I added an IIJmio eSIM on the au (KDDI) network to the Pixel 9a I bought in [2025-05-04-1] , making it a dual SIM setup. I did this on May 17 (Sun). Why I Added an eSIM I had been using IIJmio’s docomo network with a physical SIM for a long time, but the signal was often poor. I went back and forth between “switching the docomo line to au” and “adding an au line,” and for now I went with adding one. Here’s why: ...
I bought Google’s Pixel 9a and switched from my Pixel 6a [2022-07-30-1] . This is my third Android smartphone after the Pixel 3a XL [2020-07-14-1] . Before that, I had been using iPhones for a full 10 years. The Japan release was announced on April 9 (Wed), and I pre-ordered from the Google Store the same day. It arrived on the release date of April 16 (Wed). Excellent. There was nothing particularly wrong with my Pixel 6a other than slightly declining battery life, but after 3 years, I was curious to see how much things had improved, so I went for it. ...