it's because iphone 14 for every other country than the USA still has SIM slots so they literally can't use that free space without making effectively two different designs for same phone. And they can't remove SIM slots in other countries because in most of them iphones are nowhere near as dominant as in the USA so people just would buy other phones that have normal SIM slots.
In the current model of iPhone, sure. Apple also didn’t claim that they removed the SIM card slot to save space in any of their material like they did for the headphone jack, so not sure what the big deal is.
I bet "Prevents users from switching to Android" is the main reason. 😅 But c'mon, the physical SIM card isn't $10-$20. When I visit other countries and buy a SIM for a short-term data plan, I'm paying that much or even less for the card AND the data.
*Apple removes display* Apple Explained: While this may seem counterintuitive, this is actually a genius design choice that allows for a different experience with your device.
You see, the Apple, VR headset is able to display all of the contents of your iPhone, 21, and using the new trackpad that’s located where the screen used to be, you’re a really good user experience. Also, since there’s no screen, your iPhone can then be turned into a trackpad for your MacBook.
Because Fanboy, Soon he will Justify Apple Removing all Buttons and Ports and Saying it will "improve" water resistance but sacrificing functionality over something else is very apple thing to do
It’s not a stupid decision, it’s just not the right time. Frankly, there will never be a right time. I’ve hated SIM cards for ever, I’ve always thought it was a stupid concept to have a physical SIM card and have been wanted esims to be standard for years. Sadly it won’t be standard for many years unless someone like apple takes the initiative. Personally I don’t plan to change my iPhone 12 Pro Max for at least 7 years so I’m not bothered, and even then I might switch to a Linux android phone but I am hoping esims become a standard.
@@ethanrivers4057 it is stupid, esims are a hell to move from one phone to another, while a physical sim take 20 seconds to do so and physical sim cards are way cheaper
Too many justification for this one I think, you can see the report for saving the space and replace it with a piece of plastic block instead inside it.
"Frees up valuable space" Yeah if you look at an eSIM iPhone 14 teardown there's a piece of plastic taking up where the SIM card used to go, effectively wasting space. edit: Also $10-20 cost for the sim card itself is utter cap. You can buy pre-paid one time used SIM cards for as little as £5 from vending machines at airports here in the UK, and that’s INCLUDING the minutes, texts, and data. They are manufactured at huge scale and each unit cost would be no more than $0.50-0.65 each.
@@granade8333 Problem not solved. Why? All other manufacturers follow after Apple when they make a dumb move like this. What Apple does affects all of us.
E-sim will become industry standard eventually so you’re clowning yourself if you think that it’s a stupid decision. Don’t worry, android will follow soon and then you’ll all look like prize clowns 🤡 😂 E-sim will eventually become the industry standard
Come on dude, I appreciate your content but sim cards definitely don't cost that much. I think they should've waited till e-sim is more widely adopted. Now the US version is gonna have wasted space inside it for atleast a few years while other regions have physical SIMs. I'm sure some US buyers are gonna get foreign versions or somethng because its simply a removed feature without any of the benefits at this point.
In Canada a SIM card is required. If you have a SIM card phone, and if your phone has to be serviced it is easier to move your phone service to a spare phone. Before removable SIM cards were used in phones, if having to temporarily activate another phone this meant visiting the phone company store. Most of the time there was a charge to do this, and there was the loss of time for the user.
@@abcd-hw8io I agree. But I did confirm with Apple Support that the new 14 series will still come with a physical SIM slot in Canada. Waiting on mine in fact
@@creatingbeautifulsongs7946 Me too! I tried looking for a comment of this sort to see if someone mentioned that before i commented but to my surprise no one did so i thought why not put it out there.
@@agamerjoinedyt how? They not gonna do anything , that’s companies carriers responsibility to do that. That nothing from apple to do. U just love suckin apple like heroes smh 🤦🏻♂️
They will. It will be in you in 2030. The ceo of nokia said that (at the world economic forum) many brands are already working towards that. Look it up. Thats why they keep removing the most basic things out of phones, it's to eventually lead to the phone being in you.
Look up here on yt this video called "THIS TYPE OF THING BRINGS US ONE STEP CLOSER TO..." By this channel called A TIME FOR JUDGMENT He explains it and shows this exact clip where the Nokia ceo said that.
