Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica
How Do eSIM Plans Work?
Step 1: Purchase Your eSIM Data Pack
You'll receive an email with your eSIM after purchase, no matter where you are in the world.
Step 2: Receive Activation Details
You'll get a QR code or manual installation instructions via email and WhatsApp to activate your eSIM.
Step 3: Install And Activate Your New eSIM
Set up your eSIM before your trip, and once you reach your destination, enable the data plan to start using the internet.
Is My Mobile Phone eSIM Compatible?
- iPhone XR, XS, XS Max
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd & 3rd gen)
- iPhone 12, Mini, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 13, Mini, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 14, Plus, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 15, Plus, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 16, Plus, Pro, Pro Max, 16e
- iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, 17e
- iPhone Air (eSIM only, no SIM tray)
- iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max
- iPhone Duo (foldable, eSIM only, no SIM tray)
- iPad Pro 11″ (2018+) & 12.9″ (2018+)
- iPad Air (2019+)
- iPad (2019+)
- iPad Mini (2019+)
- iPad 10th Gen (2022)
*Two eSIMs can be active at the same time on iPhone 13 and later. *iPhones from mainland China do not support eSIM. *Hong Kong/Macao models (except 13 mini, 12 mini, SE 2020, XS) lack eSIM. *US models of iPhone 14 and later do not have a physical SIM tray. *iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are eSIM only in the US, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Guam, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. *iPhone Air and iPhone Duo have no SIM tray in any country. They run on eSIM only.
Explore Jamaica
Three things a Jamaica eSIM does that resort Wi-Fi never will
Resort Wi-Fi in Jamaica stops at the pool gate. The eSIM4 Jamaica eSIM goes with you to Dunn's River, along the road to Negril, into the taxi back from Kingston, and it is working before you have cleared the terminal at Sangster or Norman Manley. Prices start at USD 7.98, the eSIM is a prepaid tourist eSIM with no physical SIM card running on the Digicel and Flow networks for high-speed mobile data, and the email with the QR code arrives within minutes of paying.
- Coverage across Jamaica: it follows you out of the resort. Route taxis, Knutsford Express tickets, the WhatsApp thread with the boat captain in Port Antonio, the map on the drive over Fern Gully: all of that happens on the road, and this eSIM is live wherever the Digicel and Flow networks reach, which in Jamaica is the whole tourist coast from Negril round to Port Antonio, Kingston, and the main roads between them. Two networks on one plan means that if one carrier fades on the north coast road, your phone should automatically pick the other.
- It is sized to the trip you are actually taking. A long weekend in Montego Bay or Ocho Rios: 1 GB over 7 days for USD 7.98. A fortnight that takes in Negril and the Blue Mountains, with photos going home every evening: 3 GB or 5 GB over 30 days for USD 18.98 and 30.98. A wedding week where the phone never leaves your hand: unlimited data from 3 days at USD 47.98 to 7 days at USD 96.98. Every plan tops up online in a minute if the trip stretches.
- It starts on your schedule. Buy it today, install it tonight on Wi-Fi, switch on data roaming when you land, and nothing counts down until it first connects in Jamaica. Book the trip months ahead, buy the eSIM whenever you like, and the days you paid for are the days you are there.
Cruising or island-hopping on to the Caymans, the Bahamas or Barbados? The Caribbean eSIM covers Jamaica and 25 other Caribbean destinations on a single plan; 1 GB over 7 days is USD 6.98. In Jamaica it connects to Digicel alone, so if you want both Jamaican networks the plan above is the one; for a multi-island trip the Caribbean plan means one purchase for the whole itinerary.
Pick a plan, check out and stay connected from the arrivals hall; the QR code will beat you to the suitcase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Both, on the one plan. Digicel and Flow are the two Jamaican networks, and the eSIM is a foreign line that roams on either, so your phone should automatically pick whichever is stronger where you are standing: Digicel on one stretch of the north coast road, Flow on the next, 4G in Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Negril and Kingston throughout. That is the difference from a local SIM, which ties you to one of them, and from the Caribbean plan, which uses Digicel alone in Jamaica. Plans run from 1 GB over 7 days at USD 7.98 to unlimited data for 3 to 7 days.
You can; the carrier counters at Sangster sell tourist SIMs, and for a stay of a month or more they are a fair option. The catches are the passport registration at the counter, the queue that forms when the charter flights land together in the early afternoon, and a physical SIM card to swap and keep safe for the way home. The Jamaica eSIM needs none of that: no counter, no registration and nothing to swap, and it works on the newer phones that have no SIM tray. Buy it at home, install it over Wi-Fi, and it is live when you land, with the transfer driver already on WhatsApp.
