapidly across various sectors, including consumer devices including smart watches, drones, and IoT devices like e-bikes, GPS trackers, automotive, smart grid, smart energy, and standalone networks like 5G SA.
Up until now, according to our observation, there are over 3 billion eSIM phones with over 14+ brands including Apple, Samsung, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, Huawei, Google, etc that support eSIM, and 400 carriers in 100 countries offer eSIM service to both local citizens and inbound and outbound travelers as the next-generation mobile connectivity service, for details please visit: eSIM 101.
eSIM data could be quite essential to offer better travel experience as well as additional revenue stream with massive adoption rate and recurring revenue per user. Constantly growing into a business that’s gonna disrupt the current business model of SIM card for mobile data service involving operators, smartphone OEMs and IoT enterprises, it’s a high time to consider about grabbing the market share of eSIM business as a travel market players or any business interested in reselling eSIMs who has the most direct access to travelers and its traveling habits. Since most travelers nowadays (business travelers or leisure traveler use phone as the main device to travel and stay-connected, eSIM data could be quite essential to offer hassle-free travel experience as well as a product with massive adoption rate and recurring revenue per user).
Here is a list of devices that are known to be compatible with eSIM technology as of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021. Please note that this list may not be exhaustive, and new devices with eSIM capabilities may have been released since then. It’s always best to check with the manufacturer or your mobile service provider for the most up-to-date information regarding eSIM compatibility, you might want to have access to the full list for a market analysis purpose:
- Apple iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, SE (2nd generation), 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, and 13 Pro Max.
- Apple iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Pro (3rd generation and later), iPad (7th generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation), and iPad Air (4th generation).
- Google Pixel 2, 2 XL, 3, 3 XL, 3a, 3a XL, 4, 4 XL, 4a, 4a (5G), 5, and 5a, Google Pixel Slate.
- Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 Ultra, Z Flip, Z Fold2, S21, S21+, S21 Ultra, Note20, Note20 Ultra, Z Fold3, Z Flip3, S21 FE, and upcoming models.
- LG G7 ThinQ, G8 ThinQ, V50 ThinQ, V60 ThinQ, and upcoming models.
Please note that this list may not be comprehensive but here at eSIM Access we’ll try to search and get the list most up-to-date for tidying up eSIM penetration progress, to update our partners as soon as possible. For personal use or checking, It’s always good to verify eSIM compatibility with the manufacturer or mobile service provider for specific device models.