There is a lot of Apple bs here that doesn't justify removing the sim tray. 1. SIM cards are used by most of the world which drives down the cost and essentially making it free, 2. They literally did nothing with the free space, 3. E-SIM can't be retrieved from the iPhone if it is dead so it makes it significantly more difficult to get help even if you have another phone with E-SIM or SIM slot, 4. Removing SIM slot makes no sense for people who go world traveling from the US, 5. Creates E-SIM monopolies around the world as ones who still sell physical SIM will be forced to transition, which leads to the next point, 6. Creates unnecessary electronic waste because as companies transition to E-SIM, many older devices will be alienated be forced to be trashed since most companies will most likely not support physical SIM, 7. As said in the video, removing physical sim allows for 2 phone lines + 8 data plans. Because apparently adding a physical sim reduces that number to 1 phone line. Apple could have added physical and E-SIM since they both would provide the benefit to the user, allowing them to switch between physical and E-SIM anytime they want, 8. iPhone 14 is the first iPhone to not have physical sim. Removing the physical sim does not make it more seamless for users who are currently using physical sim, it only makes it seamless for people who have already adopted E-SIM. In conclusion, removing the sim slot not only makes it near impossible to move from iPhone to Android but create no benefit to users and creates E-SIM monopolies around the world in developing countries, allowing them to set whatever price they want leading to price gouging. Removing the SIM slot may save Apple money in the long run, but it forces users to adopt E-SIM and creates unnecessary e-waste from both Android and Apple devices if Android OEMs adopt E-SIM. Edit 1: Greg creates unnecessary bias towards Apple by stating that physical SIMs cost $10-$20 to manufacture. If this statement were to be true, all carriers and phone manufacturers would switch to E-SIM as the upfront cost of thousands of SIM cards would be greater than the profit made by selling monthly plans.
Yeah it’s such a strange decision in my opinion. They cant even be consistent with their phones this year because now different countries need different phones. I live in europe so my 14 pro max has a sim slot but now in the US its just gone with nothing to take its place. They really should have waited until they were able to implement this intro more than a single country which idk if that will even happen since many countries are not dominated by iphone and people will just stop buying them if they have to get an E-SIM
Your first couple points can still be achieved with having a physical Sim card slot in addition to esim. It's just up to the user to use the esim option instead. The other points of saving money for Apple and carriers seem to be the most likely reason.
No. Many newer Android phones support both eSim and sim. eSim will take over eventually anyway, due to its ease of use and saving customers from having to wait until it is mailed.
Apple put nothing in the space where the Sim card went, and there is not a single part of this that is more simple. I had to activate three new iphones....one of them took four hours, one of them took a week before the number got right, and one actually activated as it should, which still took 45 minutes. Of all the things apples gotten rid of, this is by far the most ridiculous, and most infuriating
There was just no reason for them to do this BS at all, especially when WE are the only ones that are forced to have to endure this while everyone else in the rest of the world still has models with SIM card trays in them. As if them getting rid of the Mini variants wasn’t annoying enough.😑
@@friendofmisery8691 I’ve seen quite a few people with them. Though they lack specs that I personally need. I think the 14 Plus will be worse in sales then the 12/13 minis.
I was using an iPhone 7 from 2019 that is now at 57% battery health. A week ago, I got the 13 Pro Max and the differences are INSANE! I will admit that I didn’t upgrade to the 14s due to the lack of physical SIM among a few other reasons. If I really wanted the 14s with a SIM I could’ve bought one by going anywhere in the world (except US cause I’m in it) and came back, all good right? No unfortunately, even if I have bought the iPhone and gotten AppleCare+ etc, I CAN’T get it serviced by Apple in the US for some BS reason (literally ONLY reason is that it has a SIM Card LMAOOO as if that was such a big deal that it can’t get serviced) I would have to travel to the country I bought the 14 at and then it can get serviced or repaired if I need it to. That’s a hassle. I haven’t traveled out of country before but I definitely plan to soon, I believe Apple removed the SIM card too soon. I liked having the options and convenience of choice but now that’s gone. I will be sticking to my new 13 Pro Max, the last iPhone with a physical SIM and man I LOVE the battery life on this!
@@jackass130nm yeah I had to bring a portable battery or two and use it sparingly, turning on airplane mode on when not using and low power mode… glad those days are over! (tldr I bought the 7 at Amazon, they cheaped out)
Is smartphone theft not a big deal in the US? Because stolen SIM cards are a pretty big problem where I live. Criminals will use you SIM card to impersonate you.
Good lord the iCope is so strong on this one 4 years later: "Apple removed the charging port of their lastest iPhone 17, why this is a true evolution of smartphones."
If you have an iPhone 14 out of the US, you get the tray because of how there may not be many eSIM carriers. The international version gets a SIM tray so some reviewers and people will have it and some won’t. They literally put a plastic insert which is a waste of space. They could have added the SIM tray and waited till the world was ready.
No no no i call bs on that one. Its definitely not a seemless uprgade, people are experiencing issues all over. And also apple does not use that freed up space in any way.
Please explain why ios took away the cursor in phone dialer. It was a simple yet most useful feature to add or edit numbers in between if there is any correction.
