Ondrej Holzman The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has already decided on a new SIM card standard and Apple's proposal actually won, as expected. So in the future, we will see nano-SIM, the smallest SIM card so far, in mobile devices...
ETSI announced its decision yesterday when it preferred the nano-SIM designed by Apple over solutions from Motorola, Nokia or Research in Motion. The new nano-SIM should be 40 percent smaller than the current micro-SIM that iPhones or iPads have in them. Although ETSI did not name Apple in its statement, it did confirm that it is a 4FF (fourth form factor) standard. The stated dimensions also fit - 12,3 mm in width, 8,8 mm in height and 0,67 mm in thickness.
In its statement, ETSI also said that the new standard was selected with the cooperation of the largest mobile operators, SIM card manufacturers and mobile device manufacturers. At the same time, Apple's proposal was strongly criticized, especially by Nokia. The Finnish company didn't like that the nano-SIM was too small, and there were concerns that it would fit in the micro-SIM slot. However, Apple removed all the criticized shortcomings, succeeded with ETSI, and Nokia, although reluctant, agrees with the new format. However, in its statement, it said that it is not satisfied with the nano-SIM and believes that the current micro-SIM will be preferred.
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it is much smaller - a car article - probably the best feature
not that it bothers me, but I don't see any really significant meaning in it, and the fact that it's smaller, I think that all users don't care anyway
Smaller SIM cards mainly because more space is freed up in the device for further hw improvements. E.g. more batteries, processor, etc. Although it is small, every mm has such devices.
In my opinion, the best SIM is no SIM. I don't understand how that archaism can still survive. After all, it would be much easier to just enter the operator's authorization data into the mobile phone and it would automatically log in to its network. Phone numbers can also be on a microSD card, and the software would be enough to change the operator - simply switch the profile and I would call through another one.
That's right, phones without sim cards have been working in China, Korea and other countries for several years now, and I don't see a problem with that, why it couldn't be the same elsewhere in the world :)
And how will you enter KI into it? (A code that is used in the GSM network to create an individual encryption key for calls and is stored only in the SIM and in the operator's database.)