Reuters reports, via massive telecom Orange’s head of devices Anne Bouverot, who says 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.” It’ll be a real standard, with carriers like Orange backing it. Bouverot says the first devices with the new SIM could show up next year.
So, like iPad 3, iPhone 6. A SIM card doesn’t seem like a massive amount of matter to tussle with, but I guess every millimetre counts. [Reuters via Mac Rumors, Image: CC licensed, Thomas van de Weerd/Flickr]
Mark
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 10:16 AMIts not that much smaller! Seriously why the hell would you bother? 1mm shorter??
Apple. Un-standardise.
Franz
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 10:39 AMThis won’t become the norm because of apple, but because other phone manufacturers will also realize that one of the easiest things they can do in the quest for more hardware space is cut down on unnecessary materials, there is plenty of space wasted by a SIM.
Anonymouse
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 11:57 AMCorrect. Even if the space the plastic occupies just remains free space, it would help in cooling the phone.
JT...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 11:45 AMThey could combine it with a micro sd card and save even more space.