Could be worse, could be 8".
realitista
joined 1 year ago
Well it's still a lot more expensive than the $5-$10 I pay on an ad hoc basis for an eSIM when I need one every few months, even if I was traveling almost exclusively 100% in countries where I needed non eu data packages it probably wouldn't pay off, but it's good to know it's out there. I guess if I was in that situation it would probably be worth it just not to think about it (at least the Google price would be).
Not sure how this is different. I don't really find out which carrier I'm using in each country, I use an app which lists all the countries and the offers available. I choose one and install it on my phone. Usually it's a limited time eSIM just for the duration of my trip.
I've never noticed that they disconnected if I had them enabled. But I've never had more than a couple active at a time.
Living in Europe with single payer health care, this sounds crazy. I just go to the doctor, leave, pick up my drugs, etc. It's all handled by the insurance except maybe a few bucks on some drugs. Worst case I have to show my insurance card but that rarely even happens.
I'm betting that doesn't work for every country in the world with unlimited data. If it did, I'd like to hear the carrier that pulled this off and the price of the service.
You can have as many esims as you want too, so you can have 10 numbers or data packages if you want. Just open the app, buy one, install it and it's ready to go, no need to deal with phone companies.
I used to have to go buy physical sims and use a wifi hotspot when I needed internet in the places that weren't covered under EU roaming because the roaming rates were so insane. Now I spend a small fraction of that amount on an esim that lasts just the duration of my trip and gives me just how much I need, and I don't even have to visit a shop. I just do it from my phone. Massive improvement.
According to the article:
Qualcomm also claims that most Windows games should “just work” on its upcoming Arm laptops, so we could eventually see some gaming laptops powered by Arm processors.
For my money, KNX>Zwave>Zigbee. Zigbee's standard are not certified so you get non compliant devices that don't work well, and 2.4 is a very crowded frequency with lots of interference not only from other wireless devices but also microwaves, etc. Zwave solves both of these issues and generally has a higher level of quality, but for me a wired standard will always beat a wireless one if I'm starting from scratch.
Strangely my hard disk is only 3.5" though.