WhatsApp and Revolut for sure.
Wonder what other apps they are bringing in.
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Iām not really sold by the honest SIM, there are so many apps or sites youād want in case of emergency plus youād want the ability to make phone calls, whether family, medical, car breakdown, for Ā£5 a month Iād get a SIM on another network and then youād get minutes and texts, a second number comes in handy too. You could also switch to it if youāre just bored with poor reception.
With mast sharing if you are on the right 2 networks then you should be covered especially in rural areas, in town you usually donāt have to go 50 metres to get a signal, if itās that urgent.
When youāre roaming on your regular SIM they generally give you access to multiple networks anyway.
Maybe if I was going away and the roaming partners were publicly available so I can see if they overlap with my primary SIM, Iād pay Ā£5 for the extra peace of mind.
For Ā£5 Iād want Multi network, unrestricted web access up to 1 or 2GB, can be significantly speed throttled, a phone number with some minutes and texts, after you use the data for some limited apps to continue working.
You can already get sims that work on all 4 networks that are Ā£3-4 per GB , they donāt have a phone number though. Personally I think the current offering should be a āfreeā or much cheaper add on to their regular plans as a unique feature.
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Especially as WhatsApp data doesnāt even include voice calls.
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They are seem to be still working out their business model but seeek offer Ā£3gb a month free, including roaming in your region, it also looks like it includes calling but Iām not sure. Itās ā¬5 to skip the queue. Roams on all networks here.
They send you advertising texts to the esim, but if itās going to be off the whole time and only on in emergencies then meh.
and I quote āWhy the f**k would you go anywhere else?ā and āFueled by the best (left on read by the rest 
)ā are cringe and unproffesional enough for me NOT to trust them at all. 
No way Iād trust them with my primary number!
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You canāt port in a number, or even get a number with seeek afaik
Itās just one guy with a reseller API panel who got lucky with hotukdeals and some Canadian deals site, and then went on holiday instead of scaling his huge potential business and left it in shreds
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I sort of like the idea, but I donāt think itās good value where itās at today.
On one hand āĀ£5 a month unlimited WhatsApp anywhere in the worldā sounds pretty amazing compared to what roaming has been like in the past.
But also all the āessentialā apps only use a trickle of data. I think youād need to try very hard to use more than tens (or hundreds) of megabytes a month. So āunlimitedā isnāt that big of a deal practically.
I think there are other options on the market that could provide the same benefit at a similar or cheaper price point without restricting you to someone elseās list of approved āessentialā apps.
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I am thinking that too. I am only really interested as it is supposed to work on all 4 networks, but even that doesnāt seem to be working well.
What other options on the market are you refering to?
I havenāt searched comprehensively, but some examples are:
- Airaloās āglobalā esim Ā£54.50 for 20GB for 1 year (have used this)
- āRoamlessā looks interesting (havenāt tried)
I have a foreign sim that has a roaming pack of 2GB for ~Ā£13 a year (not naming since itās not available to signup from the UK).
Iām sure you could find more examples by sleuthing esimdb.
They donāt include access to all four UK networks, though most of them work across three of them.
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Thereās keepgo , they have a plan that works on all 4 UK networks, data never expires as long you top-up once a year, you can top-up 100mb for a few dollars or 1GB for $5 , 5GB is around $15 iirc etc , it also works in various European countries but not all.
There are referral codes around that give you 3GB free.
Roamless looks better, especially if you already have EE
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Iāve done my first switch to Spusu. Very happy so far after a week or so. Lightening fast, no problems yet.
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Honest Smart sim update:
Messaging
- Signal
Maps & Navigation
- Google Maps
- Apple Maps
- Waze
- what3words
Travel
- Tesla
- Trainline
- Citymapper
- Skyscanner
- Virgin Atlantic
- Easyjet
- Ryanair
- Uber
- PayByPhone
- RingGo
- LNER
- TfL Go
- Lime
Translation
- Google Translate
- Apple Translate
Banking
- Nationwide
- Starling
- Monzo
- Revolut
- American Express
- HSBC
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Hang on, who uses WeChat???
Uber still doesnāt work, lol. However Monzo now works and Starling seemed to
iMessage would be killer for the kids.
