iPhone 14 Series to Ditch Physical SIM Card Slot in Favour of eSIM: Report

Apple is making ready to convey its new iPhone fashions with no bodily SIM card slot beginning September 2022, in response to a report. The iPhone fashions in query would as a substitute embody solely eSIM help for mobile community connectivity. The change could happen with the iPhone 14 household subsequent yr. Apple has been providing eSIM help on its iPhone fashions because the launch of the iPhone XS in September 2018. However, all of the iPhone fashions at this second have a Nano-SIM card slot alongside offering eSIM help.

Citing a seemingly legit doc shared by an nameless tipster, MacRumors reports that Apple has advisable main US operators to arrange for eSIM-only smartphones by September. Some carriers are mentioned to begin providing choose iPhone 13 fashions with no Nano-SIM card within the field within the second quarter of 2022 as a part of the transition. This would allow customers to begin accessing their main community utilizing eSIM.

It is essential to notice that in contrast to earlier fashions, the iPhone 13 collection helps a number of eSIM profiles that allow dual-SIM support utilizing eSIM. This signifies that customers can entry two totally different networks on the newest iPhone fashions with out utilizing their Nano-SIM playing cards. It might simply be the start as Apple is speculated to change to the entire eSIM mannequin subsequent yr.

A tipster who goes by pseudonym Dylan on Twitter has additionally tweeted to corroborate the information of Apple planning to take away the bodily SIM card help from its iPhone fashions.

By eradicating the Nano-SIM card slot, Apple could possibly provide higher water resistance and an improved design on the longer term iPhone fashions. It would additionally give the producer area so as to add another elements rather than the bodily SIM card slot.

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In India, three main non-public telecom operators — Airtel, Vi, and Jio — help eSIM connectivity. Indian telcos would, due to this fact, not be required to take some extra efforts to go in tandem with Apple’s reported choice to ditch Nano-SIM card slots sooner or later.