Yes. A day pass switches itself on the moment the phone finds a Jamaican network and bills every day of the holiday, so a week in Negril costs more than this whole plan. The Jamaica eSIM is paid once, from USD 7.98 for 1 GB over 7 days or USD 18.98 for 3 GB over 30 days, with nothing that renews and nothing to switch off when you fly home. Your home SIM stays in the phone for calls and the one-time codes your bank sends, with its data roaming left off, and the eSIM carries the maps, the route-taxi apps and the photos.
An eSIM is a digital SIM built into your phone. Instead of swapping a plastic card, you scan a QR code, or tap one link on a recent iPhone, and the plan installs in about a minute alongside your existing SIM. Your home number stays exactly as it is, and you can switch between plans in Settings whenever you like.
You pay once, from a few dollars, instead of a daily roaming charge, and there is no airport kiosk, no ID check and no card to swap. Buy it at home, install it on Wi-Fi, and you land with maps, ride apps and WhatsApp already working in the arrivals hall. If plans change, every eSIM tops up online in about a minute.
As a guide: 1 GB covers a week of maps, messaging and a few photos a day; 5 GB over a month suits social media and daily browsing; 20 GB or unlimited suits streaming, video calls and working on the road. If in doubt, start small: every plan tops up online in about a minute, so you never pay for data you will not use.
Yes. Our regional plans cover many destinations on one eSIM, so a multi-stop trip needs nothing new at each border: Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Oceania and a World eSIM for trips that cross regions. The countries included are listed on each regional plan page, and you can combine a regional plan with a country plan for the best value.
No. Most people are done in under two minutes: scan the QR code from the activation email, or on iPhone with iOS 17.4 or later simply tap the Direct Installation link in the same email and the eSIM installs itself. Step-by-step guides are here for iPhone guide and Android guide, our support team is on hand, and a refund guarantee covers you if the eSIM cannot be installed on your device.
Most phones from the last five years support eSIM, including every iPhone from the XR onwards and recent Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel models. Check your model in our compatibility guide before you buy. If your phone was bought on a carrier contract it may need to be unlocked first, which your carrier can do.
Open the activation email, then on iPhone go to Settings, Cellular, Add eSIM and scan the QR code, or tap the Direct Installation link on iOS 17.4 or later. On Android go to Settings, Connections, SIM Manager and scan. Most phones can scan the QR code straight from a screenshot in your photo gallery, so no second phone is needed. Once the eSIM appears in your cellular settings it is installed and ready. Full walkthroughs: iPhone guide and Android guide.
Install it any time before you travel, on Wi-Fi at home: the eSIM does not expire while it sits on your phone. When you land, switch it on and enable data roaming, and your days start counting from that first connection abroad, not from the day you bought it. You can also install on arrival, as long as you have Wi-Fi to download the eSIM.
Yes. Your phone runs as a dual SIM, with your home SIM and the travel eSIM side by side, and most phones store several eSIMs at once with one active for data at a time. Keep a plan for each country on your trip and switch between them in Settings as you cross borders.
Yes. Tethering is included on every plan, so your laptop or a second phone can share the connection whenever you need it.
Your connection pauses rather than charging you more. Top up online in about a minute using the link in your activation email, or in the Yabb app, and you are back online with the same eSIM.
The activation email includes a link to a live usage page for your eSIM, so you can see exactly how much data is left at any time and top up before it runs out.
Top local carriers at up to 5G speeds. The network for this destination is shown above the plans on this page, and the eSIM connects to it automatically when you land.
Choose a 90-day plan where one is offered, or top up your existing plan as you go. Either way the eSIM stays on your phone for the whole trip.
Travel eSIMs are data only, which is exactly why there is no ID or address check to buy one. Everything you normally use runs on the data: WhatsApp, FaceTime, iMessage, Uber, maps and your bank app. If you want a real phone number for calls and SMS abroad, our Yabb app gives you calls, texts and a temporary local number without roaming charges. In a few countries we also sell plans that include a local number, minutes and texts, shown in the plan name; those minutes and texts are for local calls and local texts within that country only.
Yes. WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal stay on your existing number with every chat intact; there is nothing to re-register. The eSIM simply supplies the data they run on.
Yes, with your home SIM left in the phone. The eSIM carries all your data, and most carriers deliver incoming text messages to your home number abroad at no charge, so one-time codes from your bank, Google, Airbnb and the rest arrive exactly as they do at home. Keep the home SIM switched on with data roaming turned off, and only the eSIM uses data. Two things to know before you fly: making a call or sending a text from the home SIM is what triggers roaming charges on most carriers, so leave calling and texting to WhatsApp and the like, and a few carriers do charge for incoming texts or block them abroad, so a quick check with your carrier before you leave settles it.