What SIM should my sister get when she visits from Canada in May?

spaceboy

She just messaged me saying she's considering getting an Orange travel eSIM but it has a french number. Will that cost her or my family and her friends anything to message and text?

oldernonethewiser

Does she need a SIM?

If so better with a UK based one if she is going to be in the UK

Lots of cheap options on the market.

spaceboy

Ok just checked with her and she wants to keep her normal SIM in as it's a business phone too. But her phone can take an eSIM hence the reason she's asking about this Orange eSIM.

oldernonethewiser

She could move her normal SIM to the e-SIM then pick up a cheap PAYG SIM on arrival in the UK.

She could even get GiffGaff to send her one before she leaves home.

d123

spaceboy said:

Ok just checked with her and she wants to keep her normal SIM in as it's a business phone too. But her phone can take an eSIM hence the reason she's asking about this Orange eSIM.

Lycamobile now offer a PAYG eSim. 

https://www.lycamobile.co.uk/en/introducing-esim-in-uk-all-you-need-to-know/

flaneurs_lobster

d123 said:

spaceboy said:

Ok just checked with her and she wants to keep her normal SIM in as it's a business phone too. But her phone can take an eSIM hence the reason she's asking about this Orange eSIM.

Lycamobile now offer a PAYG eSim. 

https://www.lycamobile.co.uk/en/introducing-esim-in-uk-all-you-need-to-know/

Well that's quite a coup, no UK operator up to now has offered a PAYG eSIM, Three can't even get their PAYM eSIM proffer to market. 

eDicky

Using a French SIM in the UK will involve international call/text charges from any UK phone. There may or may not be roaming charges from the French network.