All modern iPhones and iPads now use nano-SIM cards. Unfortunately, this can be a bit of a problem for anyone switching from an older device, because the nano-SIM is much smaller than the micro-SIMs ...

Conflict is brewing in the mobile world over the adoption of a new, smaller standard for the SIM card — the chip in each GSM phone that dictates which network you connect to and your cellphone number.

What you see in the image above is the evolution of mobile phone SIM card design over the past four years. The largest in the image, known as the mini-SIM, was used for quite a while as the standard ...

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So you are looking for the best smartphones with Nano SIM card slots? Well, let’s get into it then. Those of you who are not familiar with SIM cards, I bet you use CDMA phones. SIM (subscriber ...

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Apple is to lead the way in the next generation of mobile SIM cards, after the US firm's proposed new standard was selected by a key European regulator. The European Telecommunications Standards ...

An example of a SIM card (top) and a nano SIM card Next week, two proposals for a new, smaller SIM card, dubbed nano-SIM–one backed by Apple and the other by Nokia, Research In Motion and Motorola ...

SIM cards have been an integral yet forgettable aspect of owning a smartphone over the past few decades. For most users, the SIM card defines the basic commercial relationship they have with their ...

Want to squeeze your current SIM card into your brand new iPhone 5? Check out our DIY guide to find out how. Katie Collins Principal Writer Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer.

Joe has been writing about consumer tech for nearly seven years now, but his liking for all things shiny goes back to the Gameboy he received aged eight (and that he still plays on at family ...

What is a SIM card used for? A SIM card, or a subscriber identity module/subscriber identification module, is a tiny memory card that contains unique information and is linked to a particular network ...