That's not true, we have the exact same issue in Germany. buerocracy has got a life of its own because it has been neglected for so long, therefore everything is stupid complicated because nobody wants to fix a problem that is a chain of "this guy is responsible, but actually im partially responsible and then there is this other guy who has to sign off on this thing but it needs to go through this privacy process to then go into this other process but that needs to be approve by guy number 1 who now needs a seperate papertrail to be able to stamp off the other document that we havent even mentioned yet......"
@@OLBarbok It is true though (at least here in Japan). No matter what you may perceive as complicated it's directly necessitated through a broken system. In Japan at least - I know as I've been living here for the past 15 years. The causality isn't a direct symptom of a neglected system. But rather one that's been 'optimized' into the ground, purposely over engineered at the expense of the end user. Thus the phrase OP mentioned above "I think they made it complicated on purpose" is absolutely true. Companies over here needlessly make processes x100 more complicated when they don't need to be. These processes haven't been manufactured through neglect, but rather via poor stratagem and forethought.
Garnt is right. Not having physical SIM to me is unthinkable. That said the Japanese does hate two things: the banks and the phone shop. Absolute nightmare.
@@SonOfZeusGaming nah it's normal sim housed in plastic of various sizes that you can just pop up down to it's original size it's designed because different phones have different sim slots
Oh man, e-sims... I've seen many ads for mobile data so I'm sure it's neat for that. But migrating an e-sim from phone to phone... I don't even want to think about it.
It’s actually not that hard to do in the 3 western countries I’ve lived in but JP phone providers make it an absolute nightmare to do so it’s def not recommended there
Right. This defeats the purpose of the SIM (card). The pre-GSM phones had the subscriber identity either programmed in them at the operator store, or they had a fixed code created by the manufacturer and the operator would enter the code in their system. And that would only happen after they had "approved" the phone (=checked that the phone was bought or rented from them, not from another company -- the approval wasn't about safety but about the money going to the "right" pockets). When the GSM standard was developed, the user-transferable SIM card was so that the user could easily and freely switch to use another phone, without even having to explain anything to anyone about it. (Although, operators did get their say by having the SIM lock feature included in the GSM standard so they could restrict which SIM cards the phones they sell would accept, but that still gave the consumers more choice. And in some countries with more pro-consumer laws it was outright illegal to sell locked phones from the beginning.) But in 30 years phones being easily swappable being the norm people have stopped appreciating it and have forgot what was the purpose of the SIM.
Ah Germany. I had to search the document online, print it out and fill it. Then send back via postage. Instead of you know.. Send it via email or at least upload on the same page where I downloaded it. Oh and btw the confirmation I received via email.
@@kabob21 A meal here is about 400yen (in Tokyo) if you on saving mode when going out eating. So it's 10 meals, which is 5 days if you skip breakfast. That is a week worth of food in JP. If you are buying stuffs back to cook at home it would even be longer (Up to 2 weeks worth of food or more)
@@kabob21People who live in countries with strong currencies will not understand what it is like to live in countries with weak currencies. It's around 390k idr, it more than enough for 15-26 meals depend where you live. It's absolutely bonkers
@@WinterFox1000perhaps it is not about the number, but rather now unnecessary it is. Over complicating something that takes literally a few minutes to do, and then charges you on top of it and they didn't even get it done.
You don't really need an audio jack in this day and age. Even if you have an old car, there are ways to add bluetooth connection. Also, I prefer the Note 10+ basically the same thing but has a cool spen with interesting features. I didn't even buy my phone new, bought it used and lasted me for 5 years while it still works until this day. Well besides the degraded battery.
Sony Xperia 1 VI user here. Everything the S20 is, plus SD 8 Gen 3 + Headphone jack (We non-US got gimped with Exynos on our non-FE S20s, and i got my S20 within a month of release)
I always prefer a physical Sim, but If you're on a trip, you can just put on a eSim and get connection there without having to pay the enormously high fees you normally get when travelling outside your SIM region
new phone are getting these sims that are soldered to the board. I heard they were to help with something, but as of yet the implementation is pretty poor
@@kamo7293 is that how it works? phones are capable of using radio frequency so you will just need a storage allocation and a unique serial for your identification. It seems backwards if that how it is.
