• Kevin@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      It depends what country you’re in. The US doesn’t and Canada does (not sure about elsewhere).

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        1 day ago

        I am in Canada, so that does make sense. Interesting that the US doesn’t though. I for sure wouldn’t have got this if I was forced to use an esim.

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          1 day ago

          I am also in Canada. I just called my mobility provider and told them I wanted a new phone and that i wanted to pay off my current phone immediately.

          So which is it? Pixel 9 or 10?

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            21 hours ago

            Pixel 10. I got mine from Costco on black Friday. They were having some crazy deals that basically paid you to take the device home lol. It’s the only reason I upgraded.

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              15 hours ago

              I wish I could find a deal like that, but as it stands I will need to pay a lump sum to my provider to pay off the remaining balance on my Samsung S23, which I am going to keep. I will format it securely and use it with a prepaid sim as a travel phone with next to nothing on it. GrapheneOS goes on my Pixel 10 and I want to degoogle it. It will pose a mild issue since sometimes I (sadly) do need to check my gmail, and I really don’t know if putting it on my GrapheneOS is a good idea.

              • Kevin@lemmy.ca
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                14 hours ago

                I use k9mail with a work gmail account and it works great, has imap push and everything (no need for Google services).

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      2 days ago

      You could be right. I looked at several of them on eBay and could only find phones with the e-sim, couldn’t find any with sim card tray.

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        1 day ago

        Kmacmartin pointed out that the SIM tray is available only in certain countries. So maybe it’s worth checking out Canadian listings? I wouldn’t want to be forced to use esim either.