Smart Prepaid just silently launched its new product for its prepaid users in the Philippines - an eSIM. There is no official announcement from Smart Communications though but some users have been able to purchase this eSIM from Smart's official online store and many local tech bloggers have picked up the news and reported on their respective sites.
Unfortunately, for some reason, the Smart Prepaid eSIM listing is currently removed or deleted from Smart Online Store when I checked while writing this post.
But for those people who were able to purchase, the eSIM is priced at only Php99. It can also be purchased in a bundle with either Php300 or Php500 prepaid load card.
More information from the website said that the eSIM pack comes with up to 21GB of data plus calls and text to all networks valid for 7 days. This also works with 3G, 4G LTE and 5G networks.
eSIM is not for everybody though as of the moment. Your smartphone has to be eSIM-ready to use this particular technology. In the Philippines there are still a very few numbers of smartphones that support this tech. If you are not sure about yours, you better check first before purchasing this when it becomes available again. And also, you won't be able to transfer your existing mobile phone number to the eSIM.
