Apple iPhone 15 Pro to come without a SIM card slot

25 December 2021
It's unclear if the non-Pro models will also use eSIM tech or come with a physical SIM slot.

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  • Anonymous
  • 70d
  • 27 Dec 2021

Adee, 27 Dec 2021No the iPhone 13 have a physical simPretty sure he means that he doesn't use a SIM card.

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    • Anonymous
    • w7n
    • 27 Dec 2021

    You know why eSims are 100% 💩?

    - unable to transfer data and contacts to the new phones.

    - there's no SIM card slot eventhough the remaining SIMs from previous phones won't fit in.

    - eSIM will drain the battery faster than physical SIM.

    - eSims is expensive but may not worth.

    - able to swap out the eSIM after the phone is tracked.

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      • Anonymous
      • IJK
      • 27 Dec 2021

      Street Puppy, 26 Dec 2021Biggest Apple fans : Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Googl... moreYou do realize apple copies from them too right?
      In fact most things they do are based off an existing technology in phones.
      They even stole the names iphone, ipad, and apple from existing products and companies.
      But watch someone make a rectangle and they say you copied me!! Off with their heads!

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        • Anonymous
        • IJK
        • 27 Dec 2021

        Anonymous, 27 Dec 2021Because other companies totally don't do that, just ba... moreCause Apple hasn't been doing the worst and longest or anything.....

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          • Adee
          • Xyt
          • 27 Dec 2021

          zuks, 27 Dec 2021Have the iPhone 13 and don’t have a physical sim! eSims are... moreNo the iPhone 13 have a physical sim

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            • Anonymous
            • M}3
            • 27 Dec 2021

            gimm, 27 Dec 2021nice knowing Apple always work toward building a future whe... moreBecause other companies totally don't do that, just bad bad Apple... Coming to GSMArena feels like coming to worlds biggest Apple hatefest.

              Saw a website projection the other day that consumers were already beginning to tire of OTT cameras and that phones would start; budget phones initially, being supplied without cameras within two or three generations. Rumoured that they're planning, ultimately, to supply all phones with a pre-installed selection of professional family photos, holiday snaps etc. Guess it follows the 'no physical SIM' plan of further reducing consumer 'direct control' of their devices.

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                • Anonymous
                • 2A3
                • 27 Dec 2021

                If that happens with android phones, I guess, I will be no longer buying their flagship phones. Because as of the moment, the features that they removed is all in the budget and upper midrange. eSim being operated by the telcos will be such a pain when you'll be contacting them for any problems. Unlike with the physical sims.

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                  • gimm
                  • tx3
                  • 27 Dec 2021

                  nice knowing Apple always work toward building a future where 'You will own nothing, and you will be happy'

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                    • S3c
                    • 27 Dec 2021

                    With a sim-card, the cryptographic device and identifier that guarantees the unique number and identity is physically locked in the card, but with an e-sim, it's just a number that can be copied, reused, or changed.

                    Convenient? Yes. Secure? No - dangerously insecure.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • rKX
                      • 27 Dec 2021

                      Angela, 26 Dec 2021Well I think till 2023 India will Develop & rest of the... more "I wish e-SD card should be there too 🤭"


                      It's already there, called internal storage

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                        • Anonymous
                        • rKX
                        • 27 Dec 2021

                        What if I need to remove the SIM card out of the device and put it in another ? That's not possible with an e-SIM perhaps

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                          • nue
                          • 27 Dec 2021

                          Have the iPhone 13 and don’t have a physical sim! eSims are the way to go!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • xq5
                            • 26 Dec 2021

                            Narazumono, 26 Dec 2021You mean forcing wireless headphones. You don't need t... moreYou are right. My bad. Yes headphone jack is good too. I have 6 headphones/earbuds including wired ones.

                              Anonymous, 26 Dec 2021Not all trends are bad. Wireless earbuds are very cool. But... moreYou mean forcing wireless headphones. You don't need to remove the headphone jack to use wireless headphones, but it's being removed so the companies can sell them much easier and make more money that way

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 6wN
                                • 26 Dec 2021

                                [deleted post]Not all trends are bad. Wireless earbuds are very cool. But some of them stop working.

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                                  • U{B
                                  • 26 Dec 2021

                                  Obviously its gonna be the future in upcoming few years and we know iphone is already a future 😀❤️❤️ apple is just awesome and thanks to esim also that made it possible 👍🏻

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                                    • DkL
                                    • 26 Dec 2021

                                    Well I think till 2023 India will Develop & rest of the other countries too & this e-sim will be the first step to the incredible world. It sounds literally awesome that we don't have to carry sim card in our phone I wish e-SD card should be there too 🤭

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • rJh
                                      • 26 Dec 2021

                                      I am Android user and i don't mind what apple bring to industry 3.5 mm jack removal, notch, non - replaceable battery etc., but these crappy things Android manufacturers also following. Apple fanboys are the culprits...they take whatever non-sense Apple bring in the name of innovation. this E-sim phones i used in 2004 in CDMA phones now Apple taking me to past.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • qLK
                                        • 26 Dec 2021

                                        [deleted post]Do you guys ever stop whining? What’s stopping your so called “actual innovators” from being successful now? You’re getting emotional about an Apple rumour that might not happen until two years from now.