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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:09:55 PDT
Following the selection of Apple's proposed design as the new nano-SIM
standard last month, Financial Times reports that European carriers have
begun stockpiling the new nano-SIMs in expectation that Apple's next-
generation iPhone will be launching using the new standard in the coming
months.
Operators expect that the iPhone will feature the nano sim in a slimmed down
design, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation, and have
begun to store millions of the cards in warehouses in anticipation of high
demand for Apple’s iPhone. Apple declined to comment.
Operators were caught off guard by the adoption of the micro Sim for the
iPhone 4 as well as the original iPad two years ago, with some struggling to
meet demand with their own micro-Sims in the first weeks of sale.
One informed person said that the major networks were keen to be ahead of
demand this time, however. He added that the iPhone 5 was likely to be
similar sized as the iPhone 4 although slimmer and with a fully metal body.
Apple's nano-SIM design next to current micro-SIM (Source: The Verge)
Back in May, however, one iPhone parts vendor posted what was said to be the
SIM tray for the next-generation iPhone, with the part appearing nearly
identical to the micro-SIM tray found in the iPhone 4S. If that part is
genuine, it would appear that Apple has either chosen to continue using the
micro-SIM standard or has quickly changed course with the ratification of
the nano-SIM standard to embrace the smaller design. |
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