01:15 now that's my man lol 10/10 Esims as a secondary kinda thing for travel and whatnot, provided they're absolutely seamless and easy to use, are a good idea, but the implementation is obviously a different story - and it had to be like this. In fact I'm surprised there are still options which aren't a hassle and don't require multi-steo procedure involving the state admin, the device manufacturer, and the GSM provider, maybe with police oversight sprinkled on top.
In the US, i had to pay $20 (or $25 dont remember) to put a physical sim into a new phone. I did it myself over the phone with customer support. So id say its being normalized across the world.
They had an online option to switch, but it would make me switch my phone plan to "support the new phone". I have an unlimited everything plan. So the $25 for me was more about being able to keep my current plan and switch to a new phone.
That's so weird. I have a S24 Ultra and although it does also have an eSIM, it did have the sim slot that I can put my sim from my old phone to my new one and I didn't have to do anything else after that. No fees whatsoever. I didn't even buy my phone directly from my carrier either, I just bought it from amazon.
Never heard of e-SIM until I switched from t-mobile to spectrum and couldn’t get my existing phone to activate. Had to talk to CS and they told me I had to remove my physical SIM in my phone so it wouldn’t interfere w the transfer/activation. Of course, they neglected to mention that in the instructions 🙄
Dunno, I bought a new phone. Never had an eSIM before, just physical. Connected to my WLAN, logged into my google account, started the phone transfer app on my old one and suddenly the new phone downloaded an eSim and deactivated my old SIM. I was quite surprised, tbh.
And this is why im still using my iphone 13 pro max...they actually removed the sim slot in the US 🙄 I gotta go international if i want to upgrade my iphone now, they still have the SIM slot in most other countries
Its not just japan that makes things complicated. In america they make you drive to the post office to pay even as little as 50 cents if the sender didn't use the correct stamp. Like just let us pay this crap online and deliver it like normal :/
I’ve never even seen this happen at business I’ve worked at or with tenants since they came out with forever stamps. Not worth the trouble of government software project. Really should be blaming the person sending the mail.
The new iPhone's auto-transfer the eSim info when you do the data transfer from your old iPhone to new iPhone, then auto disables your old iPhone's eSim. When I upgraded to my new iPhone 16 Pro Max, from my old iPhone, it ported everything automatically (the data transfer of 500gb took about 1hr). I was really surprised I didn't need to contact the carrier to port the phone number or eSim info. Apple really knows how to make things easy for the customer.
US Cellular moved my number to a new sim for free (unlocked phone). The guy afterwards was trying to sell me a screen protector, and a protective case. This was done in Oregon.
Bro it is more and more apparent why Germany and Japan are such close allies... We have the same problem ... EVERYTHING is filled with paperwork and bs...
@@lupolinarheh... Good one work in time. You'd be lucky getting an appointment in time and then you get a punishment and extra costs cause you where to late in resolving the problem even tho the appointment you got was for like 2 months after your call for it
It's wild how Japan was seen as the technologically advanced country several years back but now we get sentiments like "I don't trust Japan with modern technology". What happened
Basically it's a matter of demographics. The Japanese population is aging with little to no young people taking over. The same people who were young and cutting edge in Japan's 80's tech boom are still in charge of things. That's not to say that older people can't adapt to new tech, but a lot more don't. Everything requires physical paper and the bureaucracy of the past. For example, they still use fax machines in all the offices there. It's not like Japan is unique in this. Just look at the USA Senate, House and President. Majority of them are retirement age. The average age of the Senate is 64 years. Now think of every time your Grandpa called you to figure out their e-mall or the "fancy" TV remote.
Sad thing is, they could easily implement it into their App. My carrier here in the US I just have to install the carrier app on any esim phone and select to transfer my sim. Within a minute I'm up and running on the new phone. I'm not even on a big carrier. Just on a prepaid MVNO.
Essentially instead of having a little card you plug into your phone instead has one built in that you can register and re-register on different networks. It usually makes things more convenient by letting you just log in to your network providers app and instantly register, no waiting for a sim in the post or looking for a store that has one and having to register in the app anyway, but Japan gonna Japan I guess.
