[lilyball]

iPhone 14 doesn't even have a SIM card anymore, it's strictly eSIM (and previous models could optionally use eSIM).

[madars]

If I really wanted a physical SIM and imported a European SKU which does have it (only North American variant is eSIM-only), would I expect seamless support in the US? E.g. would AppleCare just work?

[astrange]

eSIM isn't any different here, it still runs the same applets. What makes it secure is the IOMMU preventing it from accessing main memory.