Just to put it in concrete terms, the micro SIM is actually slightly larger than a microSD card, and I can certainly see why my phone uses that for storage rather than a SD card. It probably has to be swapped as often as a SIM, so it is equally deserving of complaints due to its size, yet I haven't come across any.
As to the reason for the different size, it is still important for the cards to be distinguishable from each other. True, micro SIMs work in mini SIM slots, so size doesn't make a difference there, but you wouldn't want a mini SIM to go into a slot that requires a micro SIM. As to micro SIMs being hard to insert/remove from some mini SIM phones, my micro SD card came with an SD card adapter, and it's likely that someone will make something similar for micro SIMs if there is a demand for it. Dual SIM adapters might already be compatible with micro SIMS for that matter. On Feb 1, 2010, at 7:03 PM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: > From: b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> > Subject: New SIM, but improved? [was: You Saw the Demo?...] > >> >> nonstandard SIM slot >> >> It is not non-standard. In is the next generation SIM. >> >> Once again, some prefer to be clinging to the past. > > This SIM card is too small for those of us who switch cards frequently. > The micro SIM is about 30% smaller [about the size you need to cut a > regular SIM card to fit two SIMs for two networks in one phone], and is > too easy to lose when switching networks. Unless there is a way to add > new networks without removing the card, the micro SIM will be easily lost. > > Since T-Mobile is one of the first to use the cards, there probably will > be a remedy for that in their new European phones and devices. However > because the new specs add multitasking and authentication, it could be > an interesting way to prevent fraud [but that will be circumvented > quickly]. > > There's no good reason for the new SIM to be a different size than the > old SIM since the active part is the same size as the current SIM card. > However there may be two not so good reasons. First, size makes it so > that the two cards are distinguishable from each other [not important, > since new card is backward compatible]. More important, the newer SIM > won't fit [you can slide it in, but you can't get it out!] in a lot of > current phones that work fine now but may have to be replaced sooner > than expected if AT&T and T-Mobile decide to switch quickly to the new > cards. > > Questionable for most consumers--good for the corporate bottom line. Who > has a budget for this? I can wait until next year, at least, and let the > bleeding edgers get hosed before the price drops. I think I'll go read a > real book now. > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
