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It's easy between an iPhone and a newer iPhone because Apple holds the key and don't need to do the reauthenticate, but it's not as easy outside the walled garden.
For me, I will keep the physical SIM as long as possible, especially while traveling is much more convenient because when you're abroad usually you don't have the internet for changing the esim
I needed a second number a few months ago. My phone has a physical SIM and an eSIM slot. I looked at eSIM.
This is from India, there was no clear information on switching phones and all. Since many cheap phones (the type I use) still don't have eSIM slots, I might need move back to physical SIM later. There was no information about that either.
And lastly, regulations suck here. Every change of SIM type is treated as a new connection which comes with a 24-hour embargo on everything except incoming calls.
I just bought a cheap second phone.
It'd be pretty simple for them to introduce a for for every swsp, too. Long live the nano-sim