How to use eSIM abroad? [closed]

I want to use eSIM abroad.
Say I bought a smartphone which supports it and I land on a foreign country, what should I do then?

Is there a native application by which one can buy an eSIM to be used in country X?
Should one buy the eSIM in the departure country or in the destination country?
Is there any standard yet and if there isn't by which standardization institution there should be?

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Best Answer

I understand your question like this:

"I have an eSIM enabled phone. I land in a foreign country and want to aquire a local eSIM profile in order to avoid roaming charges and maybe to have a local phone number."

Assuming I got your right, you

look for an Internet connection. That might be any place's wifi.
search on the Internet which provider in your guest country offers eSIM profiles and what are the conditions and the requirements for signing up.
you choose one, sign up and download the eSIM profile to your phone
you're all set

Nothing should actually hold you back from preparing this before you leave home. You will have more time and you don't need to search for a wifi connection upon arrival.

Depending on the country in which you arrive there may or there may not be any requirements on how to get a subscription from a GSM operator. In case there will be any problems like this, they will stay the same with an eSIM or a physical SIM.

The advantage of a eSIM is just that there is no need for a physical SIM which needs shipping or where you need to see a store to buy one. Because of the lift of the physical restrictions, there are a number of companies which offer special "worldwide data packages" or the like for eSIMs. If you are primarily looking for Internet as opposed to phone / SMS, you will find them on the Internet.

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