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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Death of the SIM card |
| Date | 2015-07-20 20:47 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <d1553cFhf9pU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <ogvpqa9dtr7ghr62guuc9o0aa5cj228v8d@4ax.com> <d14gapFc13bU1@mid.individual.net> |
On 2015-07-20, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 2015-07-20 16:59:45 +0300, Shadow said:
>
>> http://gizmodo.com/the-death-of-the-sim-card-is-nigh-1718508752
>>
>> A report from the Financial Times yesterday afternoon brought news
>> that both Samsung and Apple are close to agreeing on a common
>> architecture standard for an electronic SIM card that would replace
>> physical SIMs completely. It would allow you to change your carrier
>> without having to switch cards at all "an ability that would
>> fundamentally change how consumers sign up to mobile operators," as
>> the FT puts it.
>
> Hmmm. Got to think about this one for a moment. Usually they portray
> these advances as benefits to the consumer when they're really benefits
> to the corporation. I don't find SIM cards /that/ inconvenient, after
> all, and where I live the bulk of the population has bought dual-SIM
> phones that already do a nice job of balancing work and home life. Is
> this really an effort to improve the user experience, or do electronic
> SIMs offer more benefits to the networks and device manufacturers?
The device manufacturers want to take away the control that the MNOs
have - I can't imagine Apple much like having someone else in
their walled garden.
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Death of the SIM card Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-07-20 10:59 -0300
Re: Death of the SIM card RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-07-20 17:53 +0300
Re: Death of the SIM card Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-07-20 18:09 +0300
Re: Death of the SIM card Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-07-20 20:47 +0000
Re: Death of the SIM card mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-07-20 23:17 +0100
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