• d00ery@lemmy.world
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    The teachers answer is perfect. If the phone has the same number then it’s the same phone. If it has a different number then it’s going to be a pain for the student to update all his contacts “new phone, who dis”

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      1. SMS and classic calls are dying. Things moved to Discord, Instagram, Snapchat, or whatever else for the most part
      2. Burner SIM, or better yet, burner eSIM. Maybe VoIP would suffice.

      And the original SIM could still be used in some cheap older phone.

      Although it seems everything in the US is a plan, meaning monthly payments. But perhaps I haven’t looked far enough.