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Smartphones Apple next generation iPhone, which is expected this fall, can bring significant innovation relevant to the entire industry.
We are talking about eSIM, or embedded SIM card that identifies the device in the operator’s network. Because without the SIM card receiving cellular service and data transmission is impossible in the first place the transition from the current map SIM to eSIM will affect the operators.
Unlike a conventional SIM card, which needs a tray, eSIM — chip solder on the Board in the manufacturing process of the smartphone. With it the user does not need to physically install the card. Instead, the ID is recorded in eSIM “over the air”.
The most obvious benefit of eSIM is to simplify the design and release of seat. No less important advantage is the ease of switching from one operator to another. According to the source, go to eSIM will destroy the existing scheme, in which the operator supplies the user card, at the same time linking it to a contract for a year or several years. In the case of eSIM, the buyer receives greater freedom of choice. Verify that the source is referring to the dominant U.S. model smartphone purchase from the operator at a nominal cost subject to the conclusion of a lengthy contract for service.
Alleged eSIM supplier of chips for smartphones Apple called the company STMicroelectronics, which already supplies them to the variety of smart hours Apple Watch 3 with cellular modem. According to reports, this chip is about 1 dollar apiece.
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