Germany eSIM with Calls & Phone Number

You get an eSIM for Germany here on this page, before you fly. An eSIM for Germany is a digital SIM card built into your phone. Pick a plan, pay by card, and the email arrives within minutes with a link and a QR code. One tap installs the eSIM beside your normal SIM. That saves hunting for an open shop in Germany, where Sunday closing is absolute and counters shut early on Saturday.

An eSIM for Germany starts at 28,95€, depending on which pack you take. The plans on this page all run for 30 days and differ in how much data they carry; the prices sit in the table above, shown in your own currency. Calls and texts are included in every one of them, and you pay once before you travel.

Yes, you can make calls and send texts with this eSIM: it includes calls and texts and carries its own number, so you dial straight from the phone app. A data-only travel plan cannot do that. On a dual-SIM phone, pick the Simbye line in the dialler, otherwise the call quietly goes out over your home SIM.

No, you don't get a German +49 number. The number on this line is French and starts with +33. It is a real number, so people can ring you and text you on it and you can register apps with it. What will not arrive on it are codes from German banks, delivery services or public authorities that only send to a +49 number.

The German network will be picked automatically by your phone, using whichever carries the strongest signal where you're standing. There is no APN to type in and no app to open first. If a spot gives you nothing, switch flight mode on for ten seconds and off again, or turn off automatic network selection and pick a different German network by hand.

No, you don't need to show ID in Germany. Since 1 July 2017 every prepaid SIM card sold in Germany has to be registered to a person, and without a passport or national ID, shown in the shop or verified online, the card stays blocked. Your eSIM roams onto the German networks as a foreign line, so that requirement never touches you.

Coverage gets thin in Germany away from the towns. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf and Leipzig are densely covered, as are the classic destinations from Heidelberg to Rugen, at least in the centre. Outside the built-up areas it turns patchy, and you feel that in the Bavarian Forest, the Harz, the Eifel, the Sauerland and the Black Forest away from the valleys.

It does work on the train, along the main ICE lines mostly — though the railway stays the sore spot. Tunnels, deep cuttings and regional routes cut the connection again and again, and that hits every SIM equally, German or foreign. Download your tickets, maps and anything you want to read before you board rather than counting on signal in a tunnel.

How much data you need for Germany is about 1-3 GB a week for a city trip with maps, messengers and transport apps. Uploading photos from Berlin, Munich or the Rhine every day takes you to roughly 5-10 GB. Streaming on the train, longer video calls or a laptop running off the hotspot burn through it much faster, so pick a larger size above.

The eSIM that's best for Germany comes down to what you need beyond data. This plan gives you a phone number with calls and texts, which matters when a hotel, a colleague or a car-hire desk has to reach you. For pure data on Telekom, Vodafone or O2, a data-only Germany plan is the simpler choice. Your data size and length of stay decide the rest.

Yes. Because you get a real phone number, SMS verification codes arrive directly on your phone — so you can sign up for or verify WhatsApp, Telegram, banking apps and almost any service. No extra app required.

No. This is a real eSIM with a real number that works natively on your phone — calls use your normal dialer and texts land in your phone's Messages app. The Simbye app is optional and only used to manage your plan.

Yes. You can make and receive calls and SMS with your included number — just like a local SIM, with no contract and no roaming bills. International calls are included as a set number of minutes depending on your plan.