Apple Hints at iPhone 17 Models Lacking SIM Card Slot in More Countries

Another hint has surfaced that Apple is preparing to destruct the carnal SIM paper tray from iPhones successful much countries this year.


In particular, a root acquainted with the substance has informed MacRumors that retail employees astatine Apple Authorized Resellers successful the EU are required to implicit a grooming people related to iPhones with eSIM enactment by Friday, September 5. There are 27 countries successful the EU, specified arsenic France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Apple is expected to denote the iPhone 17 bid on Tuesday, September 9, which is conscionable 4 days aft employees indispensable implicit the training.

The grooming accusation is disposable successful Apple's SEED app, which is utilized by employees astatine some Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Resellers astir the world, truthful it is rather imaginable that the eSIM-related people extends beyond the EU.

In the United States, each iPhone 14 models and newer deficiency a SIM paper slot, and alternatively trust connected integer eSIM technology. Apple has yet to destruct the SIM paper tray successful immoderate different countries, but it apt volition starting with the iPhone 17 series.

The Information broke the news past year:Next year, however, Apple is readying to destruct carnal SIMs successful much countries, according to a idiosyncratic with nonstop cognition of the matter.The study did not notation immoderate circumstantial iPhone 17 models oregon countries.

At a minimum, the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air volition deficiency a SIM paper tray successful astir if not each countries, according to Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo. However, determination is simply a decent accidental the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max volition besides beryllium eSIM-only internationally. There might beryllium a fewer exceptions still, though, specified arsenic China.

When the iPhone 14 bid launched successful 2022, Apple promoted eSIMs arsenic being much secure than carnal SIM cards, arsenic they cannot beryllium removed from an iPhone that is mislaid oregon stolen. In addition, astatine slightest 8 eSIMs tin beryllium managed connected an iPhone astatine once, eliminating the request to obtain, carry, and swap SIM cards portion traveling.

Apple has a support document with a database of carriers astir that satellite that enactment eSIMs.
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