@@TheAkashicTraveller I don't have a network provider app on my phone. When I switch providers the old sim will work until I get the new one in mail. When I pop in the new sim it works immediately. At that point the switch is done and my new provider takes care of cancelling my contract with the old provider for me. I live in Finland.
@@TheAkashicTravellerits basically becoming a thing for new phones. Luckily Samsung so far still has a slot for my S24U so I didn't have to go through all that hassle. Even though it does also come with an eSIM.
Nahh I switched last year to esim and it‘s soooo nice especially having 2 contracts at the same time for different things at once. Definitely the future.
@@boxbox0000Not on every phone. iPhones in the U.S. don’t even have physical SIM slots anymore. Most phones only accept one SIM, even if they have one. I know that dual physical SIMs are common in some countries, but I would bet that most Americans don’t even know that it’s an option.
From what I see and hear about Japanese bureaucracy. I just imagine Hermes from Futurama. Pretty sure he was filling out paperwork to see if he can stamp a paperwork lol if that didn't happen boy there has been too many times Hermes had to jump through hoops just to do something.
I saw a wireless hotpot video where you just put a hot pot on what looks like a dinner table (but it has a hidden stove that heats the plate wirelessly) right before watching this and was like "damn Japanese technology is great" Then i hear this story about a JP eSim and feel like "damn Japanese technology kinda sucks"
My mother works in the field (signaling technology) cable as well as cell phone network. She advised me against E Sim because it just doesn't make sense. You have no flexibility at all
My friend had to pay $40 for verizon (or one of this big shitty American phone companies) before they would transfer her esim. It was one of their phones to another of their phones but they had was bs about needing to unlock some shit or shit... I dunno, but the word shit sums it up
They are useful when going on holiday and you just want a second data SIM to avoid roaming charges and you don't have to faff about with a physical SIM plus you can load the eSIM on your phone before you get there, I used an eSIM in Japan with zero problems
We live in a time when paying isn't owning anymore so why should we use eSIM??? So that we don't even own our sim cards 😂 anymore. I want the things I pay for in a physical tangible form otherwise I am not going to spend on it. Another reason I still till this day pirate anime and will never pay for any subscription. Also buying games from Steam is the same. If Buying isn't Owning then Piracy isn't Stealing 😂.
I used Ubigi, which seems to be asia centric, but airlo seems pretty popular. Not sure whats the hate with esims. I am with an esim carrier in canada and pay 30 dollars a month from unlimited 5g data which is unheard of but ppl rather pay the big 3 here in canada 100+ dollars a month. I'll never again buy a phone on contract. Just whatever pixel phone, or last year model of a samsung phone is on sale on amazon and never looked back
It’s not a problem for travel. It’s time limited and you’re not going to be transferring it to a new phone. It’s just annoying if you get a new phone and your carrier doesn’t allow self-service transfers.
well japan is always late about new technology, they won’t change until something force them to change. like cashless payments and online meeting. they start use it because of the pandemic.
Im not using a phone without physical sim. I would just become one of those too cool for world, having no phone assholes if physical sims go out of jse.
Didn't even know e-sim was a thing. Why fix what isn't broken. Especially when you put the responsibility of your phone in the hands of a dumb phone shop/provider who could screw you around whenever they feel like it, or your phone might need factory reset.
According to google: it became a thing since 2017 with their Pixel 2 then Apple came along during 2018. While the rest follow. Luckily Samsung still kept a physical sim slot despite also having eSIM. I got friends trying to get me into apple. But man I'm glad I still stuck around with Samsung, although they may honestly get rid of it like they did with the headphone jack and sd card slot. I blame apple tbh.
eSIMs are bad long term for consumers. We shouldn't rely on them exclusively. I think where we are right now is perfect. Physical with digital options. You can still choose what service provider at any time and they can't control your phone forever. Going full digital will ruin any ability to easily manage what carrier you use your phone on.
Are esims a big thing in america? I'm confused. You almost never get an esim in the UK unless you specifically ask for it. Who tf wants an esim that just sounds annoying to deal with. I've had the same sim for the past 5 devices. No issues, perfect every time.
Main that bother me with Japanese banks. The Japanese economy is in shambles. And in the 5head brain of Japan... Thought it would really cool to make the tranferring and exchange of money (commerce) as slow and tedious as possible. I WONDER WHY THE ECONOMY IS IN THE SHITTER?
