Apple is ready to get rid of physical Sim cards. Apple’s next smartphone model, the iPhone 14, it may be completely without the slot to insert the identification card of the owner of a telephone plan. In its place, only one (or two) eSim, that is a programmable integrated chip that allows the subscription of a subscription directly from the terminal.
Apple introduced the virtual Sim for the first time on the iPhone Xs and Xs Max in 2018. The eSim can already be used instead of the physical one for the main data plan, or as a second card, to manage two subscriptions simultaneously on the same smartphone. The technology is already available on many models Android, and is a standard supported by most operators, including Tim, Vodafone and Wind Tre in Italy.
According to previous rumors, the iPhone 15 coming in 2023 it should have been the first Apple smartphone without a physical Sim, but Cupertino would have accelerated the times. To suggest this possibility, according to information collected by MacRumors, are the indications provided by the company to American operators: Apple would have asked them to prepare for the eventuality, so much so that some will already begin to offer the iPhone 13 without any associated physical SIM card already starting from the first half of 2022. To customers you will be asked to proceed with the activation of the plan directly from the device settings.
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At the moment it is not possible to predict whether all or only some models of the iPhone 14 will be without the door for the Sim, nor is it known whether Apple smartphones equipped with eSim only will initially be marketed only in the United States, or elsewhere. What is sure is the next iPhone it will be a transitional model, and there is a likelihood that an international version with physical Sim will continue to exist.
There are still many operators that do not yet offer this type of technology: in some countries, having only iPhones with eSim would amount to giving up a significant portion of sales or severely limiting the choice of the most convenient operator. In Italy, for example, i Iliad and Ho Mobile customers currently cannot use eSim. The French operator has promised that the technology will be implemented soon (probably in the first half of 2022), while no indications have yet arrived from the Vodafone sub-brand.
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