eSIM Philippines
Philippines eSIM from 2,95€ on the Globe network: 1 to 20 GB or unlimited, prepaid with no contract, online by QR code minutes after you land in Manila or Cebu.
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2GB highspeed/day, then unlimited at 1Mbps
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Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.
How does Simbye eSIM work for the Philippines?
Get connected in under 2 minutes
Install it before you fly
After your purchase you get an email with a link and a QR code. Install the eSIM calmly at home on Wi-Fi, it takes two minutes. That does not start the clock – your plan only begins when you first connect in the Philippines.
Switch it on after you land
Whether you arrive at Manila NAIA (Terminals 1 to 3), Mactan-Cebu International, Clark, Kalibo for Boracay, Bohol-Panglao International, Puerto Princesa or Davao: turn on data roaming for the Simbye line and set it as your data line. It connects to the Globe network, and from that moment your plan is running.
Top up as you go
If you run low, you can top up any time through the app or the website. It stays the same eSIM, with nothing to reinstall. Your home line can stay active alongside it so calls and SMS codes still reach you – just leave data roaming off on that one. What your provider charges for incoming calls abroad is in its own price list.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in the Philippines?
In the Philippines your eSIM connects to the Globe network on its own – no APN, nothing to set up.
Source: nPerf averages, 01.07.2025 – 30.06.2026.
There is nothing to configure. When you land and your phone looks for a network, it picks Globe. You never type in an APN. What you do need to do: switch on data roaming for the Simbye line and set that line as your data line, while leaving data roaming off on your home SIM so it cannot run up data charges. Incoming calls and texts are still billed by your home provider at its own overseas rates. If nothing happens after landing, ten seconds of airplane mode almost always sorts it out. Your plan makes no difference to the network: 1 GB for seven days or unlimited across 30 days, you are on the same Globe network either way. To be straight with you: this is one network. Switching over to Smart or DITO is not possible with it.
Where Globe reaches: across Metro Manila, Cebu City and Mactan, Davao, Iloilo, Baguio and Clark you have signal almost everywhere, and the same goes for the travel spots themselves – White Beach on Boracay, El Nido, Coron, Puerto Princesa, Panglao and General Luna. Where it does not: once you leave town it thins out. On island-hopping boats, at remote beaches and dive sites and on many inter-island crossings you will be offline, and that applies to every provider. Download your maps and tickets in advance and an hour without signal stops being a problem.
eSIM or a local SIM card in the Philippines?
The eSIM is the lighter option for the Philippines: it sits outside the SIM registration rules and follows you from Palawan to Siargao, while a local card wants your passport, a local address and often an onward ticket.
Why roaming on your home plan gets expensive here
In the Philippines your plan from home only works at your provider's roaming rates, and those are entirely its own call: some bill per megabyte, some sell a daily package for overseas travel, some throttle you after a few hundred megabytes. It is in your price list under country group or world zone – checking takes five minutes and is worth it before any long-haul trip.
Then there is how a trip here actually works. Almost everything runs through your phone: calling a Grab, looking up the ferry to Bohol, messaging the resort on Siargao, keeping Google Maps open while the jeepney crawls through Quezon City, rebooking the domestic flight to Caticlan. This is not emergency data for two days, it is constant use across two or three weeks. With a prepaid eSIM and no contract the price is settled before you fly and nothing new turns up on the bill when you get home. Plans run 7 to 30 days, from 1 GB up to unlimited, and if you stay longer you simply top up.
Where the Globe network reaches, and where it does not
In the cities you have signal essentially throughout. Metro Manila including Makati, Bonifacio Global City, Ermita and Quezon City is densely covered, as are Cebu City and Mactan island, plus Davao, Iloilo, Baguio and Clark. The travel spots themselves hold up too: White Beach on Boracay, the town centres of El Nido and Coron, Puerto Princesa, Panglao on Bohol and General Luna on Siargao.
The honest other half is that the Philippines is made up of more than 7,000 islands and coverage often stops at the edge of town. On an island-hopping boat in Bacuit Bay, at Nacpan Beach, at remote dive sites, in the rice terraces around Banaue and on many ferry crossings you are simply offline – and that is true for every provider, a local SIM card included. Travellers also report that Smart reaches further than Globe in places on Siargao and in parts of Palawan. If you know you are heading to remote islands, download maps, tickets and booking confirmations first. Then a day without signal becomes part of the holiday rather than a problem.
How much data do you need in the Philippines?
So you can work it out instead of guessing: how much an hour costs in the apps you actually use on holiday.
Just staying reachable
1–3 GB
Messages, the map now and then, checking mail. Everything else runs on the hotel Wi-Fi.
An ordinary holiday
5–10 GB
Navigating, social media, uploading photos, a few videos in the evening.
Out a lot, or a laptop along
20 GB and up
Streaming in the evening, video calls home, keeping a laptop or tablet online through your phone.
Data used per hour
The Netflix and Spotify figures come from the providers themselves (Netflix Help Center, Spotify Support, retrieved 28 Aug 2026). The rest are network-operator estimates (o2, Vodafone, EE) and vary with picture quality and reception.
What does an eSIM for the Philippines cost?
Simbye offers 8 plans for the Philippines from €2,95 to €56,95 — data packs from €2,95, unlimited from €23,95. Prepaid, no contract.
Plans for the Philippines range from 1 GB to 20 GB, plus unlimited options.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in the Philippines.
from €2,95
8 plans · 7–30 days · unlimited from €23,95
- 1 GB €2,95 7 days €0,42 per travel day
- 3 GB €5,95 30 days €0,19 per travel day
- 5 GB €11,95 30 days €0,39 per travel day
- 10 GB €14,95 30 days €0,49 per travel day
- 20 GB €28,95 30 days €0,96 per travel day
- Unlimited €23,95 7 days €3,42 per travel day
- Unlimited €37,95 15 days €2,53 per travel day
- Unlimited €56,95 30 days €1,89 per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Globe Philippines
- Setting it up
- A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
- Network technology
- 4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
- APN and settings
- Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
- Hotspot
- Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
- Adding more data
- Top up any time, without setting anything up again
- Calls and texts
- Not included — WhatsApp calls run over the data
- Your own number
- Stays in the phone and stays reachable
- Contract
- None. The plan ends by itself
- Worth knowing
- Roaming on your home contract gets billed here — this eSIM is prepaid, so nothing is added afterwards
Frequently Asked Questions about Philippines eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
