Apple have always wanted to eliminate the SIM card. They introduced the Nano-SIM with the iPhone 5, and their last iPad release came with a form of Apple SIM. This allowed users switch between 3 or more operators without swapping any SIM cards. Everything was achievable with an interface within the iPad.
This time in collaboration with Samsung, Apple is approaching mobile network operators to adopting a new technology called e-SIM (or embedded SIM). The new idea is proposed to be a universal standard, whereby the ‘e-SIM’ is inbuilt into phones and not user accessible.
The e-SIM would allow customers to sign up on any network they wanted, and also let them switch at any time (obviously with some limitations placed by the carriers). Talks are already ongoing and we might see a debut as early as 2016. How this plays out we can’t really tell? But maybe this might be the next trend with smartphones.
Source
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/16/8978539/embedded-sim-card-apple-samsung-involvement
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Taking us back to the days of analogue phones aka 090…
Not really. Looks like that.Let’s wait and see.
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Apple and Samsung collaborating?? The world must be coming to an end!
Yeah, let’s just wait and see…
There were a coalition not long ago debating the same thing. Apple was at the forefront, but the whole thing went quiet as Apple went off to do its own thing and usually others follow.
Seeing that Apple and Samsung have had collaborations over the year, it would only be natural that they’re not suing each other but looking towards a SIM standard.
The main – and perhaps best thing about it is that users won’t be locked into a network. However, I’m curious to know how well this would work if a person travels out of the country to another. What if you want to use Glo SIM in Nigeria whilst keeping your Verizon USA number without the need for a dual SIM phone?
lol
No please we dont want that oh…. I loooove my plenty sims
Lol…me too!
lol.. abi Na