Apple proposes to standardize even smaller SIM cards

Orange's European operator has released a report, part of which, according to Reuters , suggests that Apple proposes to standardize an even smaller than microSIM card for use in devices. The overall difference between a conventional sim card and its micro-variant is only in the area, without giving a gain in thickness. In the new proposal of Apple, there are nuances that help TinySIM be a little bit thinner as well. The attempt does not look too convincing, since the standardization of this size will reduce the thickness of the carrier device only slightly, literally a fraction of a millimeter.

The previous standard - MicroSIM , which is now used in iPhone4 and both versions of the iPad, approved by ETSI not so long ago, was run for a long time. The adoption of the new standard will take about a year of time, and maybe more.

From myself I want to suggest that Apple move the pad from the plane to the ends, which will save about 0.1mm more card thickness. And as the ultimate-solution, I would suggest abandoning the sim card in the device altogether, reading it using an external reader. Then a piece of device memory will be used under it (which is now more than enough there), which will save 240 cubic millimeters of device capacity, in which additional battery capacity can be placed, thanks to which the same iPad can work for 39 seconds longer and again falls into Guinness World Records! Hooray.
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Free translation from Wired and Reuters reports.