Glad I'm from Germany and we still have it. I can't imagine a world without SIM cards. What's even an "E-SIM"? If Apple makes my provider send me it, then fine. But I am too lazy to do that myself
Sadly a lot of the cheaper phones don't support eSIM, so you'd have to get a physical sim card. And if it does support eSIM, swapping could be made harder by Apple
I frequently travel. I have an ESim for my main number and then a physical sim for my travel. This is how it should be in my opinion. Giving the users the choice.
Just like the headphone jack, Motorola once again beat Apple by omitting legacy features on its phone, the 2019 Razr foldable phone was the first smartphone to exclusively use eSIM.
I think the chip shortage is one reason. Not that Apple can't source them, but they've realized the can save 12 cents per unit by not ordering them. The difficulty to transfer to Android is another major thing since people are finally starting to move away from Apple due to their malicious businesses practices and boring yearly "upgrades." The whole internal space concern is, at this moment, totally ridiculous. The new iPhones literally put a piece of plastic where the sim used to be. They didn't use it. Maybe in the future they will but now not. It all boils down to money. They did the research and concluded they'll make more money in the long term while also inconveniencing anybody who's thinking of switching. It's ridiculous and honestly disgusting when you realize they always set the standards for the industry. Also, SIM cards have never cost $10-20 from what I've seen. Most carriers include the SIM with the plan (even if it's a prepaid plan), plus even if you have to buy a replacement SIM it's like $1-2. Pricing is not a benefit in this argument at all.
wherever Apple goes, the rest of the technology world follows. Apple brings in the notch and then everybody copies for a little bit, Apple removes the headphone jack and everybody copies.. apple comes up out a touchscreen phone-all other phone manufacturers copy.. I will give Apple credit for leading the way in a lot of areas.
A true benefit I see from this is that people who steal your phone can't stop you from tracking it at all now. Even if they turn the phone off, they can't remove the SIM card and now they can't turn off iPhone tracking.
I bought the iPhone 14 Pro because here in the UK, it'll likely be the last iPhone to have a physical SIM slot. I need to be able to put my SIM in another phone if something happens to my new handset. My iPhone XS actually broke this year, so it felt good to be able to put my SIM into an iPhone 7 Plus which a friend let me borrow!
Yes, it give more space to put other things on the phone, but the US phones which do have e sim do not even take advantage of that, there is just an empty space there. So there is not any point. I think you should have mentioned that in the video as well. It is a pretty important detail.
This eSIM is on the iPhone 13 Pro Max as well. I learned this when my physical SIM card died. All my carrier did was told me to remove my old SIM card and they activated the phone’s internal SIM card. To bad the slot cannot be used for additional memory or data storage.
In my country some telecom provider, give you with two SIM on same number with no extra cost. You also have chance to choose between 2 SIM card, or 1 SIM card and 1 eSIM and to be able to use them, one SIM has to be switch off. Example if your using primary SIM/eSIM , the secondary has to switch off and vice versa
Was this part of the rumour that Apple was releasing a portless iPhone? I remember that rumour/leak going around but personally felt that removing the charging port is too drastic. But Apple removing the sim card slot isn’t too shocking
This kinda makes me glad I’m gonna stick with this 12 lol. Although most companies at some point usually have a free line offer. So switching from apple to android or vise versa isn’t that difficult anyway. I get apples idea but it’s about 3-5 years too early
And thats why they made less sales on the iPhone 14. I travel a lot and now need two phones to go overseas because not every country will support esim in years to come. I sold my iphone and went to the s23 ultra that still has a sim. No need to travel with two phones anymore.
Would still prefer Physical Sim since I do not want it embedded inside my phone. And if we're talking about more than 1 simcard, most of the people don't need more than 1 sim... Some maybe do but I along with a lot of other people do not require more than 1 sim
Those physical cards costs them cents and providers aren’t likely to willingly change to esim without reason. For all intense and purposes providers are interested in making it harder to change ones provider not easier.
Best way to get around this: fly to Europe or one of the countries that has it still and come back and get a SIM card in the USA, and tie it into that phone.
I have a question. Why apple didn't make the iphone require face id if u want to turn off the phone? Like if someone tried to steal ur phone he can't turn it off and by that u can locate where ur device is easily
@@oqocraft2661 i think the only one that a theif could use is bottons combination which can also be made to require face id. And the other options simply aren't a good ideas cuz the iPhone will be destroyed and the point of the theif is to sell the phone and not damage it
i've never had an iPhone but always stay in tune what's going on in Apple world, and methinks removing sim card slot was the most convenient thing ever
Yet again , their greatest innovation is removing usefulness for undeveloped, undervalued, under-processed, and unavailable commonly. It used to be obvious to remove PC cables for USB. Then later the bulky iPOD connecters for simpler single corded options. Now they have too little to gain in cutting out physical sim slots. My carrier supports esim, but I have to sit on hold and then read a million numbers to activate it! Physical card would have been instant. What happened to allowing BOTH sim options?