Wait, what do you mean "pay to change your sim"? You just open your phone, take out the sim and put it in another phone, why would you pay for it at all?
lmao imagine not having a physical sim. being a software engineer I fear the day that these fks remove physical sim slot just like the headphone jack. these fking wireless stuff is cool and all but having reliable physical stuff is the best.
I live in Japan. They absolutely have physical Sim cards and you can solve this shit easily. It's not a big problem at all no clue why the hell she made it into one.
"I think they made it complicated on purpose"
After nearly eight years there, I feel that sums up most things in Japan.
That's not true, we have the exact same issue in Germany.
buerocracy has got a life of its own because it has been neglected for so long, therefore everything is stupid complicated because nobody wants to fix a problem that is a chain of "this guy is responsible, but actually im partially responsible and then there is this other guy who has to sign off on this thing but it needs to go through this privacy process to then go into this other process but that needs to be approve by guy number 1 who now needs a seperate papertrail to be able to stamp off the other document that we havent even mentioned yet......"
@@OLBarbok It is true though (at least here in Japan).
No matter what you may perceive as complicated it's directly necessitated through a broken system. In Japan at least - I know as I've been living here for the past 15 years. The causality isn't a direct symptom of a neglected system. But rather one that's been 'optimized' into the ground, purposely over engineered at the expense of the end user. Thus the phrase OP mentioned above "I think they made it complicated on purpose" is absolutely true. Companies over here needlessly make processes x100 more complicated when they don't need to be. These processes haven't been manufactured through neglect, but rather via poor stratagem and forethought.
Garnt is right. Not having physical SIM to me is unthinkable.
That said the Japanese does hate two things: the banks and the phone shop. Absolute nightmare.
Anything that involves paperwork seems to be more pain its worth
Exactly, with a physical SIM, she wouldn't even have to make that call at all, like bruh 🤣🤣🤣
I would never have an eSIM. Digital SIM is just begging to have all control taken away form you!
This is why I always buy unlocked phones so you can just swap the sim yourself, it's super easy and way cheaper
@@MegaStunfiskandHat but once all phones transition to esim it will be a nightmare... kinda
America: eSIM, makes it easier to changes plan of different providers and avoid the hassle of purchasing sim card.
Japan: ah yes💀
Mint mobile esim is so easy to use
Yep, took me 5 minutes at t mobile to change my esim. Ezpz
I like e-sims for travelling to other countries because it's easy to install and delete but my main one HAS to be physical.
I still have my big ass sim card from 2006/2007 that I manually cut to fit in a nano sim slot.
Your big ass sim is actually a mini sim, the original full size sim cards from the 90s were the size of a credit card
your sim, might be up to 3G only
@@SonOfZeusGaming nah it's normal sim housed in plastic of various sizes that you can just pop up down to it's original size it's designed because different phones have different sim slots
You should probably change it, old ones do not support 4G/5G and etc
Oh man, e-sims... I've seen many ads for mobile data so I'm sure it's neat for that. But migrating an e-sim from phone to phone... I don't even want to think about it.
It’s actually not that hard to do in the 3 western countries I’ve lived in but JP phone providers make it an absolute nightmare to do so it’s def not recommended there
@@petrasbirthdaygoblinhoney4565 Why? do they need like specialized tool/service or something?
@@SyntaxError0287Japan is awfully slow for paper work and beauracracy. They are locked in procedures way outdated
They’re great for traveling where you can just install one for overseas and then delete. Physical is better long term for switching phones.
Right. This defeats the purpose of the SIM (card). The pre-GSM phones had the subscriber identity either programmed in them at the operator store, or they had a fixed code created by the manufacturer and the operator would enter the code in their system. And that would only happen after they had "approved" the phone (=checked that the phone was bought or rented from them, not from another company -- the approval wasn't about safety but about the money going to the "right" pockets).
