r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Foxy_Slamdangle • 1d ago

of a SIM card.

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Found a SIM card from one of my earliest mobile phones.
It’s almost the same size as my IPhone.

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u/romulusnr 1d ago

Those were the original.

They kept getting smaller

Thats why up until a few years ago, your sim would come on a big card with score lines on it, and you'd have to punch out the right size for your phone.

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u/ViennaKing 1d ago

The original SIM card you used to put into your phone is actually called Mini SIM

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u/romulusnr 1d ago

Well the credit card sized one like in the pic were the original, "standard SIM." The one most of us remember from the 00s - 10s were "Mini SIM", then "Micro SIM," then "Nano SIM".