You're probably already familiar with the SIM card, a tiny chip in your phone that connects it to your cell phone carrier of choice. For years, this chip was on a physical card that you could swap in ...

For many years, mobile phones received cellular service through a physical SIM (subscriber identity module) card that connected your handset to your phone carrier. These physical SIM cards made it ...

In October 2024, while preparing for a trip to Hawaii, a big problem suddenly occurred to me: the UK SIM card in my phone ...

Rumors in recent years have said that the iPhone would abandon its physical SIM card in the US. Apple did just that with the iPhone 14 series. Rather than a SIM card, the US versions rely on eSIMs ...

The days of using a paper clip to perform microsurgery to extract a tiny SIM card from a little tray in your iPhone may be coming to an end. At its closely-watched press event this week, Apple ...

After two separate reports indicated that Apple is working on iPhone models that will not require a physical SIM card, a leaker offers further insight into the matter. The leaker made similar claims ...

Apple’s iPhone Air arrived as a bold experiment, combining an ultra-thin body with several compromises to keep the design minimal.

A new leak suggests Apple could integrate the physical SIM connector with the USB-C tail plug cable in iPhone 15 rather than a direct logic-board connection — potentially simplifying repair. Leaks ...

A Chinese tech shop has done what Apple chose not to: add a physical SIM card slot to the iPhone Air. There’s a catch, though: to make internal space for the SIM card tray, they removed the vibration ...