When the GSM standard was developed, the user-transferable SIM card was so that the user could easily and freely switch to use another phone, without even having to explain anything to anyone about it. (Although, operators did get their say by having the SIM lock feature included in the GSM standard so they could restrict which SIM cards the phones they sell would accept, but that still gave the consumers more choice. And in some countries with more pro-consumer laws it was outright illegal to sell locked phones from the beginning.) But in 30 years phones being easily swappable being the norm people have stopped appreciating it and have forgot what was the purpose of the SIM.
0:55 in the philippines we call that _under the table_ money
we call it rishwat in india
@@garvitgupta5932ghoose😂
at least thats negotiable
Japan does it over the table and everyone needs to pay for it. 🙂
@@garvitgupta5932In West Bengal we call that Ghoosh 😂. Also yeah specify in which language since you know India isn't just one state
This sounds like Germany, never rely on just online documents, do all the paperwork and take it with you
Ah Germany. I had to search the document online, print it out and fill it. Then send back via postage. Instead of you know.. Send it via email or at least upload on the same page where I downloaded it. Oh and btw the confirmation I received via email.
@@alihorda would be more funny if it was via post mail
If anyone else is curious, I looked it up. It’s like $26.
Ye, Japanese yen is in the dregs. Syd just being dramatic 😅
@@kabob21
A meal here is about 400yen (in Tokyo) if you on saving mode when going out eating.
So it's 10 meals, which is 5 days if you skip breakfast.
That is a week worth of food in JP.
If you are buying stuffs back to cook at home it would even be longer (Up to 2 weeks worth of food or more)
@@kabob21People who live in countries with strong currencies will not understand what it is like to live in countries with weak currencies. It's around 390k idr, it more than enough for 15-26 meals depend where you live. It's absolutely bonkers
I was thinking to myself too "a 100 yen is almost a $1 here so why is she getting worked up about what is basically less then $30-40"
@@WinterFox1000perhaps it is not about the number, but rather now unnecessary it is. Over complicating something that takes literally a few minutes to do, and then charges you on top of it and they didn't even get it done.
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. The last great smartphone. Physical SIM, Physical SDcard slot. (ok its missing the audio jack too but eh.)
And SD 865 5G. 90hz display, 5000 mAh battery. Glad I made the right choice
You don't really need an audio jack in this day and age. Even if you have an old car, there are ways to add bluetooth connection.
Also, I prefer the Note 10+ basically the same thing but has a cool spen with interesting features. I didn't even buy my phone new, bought it used and lasted me for 5 years while it still works until this day. Well besides the degraded battery.
Sony Xperia 1 VI user here.
Everything the S20 is, plus SD 8 Gen 3 + Headphone jack
(We non-US got gimped with Exynos on our non-FE S20s, and i got my S20 within a month of release)
My phone!
Wait digital Sims are a thing? I have never heard about it until today 😅
They're called e-SIMs and pretty common in the East and parts of US
I always prefer a physical Sim, but If you're on a trip, you can just put on a eSim and get connection there without having to pay the enormously high fees you normally get when travelling outside your SIM region
new phone are getting these sims that are soldered to the board.
I heard they were to help with something, but as of yet the implementation is pretty poor
@@kamo7293 is that how it works? phones are capable of using radio frequency so you will just need a storage allocation and a unique serial for your identification. It seems backwards if that how it is.
I didn’t know they were a thing either.
The only time I use eSims is for temporary travel use and that's it, because it's far cheaper than roaming charges
We have no idea why the economy is stagnant guys
01:15 now that's my man lol 10/10
Esims as a secondary kinda thing for travel and whatnot, provided they're absolutely seamless and easy to use, are a good idea, but the implementation is obviously a different story - and it had to be like this. In fact I'm surprised there are still options which aren't a hassle and don't require multi-steo procedure involving the state admin, the device manufacturer, and the GSM provider, maybe with police oversight sprinkled on top.
Japan sounds great to visit, but exasperating to live in
That’s many places tbh but yeah
In the US, i had to pay $20 (or $25 dont remember) to put a physical sim into a new phone. I did it myself over the phone with customer support. So id say its being normalized across the world.
They had an online option to switch, but it would make me switch my phone plan to "support the new phone". I have an unlimited everything plan. So the $25 for me was more about being able to keep my current plan and switch to a new phone.
