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Buying physical local SIM cards is largely obsolete nowadays

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The glorious ritual of aggressively poking your smartphone with a tiny paperclip in a busy train station has been fully replaced by digital roaming profiles. You no longer have any excuse for ignoring your boss's emails while sitting on a remote beach.

Buying physical local SIM cards is largely obsolete nowadays
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