A method for provisioning an electronic Subscriber Identity Module, eSIM, to a mobile device, the method comprising: at the mobile device: detecting a power-on of the mobile device; querying an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, eUICC, included in the mobile device for information associated with the eUICC; providing the information associated with the eUICC to a mobile device manufacturer to forward to a mobile device distribution entity that is responsible for facilitating a delivery of the mobile device to a retailer or an end user; and in response to detecting an initialization of the mobile device subsequent to the delivery of the mobile device: receiving from the mobile device distribution entity, a plurality of eSIMs pre-personalized by the mobile device distribution entity in accordance with i) the information associated with the eUICC and ii) one or more Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, that operate within a locale to which the mobile device was shipped for delivery; receiving a selection of the eSIM from the plurality of eSIMs; causing the eUICC to install the selected eSIM; and providing, to the mobile device distribution entity an indication of the selected eSIM to cause the mobile device distribution entity to depersonalize and recycle unselected eSIMs of the plurality of eSIMs. at the mobile device: detecting a power-on of the mobile device; querying an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, eUICC, included in the mobile device for information associated with the eUICC; providing the information associated with the eUICC to a mobile device manufacturer to forward to a mobile device distribution entity that is responsible for facilitating a delivery of the mobile device to a retailer or an end user; and in response to detecting an initialization of the mobile device subsequent to the delivery of the mobile device: receiving from the mobile device distribution entity, a plurality of eSIMs pre-personalized by the mobile device distribution entity in accordance with i) the information associated with the eUICC and ii) one or more Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, that operate within a locale to which the mobile device was shipped for delivery; receiving a selection of the eSIM from the plurality of eSIMs; causing the eUICC to install the selected eSIM; and providing, to the mobile device distribution entity an indication of the selected eSIM to cause the mobile device distribution entity to depersonalize and recycle unselected eSIMs of the plurality of eSIMs. detecting a power-on of the mobile device; querying an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, eUICC, included in the mobile device for information associated with the eUICC; providing the information associated with the eUICC to a mobile device manufacturer to forward to a mobile device distribution entity that is responsible for facilitating a delivery of the mobile device to a retailer or an end user; and in response to detecting an initialization of the mobile device subsequent to the delivery of the mobile device: receiving from the mobile device distribution entity, a plurality of eSIMs pre-personalized by the mobile device distribution entity in accordance with i) the information associated with the eUICC and ii) one or more Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, that operate within a locale to which the mobile device was shipped for delivery; receiving a selection of the eSIM from the plurality of eSIMs; causing the eUICC to install the selected eSIM; and providing, to the mobile device distribution entity an indication of the selected eSIM to cause the mobile device distribution entity to depersonalize and recycle unselected eSIMs of the plurality of eSIMs. receiving from the mobile device distribution entity, a plurality of eSIMs pre-personalized by the mobile device distribution entity in accordance with i) the information associated with the eUICC and ii) one or more Mobile Network Operators, MNOs, that operate within a locale to which the mobile device was shipped for delivery; receiving a selection of the eSIM from the plurality of eSIMs; causing the eUICC to install the selected eSIM; and providing, to the mobile device distribution entity an indication of the selected eSIM to cause the mobile device distribution entity to depersonalize and recycle unselected eSIMs of the plurality of eSIMs.