That's so weird. I have a S24 Ultra and although it does also have an eSIM, it did have the sim slot that I can put my sim from my old phone to my new one and I didn't have to do anything else after that. No fees whatsoever. I didn't even buy my phone directly from my carrier either, I just bought it from amazon.
Never heard of e-SIM until I switched from t-mobile to spectrum and couldn’t get my existing phone to activate. Had to talk to CS and they told me I had to remove my physical SIM in my phone so it wouldn’t interfere w the transfer/activation. Of course, they neglected to mention that in the instructions 🙄
Dunno, I bought a new phone. Never had an eSIM before, just physical. Connected to my WLAN, logged into my google account, started the phone transfer app on my old one and suddenly the new phone downloaded an eSim and deactivated my old SIM. I was quite surprised, tbh.
And this is why im still using my iphone 13 pro max...they actually removed the sim slot in the US 🙄
I gotta go international if i want to upgrade my iphone now, they still have the SIM slot in most other countries
Ahhhhhhh so that’s why they try to force stuff now.
oniiiisan suggests physical sim
- Something physical? k, we got you!
*gives a ton of papers to fill*
Its not just japan that makes things complicated. In america they make you drive to the post office to pay even as little as 50 cents if the sender didn't use the correct stamp.
Like just let us pay this crap online and deliver it like normal :/
I’ve never even seen this happen at business I’ve worked at or with tenants since they came out with forever stamps. Not worth the trouble of government software project. Really should be blaming the person sending the mail.
What part of America you in? Sounds like a weird rural area issue. No way a city in this day and age would make you go through all that hassle....
Physical SIM cards should be a thing everywhere.
The new iPhone's auto-transfer the eSim info when you do the data transfer from your old iPhone to new iPhone, then auto disables your old iPhone's eSim.
When I upgraded to my new iPhone 16 Pro Max, from my old iPhone, it ported everything automatically (the data transfer of 500gb took about 1hr). I was really surprised I didn't need to contact the carrier to port the phone number or eSim info. Apple really knows how to make things easy for the customer.
Hey maybe next time she can go to the e-shop
given how japan love bureaucracy, 3 working days processing time plus a zoom call to verify identity.
Had to go with esim for my XS because the sim card reader died. Wouldn't do it otherwise
Google turned my physical SIM into an eSIM while I was setting up my new Pixel phone. All I had to do was push a button.
This is the same fees and costs if you walk into the AT&T store for help switching a sim from one phone to another in the US.
US Cellular moved my number to a new sim for free (unlocked phone). The guy afterwards was trying to sell me a screen protector, and a protective case. This was done in Oregon.
Bro it is more and more apparent why Germany and Japan are such close allies... We have the same problem ... EVERYTHING is filled with paperwork and bs...
..you never lived in Spain or Italy. It might be tedious in Germany or Japan, but at least it will work in time.
@@lupolinarheh... Good one work in time. You'd be lucky getting an appointment in time and then you get a punishment and extra costs cause you where to late in resolving the problem even tho the appointment you got was for like 2 months after your call for it
the axis still exist there ngl
Japan is the final boss of bureaucracy
It's wild how Japan was seen as the technologically advanced country several years back but now we get sentiments like "I don't trust Japan with modern technology". What happened
Basically it's a matter of demographics. The Japanese population is aging with little to no young people taking over. The same people who were young and cutting edge in Japan's 80's tech boom are still in charge of things. That's not to say that older people can't adapt to new tech, but a lot more don't. Everything requires physical paper and the bureaucracy of the past. For example, they still use fax machines in all the offices there. It's not like Japan is unique in this. Just look at the USA Senate, House and President. Majority of them are retirement age. The average age of the Senate is 64 years. Now think of every time your Grandpa called you to figure out their e-mall or the "fancy" TV remote.
@@Mojo_3.14 That makes sense. Man, Japan has it rough
Literally my last 2 brain cells
Sad thing is, they could easily implement it into their App. My carrier here in the US I just have to install the carrier app on any esim phone and select to transfer my sim. Within a minute I'm up and running on the new phone. I'm not even on a big carrier. Just on a prepaid MVNO.
Never heard of a e sim
Physical sims for the win
Inb4 "we decided to leave Japan"
You can just send a message and change e sims depending on the provider
Wtf is an E-sim?
