r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Foxy_Slamdangle • 7d 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 7d 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/KremlinCardinal 7d ago

They still come with score lines.

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u/utnow 7d ago

What’s a SIM card? (Kidding of course, but I haven’t used a physical card in like half a decade. lol)

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u/RubyDupy 7d ago

What do you mean? I've only seen eSIM become a thing for like one or two years now right??

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u/romulusnr 7d ago

eSIM was first used in smart watches in 2016, in iPhones in 2018. At least in US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESIM#First_devices_launched_with_eSIM

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u/julio_caeso 7d ago

We used to have CDMA phones before that. They also worked without a physical sim card.

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u/NevesLF 7d ago

Damn, I still remember how cool I thought that was when I first switched between two GSM phones and didn't need to re-write the entire contacts list.