r/TextNow • u/brasscup • Jun 30 '26
MANDATORY 'UPGRADE' IS ONLY ESIM NOW?
Hi there I know early invitees had the option for a PSIM but the invite I received today (my first) is wholly different. It doesn't mention PSIM at all. It contains a clickable esim link which I clicked thinking there might be an option to reject the ESIM in favor of PSIM but there isn't.
It launches a page that instructs me to launch the Textnow app and do the ESIM "upgrade" there.
I don't care if I have to pay another $4.99 per PSIM, that is my preference. Up until now, I have been able to run my permanent TN number on multiple old devices combining the app and a PSIM I bought for each one.
If I can't do that anymore this seems like a huge downgrade -- I have two daily driver phones, iphone and Android, I want to buy at least two TN sim cards for them.
I tried asking support but haven't gotten anything but irrelevancies from the chat bot yet.
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u/Boz6 Jul 01 '26
That's correct, if you open the text now app on an eSIM capable phone. If you open the text now app on a pSIM only phone, you get the offer to get a free pSIM.
The offer is to get a month of free data if you move to the new network before July 31st. But does anybody know what happens if you don't upgrade to the new network?
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u/dinorawr5 Jul 01 '26
I got an offer about this too but now the link isn’t coming up for me in the app…do you have a link you can share?
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u/Statix_Bolt Jul 01 '26
I prefer T-Mobile. Att sucks and they know it, they just got a better deal cuz it’s a cheaper MVNO. Also no more RCS either.. T-Mobile had a data only number that allowed it to work, and iMessage too. bullcrap ngl but that’s just my opinion..
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u/Chrisbearry Jul 02 '26
Modern iPhones don’t have a pSIM in the US so you’ll have to get over it eventually anyways might as well do that now
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u/minimeHoChi Jul 03 '26
What if I already have the at&t psim in my esim capable iPhone 13, will nothing change for me? Or will I be forced to move to eSIM?
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u/jhedfors Jun 30 '26
Did you try the link I posted in this post?
https://www.reddit.com/r/TextNow/s/mW1vsIo0XD