The more space inside the 14 pro due to the slot is not being used yet. They put a plastic insert instead of using it. Hope they take advantage of that space next yet. Curious how or what they may do.
To be honest I’m glad I got my 14 pro max in Canada since it still have SIM card, and it could not be easier to switch from an old device to a new one, some friends from the US took from 30 to one hour to switch from one to another due some issues with eSIM, and they are kinda worried if they have to travel and so. Some stuff is great to change, to be honest when they removed the headphone jack I was already mostly using wireless headphones so I didn’t missed much but the SIM card situation doesn’t make much sense, is something convenient and easy, even if something goes wrong and you are in a different country or wherever, you can just go to a gas station get a prepaid SIM put it in and you good to go, with eSIM I have seen people get out of service until the whole transferring was done, that is not good.
Also, turns out they didn't actually use the space that was used for the sim card tray for anything else. I'd have expected them to cram some battery or so into the new given space lol
We always over complicate every decision Apple makes but whatever Apple does is purely driven by how much profit they can gain it’s as simple as that, I’m pretty sure this will allow Apple to charge network providers some sort of fee.
You forgot to mention how a physical SIM card can let someone return your phone to you if you lose it, by potentially finding your phone number in it! Hugh Jeffreys recently made a video on this.
@Khaliil bin Ammar most people in the US don't have/use a pin for the SIM. Usually after loosing their phone, people will call their Carrier and order a replacement SIM with the same phone number and the old lost SIM gets disabled. So if you find a phone, there is a good chance, that the SIM card in it is disabled, but you are still able the read the information that is stored in the Card, like the phone number. And then you can call that phone number and the original owner will probably pick up.
Also, Steve Jobs didn't want a Sim Card slot in the original iPhone so this is just another situation where Apple is fulfilling his requests after his death
It will save space as soon as both Europe and Asia accept eSIM only phones. For now Apple still needs to produce SIM trays for these territories, and doesn’t want to offer more hardware features in US models.
great vid, i wish there were more carriers around the world that support esim but we all know apple always take the blame and first steps when it comes to innovation and big changes like this
They haven’t done anything to counteract removing the tray. It’s just empty space which makes it difficult to believe that this is a “revolutionary” design choice.
@@Baddknewz you forgot that apple exists else where and they dont want to change the phone only in the usa as thr other countries may not have an option
They didn't remove the SIM card slot, they replaced it with a plastic spacer. This (and using the same processor) pissed me off so much I switched to Pixel 7 this year. I hate the concept of not having a physical SIM. It is so much easier to have a physical chip that contains your phone number when you need to switch phones. (whether for upgrade, damage, or broken) Apple claims they need the extra space in the future, but how much space is inefficient (and bad for environment) wireless charging taking up? And the inefficient lightning port takes up a huge amount of space compared to USB-C.
If Android phones are gonna copy this then its bad news cuz we don't only have a sim card slot there but also a Sd card slot which is exclusive in Android hope they don't remove it
Removing the sim card tray is mostly for the apple supported carriers. Enabling e-sim is more expensive for smaller carriers so a lot of them choose not to provide it, which leads to less competition. The simcard itself also only cost penny’s to produce, not $10-20. Removing the SIM card tray in the us only is not that beneficial, but in the upcoming years they will remove it everywhere, witch can be used for a larger battery
If you watch ifixit’s tear down all Apple did in place of the sim reader space is they placed what’s like a black plastic Lego brick instead of using the space for a bigger battery for example
Basically, Apple removed the SIM card slot because it helps carriers save money and allows Apple to further enforce their walled garden by making it harder to switch from iPhone to Android. All of which, they can justify by saying that it makes the experience more "seamless", unless if you are an international traveler. In that case, tough cookies.
I had no idea they removed the physical SIM on the 14. My wife and I love traveling to other countries and need to be able to switch SIM cards. This sounds so premature on Apple’s part to remove it this soon until it at least becomes more widely adopted. Then again this is Apple we are talking about.
1:19… plus the fact that Find My stays on when the phone is switched off and not being able to remove the sim makes it even more safer because the phone won’t have that risk of someone taking out the sim rendering Find My useless.
People used to complain about non-removable battery , non-expandable storage , lack of usb-c, lack of 3 mm headphone jack. I never bothered and never saw these as deal breakers. Were pretty minor issues in my opinion. But but but…..for the first time, I am against this decision of killing sim tray. Give customers an option. Both e sim and physical sim should be there. Don’t worry about what happens if phone is stolen. People can decide for themselves, whether to use physical sim or not. By removing sim, you restricted your customers in numerous ways. Phone breaks-- problem, travel -- problem. Just to force your customers to get stuck with iPhone only, Apple killed so many other things (that affect consumers severely ) , not just sim tray.
