iPhones on iOS 16 will be able to swap eSIM cards with Bluetooth

Back in 2010, European carriers got pretty stirred up by Apple's intent to get even more influential, solder a SIM card into its iPhones, and allow people to flash it for use with any carrier they want via a simple app download. Well, that's what an eSIM is, a virtual subscriber identification module chip with no plastic surrounding it.

Now that carrier subsidies are long gone, and Apple rolled out the eSIM iPhones to little backlash, US carriers also embraced the eSIM concept switch left and right. Verizon, for instance, offers one of the easiest ways to set up and activate an eSIM card from the comfort of your My Verizon app.