Apple has made the first serious step in the direction of non-SIM a chart. New iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, presented on October 16 support reprogrammable SIM-card, which can change the operators and tariffs.
In his presentation, Apple said not a word about the Apple SIM. On her web users learned with a special page dedicated to wireless modules iPad Air 2. The tablet will come bundled with reprogrammable SIM-card that can change operators and tariffs with a simple interface in iOS 8 . In the first wave of the module only supports multiple networks, including AT & amp; T, Sprint and T-Mobile, but their number will continue to grow.
The fact that Apple historically experienced hatred SIM- cards . Company immediately rejected the SD slot in all of its devices, but was forced to do in the aluminum unibody iPhone and iPad trays SIM. She had attempted to develop a standard that allows smartphones to abandon removable identification module, but Apple SIM is the first major step in this direction.
As noted by The Verge, within two years, the company plans to hold a “soft revolution” gradually increasing support for Apple SIM as long as users do not eliminate the need to remove it in principle, and Apple simply does not remove the appropriate tray from all of their devices. Quiet announcement Apple SIM was a warning to operators. The publication believes that next-generation iPhone will also be supplied to them in the kit .
Historically, Apple without difficulty able to impose their industry standards SIM. In 2010, the company abruptly switched to standard micro-SIM, has released the first iPad. Operators are literally forced to start providing customers with such cards, and then they quickly became the standard for the industry, said TJournal. With the announcement of the iPhone 5 Apple once again cranked this trick, imposing market its version of nano-SIM, while a consortium of other manufacturers, including Nokia, insisted on a more advanced version of the card.
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