The thing is true. There's more space on the inside of the iPhone. But Apple didn't use that extra space on this model. They only covered the sector with a plate that has no use. So the iPhone 14 has no more space inside due to the exclusion of the SIM Card
Apple removes cameras: well you see, we like to make it so that our customers can capture the moment with their eyes so they can fully immerse themselves
“It saves space!”
Repair people: “They legit just put a plastic spacer where the SIM card used to be. 😂”
It’s a transition time
Only in non pro models
it's because iphone 14 for every other country than the USA still has SIM slots so they literally can't use that free space without making effectively two different designs for same phone. And they can't remove SIM slots in other countries because in most of them iphones are nowhere near as dominant as in the USA so people just would buy other phones that have normal SIM slots.
@@mcroyal8000 so they just shouldn’t have removed it then, kept it on all models till the world was ready for esim
In the current model of iPhone, sure. Apple also didn’t claim that they removed the SIM card slot to save space in any of their material like they did for the headphone jack, so not sure what the big deal is.
I bet "Prevents users from switching to Android" is the main reason. 😅
But c'mon, the physical SIM card isn't $10-$20. When I visit other countries and buy a SIM for a short-term data plan, I'm paying that much or even less for the card AND the data.
*SIM cards are FREE*
@@afriend9428 not everywhere
What? I doubt that
He probably means the cost of manufacturing one physical SIM card for the carriers
Mark my words, couple of months or so from now, the Android guys will start removing it from their flagship devices too 😂
7 years later:
We removed everything but added 3 more cameras. It’s literally just a camera now
I agree.
The Apple camera. It’s now a newer division of Apple. A departure from phones all together
And they will sell a separate adapter to upload photos and video to a computer for 499$
Yeah. Its the only thing ppl care about.
*INNOVATIVE*
*Apple removes display*
Apple Explained: While this may seem counterintuitive, this is actually a genius design choice that allows for a different experience with your device.
You see, the Apple, VR headset is able to display all of the contents of your iPhone, 21, and using the new trackpad that’s located where the screen used to be, you’re a really good user experience. Also, since there’s no screen, your iPhone can then be turned into a trackpad for your MacBook.
@Khaliil bin Ammar Copy paste much?
smh this channel defends Apple's bad choices again
@Khaliil bin Ammar True, but in order to paste you first gotta copy what you wrote.
Removing display I an act of equity. Also screens hurt eyes that can eliminate eyesight diversity if everybody get blind :facepalm:
It always impresses me how he manages to justify Apple’s stupid decisions 💀💀💀
Because Fanboy, Soon he will Justify Apple Removing all Buttons and Ports and Saying it will "improve" water resistance but sacrificing functionality over something else is very apple thing to do
fr and not mention the profit incentive for em
It’s not a stupid decision, it’s just not the right time. Frankly, there will never be a right time. I’ve hated SIM cards for ever, I’ve always thought it was a stupid concept to have a physical SIM card and have been wanted esims to be standard for years.
Sadly it won’t be standard for many years unless someone like apple takes the initiative. Personally I don’t plan to change my iPhone 12 Pro Max for at least 7 years so I’m not bothered, and even then I might switch to a Linux android phone but I am hoping esims become a standard.
I really hope you know that he literally criticizes apple in his videos, but it sadly doesn’t seem that way.
@@ethanrivers4057 it is stupid, esims are a hell to move from one phone to another, while a physical sim take 20 seconds to do so and physical sim cards are way cheaper
Hoping they wont remove the motherboard 🤞🤞
😂😂😂. Or God forbid the settings app.
na bro commented the same thing but a different part, imagine grinding youtube likes
@@Whaxiz it’s the internet who gives a shit nowadays
@@Whaxiz cry
sold separately for $599.99
Too many justification for this one I think, you can see the report for saving the space and replace it with a piece of plastic block instead inside it.
Well when someone steals your phone they can’t just pop the card out anymore then use it to steal all your accounts.
@Khaliil bin Ammar pretty sure it’s an antenna band for the 5g if I’m not mistaken
@Khaliil bin Ammar the piece of plastic on the side Greg literally explains this in another video
@Khaliil bin Ammar nope
@Khaliil bin Ammar as in both sides anyway
"Frees up valuable space" Yeah if you look at an eSIM iPhone 14 teardown there's a piece of plastic taking up where the SIM card used to go, effectively wasting space.
edit: Also $10-20 cost for the sim card itself is utter cap. You can buy pre-paid one time used SIM cards for as little as £5 from vending machines at airports here in the UK, and that’s INCLUDING the minutes, texts, and data. They are manufactured at huge scale and each unit cost would be no more than $0.50-0.65 each.
