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Apple Proposes Smaller SIM Card Design

Posted by timothy on from the microchip-limbo dept.

An anonymous reader writes with word that Apple, as reported by Reuters, has proposed a smaller SIM card standard. Says the Orange executive quoted, "We were quite happy to see last week that Apple has submitted a new requirement to (European telecoms standards body) ETSI for a smaller SIM form factor -- smaller than the one that goes in iPhone 4 and iPad." Hard to believe that any phone designed for the human hand could be much limited by the size of the current micro-SIMs, but this is one race to the bottom I'm pleased with.

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  1. Re:Nooo, don't do this! by dloose · · Score: 1, Troll

    Please. A SIM card is not a major investment. Your provider will give you a replacement your SIM (in any form factor they support) for a nominal fee. That's not lock-in. Lock-in is what Apple originally did with iTunes DRM. They made a proprietary format that could only be played with Apple hardware and software. as a result, people could not switch to another manufacturer's portable media player without having to repurchase all of their music. Hence, they were locked in.

  2. Re:It's not the size, it's the thickness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll


    Dear Apple,

    Ignore previous letter. It doesn't speak for me. I want my iPhones even thinner lighter and with a longer battery life.

    Sincerely, Actual User

  3. Re:MicroSIM? by qubezz · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple first with USB? PCs had them a year before the iMac. Plus back in the day, the only portable music player that would dare use firewire was the iPod.

    Apple Computer is the new Sony for proprietary f-you lock-in.

    Are you still using your Apple Bus Mouse with an ADB connector?