Average central European
I'm in western Europe & they don't seem to have them here either
Essentially instead of having a little card you plug into your phone instead has one built in that you can register and re-register on different networks. It usually makes things more convenient by letting you just log in to your network providers app and instantly register, no waiting for a sim in the post or looking for a store that has one and having to register in the app anyway, but Japan gonna Japan I guess.
@@TheAkashicTraveller I don't have a network provider app on my phone. When I switch providers the old sim will work until I get the new one in mail. When I pop in the new sim it works immediately. At that point the switch is done and my new provider takes care of cancelling my contract with the old provider for me. I live in Finland.
@@TheAkashicTravellerits basically becoming a thing for new phones. Luckily Samsung so far still has a slot for my S24U so I didn't have to go through all that hassle. Even though it does also come with an eSIM.
01:10
I thought they had no idea how to change a physical sim
She deserved this experience
As a dane, I havent stepped foot in my bank for 10 years.
E sim makes sense if you are travelling and just want data, but for an actual phone number? Yeah stick to physical
Nahh I switched last year to esim and it‘s soooo nice especially having 2 contracts at the same time for different things at once. Definitely the future.
@@akantorman1 you know phones can also take 2 nano sim cards, yes?
@@boxbox0000Not on every phone. iPhones in the U.S. don’t even have physical SIM slots anymore. Most phones only accept one SIM, even if they have one. I know that dual physical SIMs are common in some countries, but I would bet that most Americans don’t even know that it’s an option.
@@boxbox0000 Way to assume your phone is representative of every phone out there lmao.
@@akantorman1 Gotta have that second phone to hide illicit activities, having affairs and living that second life.
From what I see and hear about Japanese bureaucracy. I just imagine Hermes from Futurama. Pretty sure he was filling out paperwork to see if he can stamp a paperwork lol if that didn't happen boy there has been too many times Hermes had to jump through hoops just to do something.
I saw a wireless hotpot video where you just put a hot pot on what looks like a dinner table (but it has a hidden stove that heats the plate wirelessly) right before watching this and was like "damn Japanese technology is great" Then i hear this story about a JP eSim and feel like "damn Japanese technology kinda sucks"
Connor had the same experience if I remember.
Is this why my dad prints out the whole Internet?
My mother works in the field (signaling technology) cable as well as cell phone network. She advised me against E Sim because it just doesn't make sense. You have no flexibility at all
Physical Baby, woooooo
Seeing that on live would be more funnier
eSIM costs nothing and take 10 seconds to set up, so much more convenient
You wanted the future and yet you decided to live in Japan. Pick one.
Japan, a country living in the year 2000 since 1980
Pretty sure Japan is both innovative, yet, so outdated lmao.
My friend had to pay $40 for verizon (or one of this big shitty American phone companies) before they would transfer her esim. It was one of their phones to another of their phones but they had was bs about needing to unlock some shit or shit... I dunno, but the word shit sums it up
Imagine having an eSIM. They're just a scheme to avoid chip shortages.
Yes but also no, folks in the EU would die for dual or even triple SIM support if it means getting digital ones
They are useful when going on holiday and you just want a second data SIM to avoid roaming charges and you don't have to faff about with a physical SIM plus you can load the eSIM on your phone before you get there, I used an eSIM in Japan with zero problems
I have never even heard of e-SIM, wtf is it?
i hate that apple got rid of physical sims. glad i have a sony xperia. it has dual sim slots lol.
Only in America. Rest of the world iPhones still have physical sim AND esim. China has only physical.
Now if only the xperia could take pictures in low light or had all the bands that put out 5G nearby itd be perfect.
Most Chinese phones have dual physical sim
what the hell is an e-sim ? how does that work ?
Digital sim card
I would get another phone
Who needs a phone in Japan anyways!...
We live in a time when paying isn't owning anymore so why should we use eSIM??? So that we don't even own our sim cards 😂 anymore. I want the things I pay for in a physical tangible form otherwise I am not going to spend on it. Another reason I still till this day pirate anime and will never pay for any subscription. Also buying games from Steam is the same. If Buying isn't Owning then Piracy isn't Stealing 😂.
