The iPhone 14 won’t have a SIM tray in the US
by Nathan Edwards from The Verge - All Posts on (#63C7G)
Living in the moment. Not a SIM tray in sight. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge The new iPhone 14 lineup will ship without physical SIM trays - but only in the US. They'll be able to use two eSIMs at once (and store more than that), but is the lack of a physical tray a big deal? And is it user-hostile and stupid?
First, a refresher on eSIMs: they're SIM cards, but electronic, not physical. That means your phone can be provisioned remotely - no more going to a store to get a physical SIM. This makes it easier (in some ways) to switch networks or try one out - T-Mobile now uses eSIMs to let people test-drive its network for up to three months. As of iOS 16, you can even transfer your eSIM between iPhones via Bluetooth, which should make it almost as easy as a physical SIM - as long as you're staying in the Apple...