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September 15, 2025
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Will the latest iPhone kill off the Sim card?
SEPT 15 - With smartphones, where Apple leads others often follow - so it launching an iPhone this week without a traditional Sim card is raising Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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Apple's latest phone, the iPhone Air, will be sold without a physical SIM card, relying solely on an eSIM, marking a significant shift in smartphone technology. This move by Apple is expected to pave the way for other manufacturers to follow suit, eventually leading to the disappearance of physical SIM card trays.
- By the end of 2024, 1.3 billion smartphones with eSIMs were in use, a figure projected to reach 3.1 billion by 2030.
- Analyst Kester Mann from CCS Insight stated this announcement "marks the beginning of the end of the physical Sim card.”
- The adoption of eSIMs offers "numerous benefits" including space saving for larger batteries, environmental advantages, and more flexible network switching for travelers.
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