- Visible recently launched support for eSIM on iPhone.
This lets you activate the embedded SIM card on your iPhone.
And it's one of the best ways to try out the Visible service
before committing to their plan.
In this video,
I'm covering the four step activation process.
Including downloading the Visible application
and making sure your device is compatible,
creating your Visible account,
downloading your eSIM profile,
and transferring your number
once you've confirmed Visible works for you.
I'll also be troubleshooting steps. If you run into issues.
With that said, let's get into it.
If you haven't already
download and installed the Visible application
which you can find linked in the video description.
Some welcome screens will tell you more about the service
and when you're ready, tap get started.
Here we'll get a little splash screen indicating
we are eligible for a $100 prepaid MasterCard.
When we switch and transfer our number.
Although this may change depending on
the current promotions available at the time.
Step one is to make sure your phone
is compatible with the Visible network.
If Visible detects, you've got an iPhone with eSIM
you'll get a pop-up
with more information about eSIM and how it works.
The first step here is to enter your IMEI
This is a unique number
that basically just identifies your device on the network.
You can find your IMEI under settings, general, about,
and by scrolling down to the bottom of the page.
One thing to note is that
you will see two IMEI numbers here.
One IMEI number is for the physical SIM card
while the other one is for eSIM.
Make sure you copy the IMEI for the eSIM
which is labeled digital SIM.
Jumping back to the Visible app.
And it should automatically recognize the IMEI
in your clipboard and prompt you to use that number.
Tap yes, and then tap next.
Now onto step two.
Which is creating your Visible account,
Here you're gonna enter your first name, last name,
email address, and create a password.
Then you'll be asked to enter your billing address.
Finally, you check out.
eSIM activations are automatically assigned a new number.
You can transfer your existing number to Visible
after the activation.
When I filmed my activation Visible was charging
the full $40 price
but they are currently offering a promotion
where new customers get their first month for just $25.
Now, is also the time
where you can enter a friend's referral code.
You're also welcome to use my referral code
or to check the common section of this video
to see if anyone else has shared their referral code.
Turn on or off autopay if you wish
and then choose your payment method.
You'll have the option to review your order
and your total for today.
When you're ready, accept the terms and conditions
and activate your service.
The app will automatically proceed to step three
which is downloading your eSIM profile.
You'll get a few prompts during this time process,
tap continue to install the Visible eSIM profile
and tap update
if you get the option to update your carrier settings.
You may also get a pop-up asking you
to update your contacts.
This is basically asking,
which phone number you would like to use
as the default phone number for outgoing calls and texts.
Tapping update contacts now
will have your phone default
to using your new Visible number.
Tapping decide later,
lets you choose which number to use
later in the settings app.
And some of you may have a third option
that says, "Keep primary."
This will let you continue to use your personal number
in the physical SIM tray as your default number.
Which is probably what you want to select at this time.
You may get a second pop-up asking you
to update your contacts to the number you selected
in which case you'll likely want to update all.
You'll get a pop-up that says waiting for activation.
And then a few moments later you'll get a final pop-up
that says iPhone is activated and that's it.
Your Visible eSIM is now active and ready to use.
Visible suggests you restart your device.
But I tested making a phone call and doing a speed test
and I found everything was working fine for me.
Restarting may be a good idea though just to be safe.
From here, you can test out the Visible service
for as long as you need
to make sure it's a good fit for you.
And if it turns out it is a good fit
and you'd like to transfer a number
you can do so by jumping back into the Visible application.
All you're gonna do is tap find out
how to transfer your existing number.
Visible will give you a quick overview of the process
as well as a short video that outlines the steps.
What you're gonna do is enter the number to be transferred.
Your current carrier, your account number and pin,
and your billing Zip Code.
Visible will give you the opportunity
to confirm the details are correct.
And if everything looks good, tap submit.
From here Visible will reach out to your current provider
and request your phone number be transferred.
Visible will automatically cancel your service
with your previous carrier
once the transfer is complete.
Number transfers can take anywhere from a couple of minutes
to even up to a couple days.
And my case Visible said the transfer
was gonna take an estimated 24 hours.
I initiated the transfer at 2:06 PM.
I received an email at 2:09
that the release of my phone number was approved
and it should be ready to activate.
However, at this time the service was still not active.
Then at 3:40 PM, I noticed the service returned
to my Visible line.
calls and data worked but texts weren't going through.
I did a quick restart and by 3:50 PM
the service was completely active.
Texts, calls, and data were working fine for me
Overall, I had about an hour and 40 minutes of downtime
before my transfer was complete
and my service was up and running again.
This was just my timeline though.
And your timeline may be a little different
depending on which carrier
you're porting from and other factors.
The last thing you're gonna wanna do
is join my party Best Phone Plans
to get locked into that $25 per month party pay discount.
You can join at the link in the video description
or you can simply go to your account settings,
scroll down to party pay,
enter Best Phone Plans, and submit a request.
I'm accepting all applications.
And the party currently has over 100 members and growing.
This is really awesome to see
and it means anyone can join or leave at any time.
And it won't impact the billing of the other members.
Finally, the one big issue
I ran into during my activation process
is when I was entering my billing address
the app kept throwing me error codes.
I found my solution was to reach out
to a Visible support agent
have them cancel my current eSIM order.
And this let me place a new order
which went through perfectly fine.
If you run into issues,
I suggest you either cancel your order and try again,
or reach out to Visible support to see if they can help.
Either way that's it for this video, click the like button,
if you found this video helpful.
Share this video with one friend
so they can test out Visible on eSIM.
I'm Stetson.
Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you next time.