eSIM.net Launch Free 30 Day Vodafone eSIM Mobile Plan Called AirFree
Mobile provider eSIM.net, which normally specialises in offering travel eSIMs for roaming usage, has today launched a Vodafone-based plan called AirFree that gives UK customers 30 days of free data, calls, and texts. After that you can either continue on a flexible 30-day rolling plan for a monthly fee, upgrade to a higher data package, or cancel at any time without obligation.
The plan itself includes 1GB (GigaByte) of mobile broadband data, unlimited UK calls and SMS, 5G support, Hotspot support, Wi-Fi Calling and full UK number porting (MNP). But customers who choose to remain on the plan after the first 30 days will be expected to pay £10 per month, and there are cheaper packages to be found in the UK market.
Although launched to coincide with the Apple iPhone Air, the AirFree plan is open to anyone in the UK with an eSIM-compatible handset. But quantities are limited. The plan is available exclusively to UK residents, for use within the UK only, and can be activated entirely online within 5 minutes.
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Gerry O’Prey, CEO at eSIM.net, told ISPreview:
“Watch the plastic SIM card go the same way as the CD and DVD. With AirFree, we’re making it easy for anyone to try an eSIM — no shops, no paperwork, no plastic.”
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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Who is this aimed at? It’s not even remotely competitive.
People who don’t realise that it’s not even remotely competitive? There’s always one.
It does not show up as free, when I signed up it only lets me proceed with a £10 payment. Either the workflow is faulty or has been fully redeemed.
Either way not a great first impression for me.
Thanks for sharing in any case Mark.
But it’s UK based only and expensive. Lyca do 80GB for £10 for example
Apologies please ignore my previous comment, the workflow is just fine. You need to input your payment details but it won’t charge anything. My mistake!
Thanks again for posting.
Vodarubbish, I will stick with Smarty, sadly that is owned by Vodarubbish now as well. Still will keep it until they muck up
The majority of phones don’t have Esim, certainly not in the cheaper end of the market. I thought it may have gained traction a bit quicker than it have.
I doubt my next phone will have Esim, that is when I decide what phone I am going to get.
What is your source, for ‘[the] majority of phones don’t have eSim’?
Looking around for a phone for myself, most esim phones are around the £350 mark or more, but I did see a Motorola Moto G75 that had Esim for around the £230 mark.
Also, doing searches I came across an article, link below.
https://www.iotinsider.com/industries/communications/low-awareness-of-adoption-of-esims-in-the-us-uk-and-china/
It’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t support eSIM. I bought a Moto g84 5G from eBay for £130, a banging midrange device that is on par with £300-400 phones from the likes of Samsung. The only downside is that Moto didn’t add eSIM support until next year’s g85 model.
I got around this with a 5ber SIM card – it’s a physical SIM card that you can load eSIMs onto (using their app). For £25, it gives any device eSIM support as long as you have a spare slot to put it in.