SIMs give the illusion of freedom, they are old, and they stink
No way. A SIM card is like a leash. Sure you can change phones, but it keeps you from straying away from the carrier. As long as you pay them monthly they are satisfied. It doesn't matter to them if you use the phone they initially gave you.
Apple would be giving the consumer the choice of a carrier.
This is beneficial to the consumer. PERIOD.
The transferring of SIM cards between cell phones issue is silly. Imagine in the near future all phones are SIM-less and unlocked and allow you to choose your own carrier. You could theoretically have many phones on the same number/account. They would all share the same bandwidth/"minutes"/cell-phone bill. Not unlike a traditional land-line phone setup where you have multiple cordless handsets around the house. If one handset's battery dies, you use the other one.
Your "backup" phone will have the same number/account so it wouldn't matter if your primary phone had a problem.
SIM/USIM memory is very limited so who even bothers to save contacts on them anymore? Sync with your computer like normal people.
You could have 2 or 3 or 4 or 10 phones with the same number/account. You could change carriers whenever you like and without buying a $30 piece of branded plastic forcing you to commit to a specific carrier.
For example, I have several computers("cell phones") wirelessly accessing the internet("cell-phone network") using the same internet provider("carrier"). If one computer("cell phone") breaks, I can use another computer("cell phone") instantly. I do not have to transfer a "SIM" from one computer("cell phone") to the next.
I hope this is where the future is headed. It would shatter the industry but the industry needs to be shattered. Cell phone companies need to stop advertising and start upgrading. North America is falling way too far behind in terms of coverage, price and network speed.
EDIT: Hopefully sometime soon, if you don't have your phone handy you could borrow a friends phone and "login" with your password to your own cell phone account! SIMs are ancient!
Something we already have today and with the added benefits of SIM swapping!![]()
No way. A SIM card is like a leash. Sure you can change phones, but it keeps you from straying away from the carrier. As long as you pay them monthly they are satisfied. It doesn't matter to them if you use the phone they initially gave you.
Apple would be giving the consumer the choice of a carrier.
This is beneficial to the consumer. PERIOD.
The transferring of SIM cards between cell phones issue is silly. Imagine in the near future all phones are SIM-less and unlocked and allow you to choose your own carrier. You could theoretically have many phones on the same number/account. They would all share the same bandwidth/"minutes"/cell-phone bill. Not unlike a traditional land-line phone setup where you have multiple cordless handsets around the house. If one handset's battery dies, you use the other one.
Your "backup" phone will have the same number/account so it wouldn't matter if your primary phone had a problem.
SIM/USIM memory is very limited so who even bothers to save contacts on them anymore? Sync with your computer like normal people.
You could have 2 or 3 or 4 or 10 phones with the same number/account. You could change carriers whenever you like and without buying a $30 piece of branded plastic forcing you to commit to a specific carrier.
For example, I have several computers("cell phones") wirelessly accessing the internet("cell-phone network") using the same internet provider("carrier"). If one computer("cell phone") breaks, I can use another computer("cell phone") instantly. I do not have to transfer a "SIM" from one computer("cell phone") to the next.
I hope this is where the future is headed. It would shatter the industry but the industry needs to be shattered. Cell phone companies need to stop advertising and start upgrading. North America is falling way too far behind in terms of coverage, price and network speed.
EDIT: Hopefully sometime soon, if you don't have your phone handy you could borrow a friends phone and "login" with your password to your own cell phone account! SIMs are ancient!
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