They take away the headphone jack and SIM slot but give us a piece of plastic. Thanks, Apple. What a terrible company.
That was about as much of a “valid” reason as when they explained why they took out the headphone Jack. You’re not fooling anybody here, Apple!🙄
@@somebodyirrelevant141 lmao just don't buy iPhone 14. Problem solved
Not to mention that the tray is still there in Canada
@@granade8333 Problem not solved. Why? All other manufacturers follow after Apple when they make a dumb move like this. What Apple does affects all of us.
The reason why this sucks because other companies will also follow suit just like the headphone jack removal and charger removal
Fuck Capitalism
Some phones still have headphone jack.
@@Austinredstoner Cheaper ones do.
@@Austinredstoner yeah, keyword - some!
E-sim will become industry standard eventually so you’re clowning yourself if you think that it’s a stupid decision. Don’t worry, android will follow soon and then you’ll all look like prize clowns 🤡 😂
E-sim will eventually become the industry standard
Come on dude, I appreciate your content but sim cards definitely don't cost that much. I think they should've waited till e-sim is more widely adopted. Now the US version is gonna have wasted space inside it for atleast a few years while other regions have physical SIMs. I'm sure some US buyers are gonna get foreign versions or somethng because its simply a removed feature without any of the benefits at this point.
In Canada a SIM card is required. If you have a SIM card phone, and if your phone has to be serviced it is easier to move your phone service to a spare phone. Before removable SIM cards were used in phones, if having to temporarily activate another phone this meant visiting the phone company store. Most of the time there was a charge to do this, and there was the loss of time for the user.
For now anyway. But the major carriers still sell eSIMs for the inevitable switchover in Canada
*people in the past were stupid to throw the whole phone away in the trash cans!?* 😂
@@afriend9428 sadly I’ve learned never to underestimate just how foolish people can be at times
I don’t think sim card is required in Canada, no laws that required it.
And most Canadian providers can provide e-sim option if people prefer.
@@abcd-hw8io I agree.
But I did confirm with Apple Support that the new 14 series will still come with a physical SIM slot in Canada. Waiting on mine in fact
I like how nobody is talking about the fact that you used an SD Card instead of a Sim Card on the SIM tray😂🤣
This was my first thought watching the video
@@creatingbeautifulsongs7946 Me too!
I tried looking for a comment of this sort to see if someone mentioned that before i commented but to my surprise no one did so i thought why not put it out there.
@Khaliil bin Ammar bruh😂
Can't blame them - people using iPhones don't know what an SD card looks like
Wait, you can do that? I thought the pin architecture of a micro SD would not work for a sim card tray
2 problems:
- Why not make it optional
- The area that used to contain the slot is just a block of plastic now
They should've waited for atleast 1-2 years more until e-sim becomes much more widespread. It is innovative but it's too early.
They said the same thing about the headphone jack and look what happened lol
Apple has always been one to push industry to change at their pace
Yea like is not bad idea although im gonna miss collecting SIM cards everytime I travel. But yea they should’ve waited more time
Well maybe just like removing the headphone jack they’re gonna make a solution to e-sim idk how but seems like an apple thing to do
@@agamerjoinedyt how? They not gonna do anything , that’s companies carriers responsibility to do that. That nothing from apple to do. U just love suckin apple like heroes smh 🤦🏻♂️
Hoping that one day they would not remove the physical smartphone itself, for sheer ‘convenience’!
Broo but think about environment!! We can’t keep wasting our resources!.
@@iamme1743 good one😂
Then apple should discontinue themselves, for ‘environment’.
They will. It will be in you in 2030. The ceo of nokia said that (at the world economic forum) many brands are already working towards that. Look it up. Thats why they keep removing the most basic things out of phones, it's to eventually lead to the phone being in you.
Look up here on yt this video called "THIS TYPE OF THING BRINGS US ONE STEP CLOSER TO..." By this channel called A TIME FOR JUDGMENT
He explains it and shows this exact clip where the Nokia ceo said that.
@@MorgueVOID woah thanks bro!
There is a lot of Apple bs here that doesn't justify removing the sim tray.
1. SIM cards are used by most of the world which drives down the cost and essentially making it free,
2. They literally did nothing with the free space,
3. E-SIM can't be retrieved from the iPhone if it is dead so it makes it significantly more difficult to get help even if you have another phone with E-SIM or SIM slot,
4. Removing SIM slot makes no sense for people who go world traveling from the US,
5. Creates E-SIM monopolies around the world as ones who still sell physical SIM will be forced to transition, which leads to the next point,
6. Creates unnecessary electronic waste because as companies transition to E-SIM, many older devices will be alienated be forced to be trashed since most companies will most likely not support physical SIM,
7. As said in the video, removing physical sim allows for 2 phone lines + 8 data plans. Because apparently adding a physical sim reduces that number to 1 phone line. Apple could have added physical and E-SIM since they both would provide the benefit to the user, allowing them to switch between physical and E-SIM anytime they want,
8. iPhone 14 is the first iPhone to not have physical sim. Removing the physical sim does not make it more seamless for users who are currently using physical sim, it only makes it seamless for people who have already adopted E-SIM.
