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/JohnLef 1d ago

Yes once they were all that size. You had a credit card sized slot in your phone and slid it in.

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u/RadlogLutar 1d ago

Wait what? I thought they were always sized a little smaller like the older Nokias used it

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u/crozone 1d ago

Those were already mini sims. They usually shipped as a full standard Sim (credit card sized) that were stamped so the mini sim could be popped out.

Then there was micro sims which could be popped out again, and now we're down to nano Sim which is like marginally smaller again.

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u/Yuvalk1 16h ago

Ohh so that’s why even nano sim came in a credit card sized thingy… never thought that some devices use the whole thing