It was removed from the whole non-folding Pixel 10 series in the US. It still has the SIM card slot elsewhere. We had to return a Pixel 10 bricked due to a firmware bug and it was the US model since we'd bought it in the US and sent it overseas with a forwarding service. Google's repair partner shop was quite confused about the lack of a SIM card slot to get the IMEI and we only had a serial number but they figured out using the serial number instead.

There's still dual SIM support either way and you can store dozens of inactive eSIMs. The main downside of eSIMs is widespread lack of transfer support by carriers.

it might be worth considering that for many Phones different hardware is sold _under the same marketing name_.

The most common versions (in the "west) are AFIK:

- US version vs. international version

(just the most common divide of Phones you will see "in the west", e.g. if a brand sell to China, that also is normally it's own sub-versions.)

the most common differences include:

- different modems

- US phones being carrier locked (which is not normal outside of the US and a few other countries)

- US phones not having sim card slots, the international version of the same (Android) Phones, often still has a physical sim card slot

Can confirm, pixel 10 is esim only.

Not in the United States. Only the Fold still has a physical SIM slot.