In conclusion, removing the sim slot not only makes it near impossible to move from iPhone to Android but create no benefit to users and creates E-SIM monopolies around the world in developing countries, allowing them to set whatever price they want leading to price gouging. Removing the SIM slot may save Apple money in the long run, but it forces users to adopt E-SIM and creates unnecessary e-waste from both Android and Apple devices if Android OEMs adopt E-SIM.
Edit 1: Greg creates unnecessary bias towards Apple by stating that physical SIMs cost $10-$20 to manufacture. If this statement were to be true, all carriers and phone manufacturers would switch to E-SIM as the upfront cost of thousands of SIM cards would be greater than the profit made by selling monthly plans.
I even got my prepaid sim for free before even buying a plan
Yeah it’s such a strange decision in my opinion. They cant even be consistent with their phones this year because now different countries need different phones. I live in europe so my 14 pro max has a sim slot but now in the US its just gone with nothing to take its place. They really should have waited until they were able to implement this intro more than a single country which idk if that will even happen since many countries are not dominated by iphone and people will just stop buying them if they have to get an E-SIM
Your first couple points can still be achieved with having a physical Sim card slot in addition to esim. It's just up to the user to use the esim option instead. The other points of saving money for Apple and carriers seem to be the most likely reason.
Is it really that hard to support both esim and sim?
No. They have been doing it for a few generations, and it is still available in non USA versions.
exactly. I am not from the US so my new phone has a sim card slot but it still gave me the option to use E-SIM when i set it up
The iPhone 13 has both e sim and physical sim
No. Many newer Android phones support both eSim and sim. eSim will take over eventually anyway, due to its ease of use and saving customers from having to wait until it is mailed.
@@Intel-i7-9700k I always purchased it physically from the store though. I guess I'm old fashioned.
Apple put nothing in the space where the Sim card went, and there is not a single part of this that is more simple. I had to activate three new iphones....one of them took four hours, one of them took a week before the number got right, and one actually activated as it should, which still took 45 minutes. Of all the things apples gotten rid of, this is by far the most ridiculous, and most infuriating
There was just no reason for them to do this BS at all, especially when WE are the only ones that are forced to have to endure this while everyone else in the rest of the world still has models with SIM card trays in them.
As if them getting rid of the Mini variants wasn’t annoying enough.😑
The mini variants kinda sucked bro, they barely sold.
They are pushing the industry to adopt more eSim, so in a few years it wont be annoying
@@friendofmisery8691 I’ve seen quite a few people with them. Though they lack specs that I personally need. I think the 14 Plus will be worse in sales then the 12/13 minis.
Then switch to Android.
People said the same thing about the headphone jack removal. Look at where we are now.
I was using an iPhone 7 from 2019 that is now at 57% battery health. A week ago, I got the 13 Pro Max and the differences are INSANE!
I will admit that I didn’t upgrade to the 14s due to the lack of physical SIM among a few other reasons. If I really wanted the 14s with a SIM I could’ve bought one by going anywhere in the world (except US cause I’m in it) and came back, all good right?
No unfortunately, even if I have bought the iPhone and gotten AppleCare+ etc, I CAN’T get it serviced by Apple in the US for some BS reason (literally ONLY reason is that it has a SIM Card LMAOOO as if that was such a big deal that it can’t get serviced) I would have to travel to the country I bought the 14 at and then it can get serviced or repaired if I need it to. That’s a hassle.
I haven’t traveled out of country before but I definitely plan to soon, I believe Apple removed the SIM card too soon. I liked having the options and convenience of choice but now that’s gone. I will be sticking to my new 13 Pro Max, the last iPhone with a physical SIM and man I LOVE the battery life on this!
Honestly if you live near the boarder just make a quick trip up the boarder to Canada and get the phone serviced here lol
@@brandony.1824 well they probably dont then, literally a small fraction of the US pop lives next to the Canada border 😂
how tf can you still use an iphone with 57% health? my moms phone only lasted ~75%
@@jackass130nm yeah I had to bring a portable battery or two and use it sparingly, turning on airplane mode on when not using and low power mode… glad those days are over!
(tldr I bought the 7 at Amazon, they cheaped out)
Is smartphone theft not a big deal in the US? Because stolen SIM cards are a pretty big problem where I live. Criminals will use you SIM card to impersonate you.
