SIMs offer faster activation, better security, and easy travel SIMs, but drawbacks include harder transfers, carrier limits, ...

With the recent release of the iPhone14, Apple has eliminated the need for physical SIM cards (at least in the U.S.). While this may not immediately affect you if you aren’t planning to buy this ...

For many years, mobile phones received cellular service through a physical SIM (subscriber identity module) card that connected your handset to your phone carrier. These physical SIM cards made it ...

The days of using a paper clip to perform microsurgery to extract a tiny SIM card from a little tray in your iPhone may be coming to an end. At its closely-watched press event this week, Apple ...

You're probably already familiar with the SIM card, a tiny chip in your phone that connects it to your cell phone carrier of choice. For years, this chip was on a physical card that you could swap in ...

Phone manufacturers, including Apple, are moving away from physical SIM cards toward eSIMs for newer phone models. The change could cause headaches for customers. Lisa Eadicicco, a senior editor for ...

You don't need to use fiddly physical SIM cards anymore. Here's how to get started using the modern eSIM with your iPhone. A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is that tiny contact-covered card your ...

A new leak suggests Apple could integrate the physical SIM connector with the USB-C tail plug cable in iPhone 15 rather than a direct logic-board connection — potentially simplifying repair. Leaks ...