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T-Mobile is expanding its support for eSIM technology today, offering the digital SIM card technology for its post-paid plans, in addition to the prepaid options that it’s supported since last December.
Unlike the prepaid options, though, which can be purchased and configured through an app, converting a post-paid SIM to an eSIM requires visiting a T-Mobile store or contacting T-Mobile customer support. Once you’ve gotten your account set up with an active eSIM, you can download it to a new device by following the instructions on T-Mobile’s support document here.
As to why a T-Mobile customer might want to do this? Moving your main, post-paid plan to an eSIM means that you can simultaneously use a second cellular…