Isn’t 4000 yen like $28? Yeah it’s worth it to avoid the paperwork. YOLO
esims are a racket
TIL E-SIM exist
I'm gonna try e-sim for the first time when I go to Bangkok next month. It looks easy enough, does anyone has any bad experience with it?
For travel at least I did a data e-sim in Japan and it went well.
I used Ubigi, which seems to be asia centric, but airlo seems pretty popular. Not sure whats the hate with esims. I am with an esim carrier in canada and pay 30 dollars a month from unlimited 5g data which is unheard of but ppl rather pay the big 3 here in canada 100+ dollars a month. I'll never again buy a phone on contract. Just whatever pixel phone, or last year model of a samsung phone is on sale on amazon and never looked back
It’s not a problem for travel. It’s time limited and you’re not going to be transferring it to a new phone. It’s just annoying if you get a new phone and your carrier doesn’t allow self-service transfers.
@@tempesttube ahh i see. thanks for the heads up!
for a culture centered around not inconveniencing your fellow citizens it is quite inconvenient.
This is why I make manga and anime for Australia not Japan
Ive never heard of esim until today
They are slowly taking over. All the new flagship phones are esim only now.
What's an e-sim? (me, someone from South America)
well japan is always late about new technology, they won’t change until something force them to change. like cashless payments and online meeting. they start use it because of the pandemic.
Im not using a phone without physical sim. I would just become one of those too cool for world, having no phone assholes if physical sims go out of jse.
Didn't even know e-sim was a thing. Why fix what isn't broken. Especially when you put the responsibility of your phone in the hands of a dumb phone shop/provider who could screw you around whenever they feel like it, or your phone might need factory reset.
According to google: it became a thing since 2017 with their Pixel 2 then Apple came along during 2018. While the rest follow.
Luckily Samsung still kept a physical sim slot despite also having eSIM. I got friends trying to get me into apple. But man I'm glad I still stuck around with Samsung, although they may honestly get rid of it like they did with the headphone jack and sd card slot.
I blame apple tbh.
Going eSim was your problem.
Syd why not ask your grand daughter to help you? Wasn’t she some kind of space dragon at one time lol.
eSIMs are bad long term for consumers. We shouldn't rely on them exclusively. I think where we are right now is perfect. Physical with digital options. You can still choose what service provider at any time and they can't control your phone forever. Going full digital will ruin any ability to easily manage what carrier you use your phone on.
Are esims a big thing in america? I'm confused. You almost never get an esim in the UK unless you specifically ask for it. Who tf wants an esim that just sounds annoying to deal with. I've had the same sim for the past 5 devices. No issues, perfect every time.
I bet it's just a file that needs to be copied 😂
Main that bother me with Japanese banks. The Japanese economy is in shambles. And in the 5head brain of Japan... Thought it would really cool to make the tranferring and exchange of money (commerce) as slow and tedious as possible.
I WONDER WHY THE ECONOMY IS IN THE SHITTER?
Wait, what do you mean "pay to change your sim"? You just open your phone, take out the sim and put it in another phone, why would you pay for it at all?
Nah. Yeah. Setting up my new phone was a freakin nightmare XD nerds, please stop maing this shizz more complicated.
We also took at least a min , only needed identity card n it be done .
Garnt you’re supposed to just agree with your wife 😅
4000 yen how much it in dollars?
more or less 40USD without exchange rates being piss poor but the yen being as it is rounds to nearly 30-35USD
Why is his hair so shiny?
Hair jell, to keep the slicked-back shape.
Ignore this if you did later. I think you need to hug your wife in these situations. She is stressed and needs emotional support.
lmao imagine not having a physical sim. being a software engineer I fear the day that these fks remove physical sim slot just like the headphone jack. these fking wireless stuff is cool and all but having reliable physical stuff is the best.
Japan is a great country but their system sounds so outdated with new tech.
I live in Japan. They absolutely have physical Sim cards and you can solve this shit easily. It's not a big problem at all no clue why the hell she made it into one.
Many phones no longer have sim card slots.
Remember this is the country that faced out the floppy disk in the 2020s 😂😂😂
And this is why I bought by iPhone SE Gen 3 so I could have a physical Sim.
Japanese businesses are ran like mall kiosks 😂.
4000 yen is only $25 and is still not worth it.