Title: Carriers Reportedly Testing Nano-SIMs for Apple Ahead of Next-Generation iPhone Launch Post by: HCK on July 19, 2012, 07:00:29 pm Carriers Reportedly Testing Nano-SIMs for Apple Ahead of Next-Generation iPhone Launch
Following a report earlier this week claiming that European carriers have been stockpiling new nano-SIM cards in expectation of Apple using the smaller card in the next-generation iPhone, BGR now reports that carriers are indeed testing the new cards in partnership with Apple. Multiple carrier sources have exclusively told BGR that Apple is supplying nano-SIM adapters so its carrier partners can test how nano-SIMs work on their networks in standard test devices before they are widely deployed when the new iPhone is introduced. This includes AT&T. SIM card form factors with nano-SIM at left (Source: Giesecke & Devrient) As we noted in the our report earlier this week, a part leak back in early May suggested that Apple would continue to use micro-SIMs in the next-generation iPhone, but with the new nano-SIM standard backed by Apple having been approved last month the company may already be pushing forward to adopt it as a space-saving measure. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Subatomic Studios' 'Fieldrunners 2' Launches on App Store • Sprint Won't Charge Customers for FaceTime Over Cellular • Apple Releases MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 1.0 • Apple Purchases Land for Expansion of Austin Campus • Apple Online Store Introduces Text Message Shipping Notifications http://www.macrumors.com/2012/07/19/carriers-reportedly-testing-nano-sims-for-apple-ahead-of-next-generation-iphone-launch/ |