Apple Proposes New SIM Card Standard
May 17, 2011, 12:41 PM by Eric M. Zeman
Apple has submitted a proposal to the European Telecoms Standards Body (ETSI) that would define a SIM card that's smaller even than the microSIM it uses in the iPhone 4 and iPad. Apple proposed the smaller SIM card standard so it can further reduce the size of SIM cards needed in its devices and allow for thinner future products. Apple has the backing of network partner Orange in France, which believes Apple is taking the correct route by going through a standards body to define the new SIM card's dimensions. An Orange representative said that devices with the new SIM cards could hit the market as soon as next year. The microSIM in the Apple iPhone 4 isn't compatible with the standard SIM cards used in most GSM phones, meaning they aren't easily swapped between devices.
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| Why? | T Bone |
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| Apple hates sim standard | kingstu |
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| LEAVE THE SIM CARD ALONE | gsmcentral |
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| Micro SIMs | bluecoyote |
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| We don't need anymore bs from apple | ibnturab |
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