Wonder if they will make EU-only variant of hardware and software which will be like totally different phone. They already did sideloading, USB-C and now this. What next?

EU iPhone 14 Pro also has a physical SIM card slot.

You know I just realized this myself a month or so ago. I swore my 14 had a SIM card slot. I was arguing about it with a friend. and whatta ya know, it’s “there” just glued in and inaccessible. That is some straight up bullshit.

It’s an eSIM. I’ve switched carriers 2 using just the eSIM in my iPhone 13. What is the problem with that?

A lot of carriers don’t support eSIM, especially internationally, and here in the UK a lot of carriers only offer eSIMs on specific tarrifs. Some also put restrictions on the type of devices you’re allowed to use them in which is hard to enforce with physical SIMs.