- [Narrator] If you're wondering how to swap an eSIM plan
from one iPhone to another iPhone,
let's say you upgraded or you got a new phone or something,
this video is for you.
I'll show you the step-by-step process
for transferring your eSIM profile
from your old phone to your new phone.
First, eSIM stands for embedded SIM card.
It's actually a SIM card that's embedded
in the logic board on your iPhone.
This is great because it allows you to use two plans
at the same time.
You can see I have an AT&T plan here
that's actually Los Mobile,
and I have my Verizon Play More plan as the secondary line.
A lot of people like to use eSIM
for combining their work phone number
and their personal phone number on one device
that makes it super convenient.
Or you can take advantage of things
like T-Mobile's free trial,
where you can test out the T-Mobile network
before you switch.
You can also get eSIM plans when you travel abroad
via international eSIM addons.
So that's kind of what eSIM is,
but how do you switch an eSIM plan
from one iPhone to another iPhone?
You can't just pop out the SIM card tray
like you can with a physical SIM card
and literally just swap the SIM.
So how do you do it?
Well, it turns out that the eSIM plan
is actually tied to your Apple ID or your iCloud account.
What you wanna make sure is you're signed
into the same iCloud account on both iPhones.
In this case I'm signed into the best phone plans iCloud.
And then if I go into cellular on the phone on my left,
you can see I have cellular data as Los Mobile
and I have the Verizon Play More plan
as my physical SIM card, and Los Mobile as my eSIM plan.
Then on my new iPhone, I'm gonna do is jump into cellular,
I'm gonna scroll down and I'm gonna tap add cellular plan.
This is where you can normally scan a QR code,
but you can also see at the bottom,
I have a whole selection of plans to choose from.
What you're gonna wanna do is select the plan
that you wanna transfer,
in my case it's Los Mobile ending in 1411.
So I'm gonna go ahead and find that right here.
I'm gonna tap on it and I'm gonna tap add cellular plan.
And it says to complete this transfer,
approve it on the iPhone currently using this cellular plan.
So I'm gonna tap okay,
and then I see a pop-up on my old phone
that's asking if I wanna complete the transfer
and I'm gonna tap transfer.
And this should transfer the eSIM over again
from your older device to your newer device.
And it says activating here.
And so we're just gonna wait for that to complete.
It may take a couple minutes,
I'll let you know exactly how long it takes for me.
And boom, there you go that took about one to two minutes.
It says add cellular plan, so I'm gonna tap continue,
and it says choose your cellular plan labels.
I of course have my Magenta MAX plan,
and this is the new one that I just transferred.
I give it a custom label Los Mobile,
because that is what the plan is.
And that looks good to me, so I'm gonna tap continue.
And now you get to choose your default line.
You can choose the physical SIM card in my case
which is Magenta MAX or Los Mobile.
I'm gonna go with Los Mobile in this case
and tap continue.
It says which phone number do you want to use
with iMessage and FaceTime?
I'm actually gonna pick Magenta MAX for this one,
so you kinda switch those up depending
on which phone number you want
for which application and tap continue.
And cellular data, I'm gonna go with Los Mobile
in this case, because it does have really good priority
on the AT&T network.
And I will allow cellular data switching
and I'm gonna tap continue.
And then you get to choose which phone number you want
to use for your contacts.
In my case I'm gonna go with Los Mobile
and I'm gonna tap continue.
And this is asking again and I'll tap continue.
And again, and again, I just have so many eSIM plans
at this point, that's why I'm getting so many options here.
But there you go, that is how you transfer your eSIM plan
from your old iPhone to your new iPhone.
And you can tap and select which plan you want to use
for cellular data and configure the options
of the plans in your phone settings.
Of course if you wanna switch your default voice line
you can do that at any time in your settings.
And finally once the switch has taken place,
you may just wanna make a test phone call
or do a cellular data speed test
just to confirm things are working properly.
So this is on the AT&T GE network
here in my apartment, and you can see yep cellular data
is working properly and everything
it seems to be working great.
And the final thing for me is on my previous phone,
says cellular data Los Mobile of course,
since Los Mobile was transferred off,
I'm gonna go ahead and switch that over
to Verizon Play More so I can keep using this phone
as I normally would.
And there you go that's it for this video,
that is how you switch your eSIM plan
from your old iPhone to your new iPhone.
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