It’s not
Just use a sim pin
@@sepplschpeedruns281 You're right, that's the best way to prevent this.
Good lord the iCope is so strong on this one
4 years later: "Apple removed the charging port of their lastest iPhone 17, why this is a true evolution of smartphones."
If you have an iPhone 14 out of the US, you get the tray because of how there may not be many eSIM carriers. The international version gets a SIM tray so some reviewers and people will have it and some won’t. They literally put a plastic insert which is a waste of space. They could have added the SIM tray and waited till the world was ready.
It might also be cause the EU are very strict on the rules as they are already requiring Type C only from 2024 which is gonna hit Apples profits hard.
No no no i call bs on that one. Its definitely not a seemless uprgade, people are experiencing issues all over. And also apple does not use that freed up space in any way.
Please explain why ios took away the cursor in phone dialer. It was a simple yet most useful feature to add or edit numbers in between if there is any correction.
Omg I thought I was the only one struggling with this wth
I agree they shouldn't have removed it but you can swipe right to left on the typed numbers for backspace functionality
Thats the problem. If the first number is wrong, we’ll have to backspace the entire thing and correct it.
Glad I'm from Germany and we still have it. I can't imagine a world without SIM cards. What's even an "E-SIM"? If Apple makes my provider send me it, then fine. But I am too lazy to do that myself
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I love how this channel can make anything that sounds ridiculous from the surface feel like something that makes 10 times sense as it should of.
*should have
“The charging port was removed for convenience so that users do not have to plug and unplug a cable every time they want to transfer data or charge”
They removed the sim card to “save” space, that means that they could bring back the 3.5 mm audio jack
Because that’s the future of smartphones
As I remember, SIM card production cost is around $0.3
Ohhhh it’s “Embedded” SIM ? I thought it was Electronic SIM all along HAHAHAHAHHA
Everyone: Why did you remove the simcard slot?
Apple: courage
Bro really said that one of the reasons is so that switching from apple to android becomes more difficult
That’s true. I don’t know what how else you want him to say it.
Sadly a lot of the cheaper phones don't support eSIM, so you'd have to get a physical sim card. And if it does support eSIM, swapping could be made harder by Apple
@@RealJoseph123 Idk, it's just that he made it sound like a benefit. This is a predatory form of consumerism
@@BigGreekCock It's like if apple pays him for this stuff.
Or he's just that big of an apple fanboy
Unfortunately iFixit did a tear down on the new iPhone 14 pro and that empty SIM card slot was not used for additional “features”
I frequently travel. I have an ESim for my main number and then a physical sim for my travel. This is how it should be in my opinion. Giving the users the choice.
Nothing wrong with having 2 physical sim cards if it allows you to do the exact same thing..
apple is never about choice, they choose for you and if you dont like it then too bad.
I think this might hurt Apple. I am not upgrading this year. If I would I would go to the 13, not the 14.
I’m so glad that the eSIM only variance are exclusive to the US Everywhere else still has a Sim card slot for physical Sim cards
Just like the headphone jack, Motorola once again beat Apple by omitting legacy features on its phone, the 2019 Razr foldable phone was the first smartphone to exclusively use eSIM.
but it's motorola tho..
I think the chip shortage is one reason. Not that Apple can't source them, but they've realized the can save 12 cents per unit by not ordering them. The difficulty to transfer to Android is another major thing since people are finally starting to move away from Apple due to their malicious businesses practices and boring yearly "upgrades." The whole internal space concern is, at this moment, totally ridiculous. The new iPhones literally put a piece of plastic where the sim used to be. They didn't use it. Maybe in the future they will but now not. It all boils down to money. They did the research and concluded they'll make more money in the long term while also inconveniencing anybody who's thinking of switching. It's ridiculous and honestly disgusting when you realize they always set the standards for the industry. Also, SIM cards have never cost $10-20 from what I've seen. Most carriers include the SIM with the plan (even if it's a prepaid plan), plus even if you have to buy a replacement SIM it's like $1-2. Pricing is not a benefit in this argument at all.
Can't agree more with you 👏
Even though they removed the SIM card, the space that it previously took up isn’t currently being used.
Make a video on the dynamic island
The only company that needs a CZcams channel to be explained.
I am so glad I live in Germany and my iPhone 14 Pro May has an SIM Slot
Apple is almost always the last to add new features, but always the first to take features away
wherever Apple goes, the rest of the technology world follows. Apple brings in the notch and then everybody copies for a little bit, Apple removes the headphone jack and everybody copies.. apple comes up out a touchscreen phone-all other phone manufacturers copy.. I will give Apple credit for leading the way in a lot of areas.
@@sounds0fmeows who has copied the notch though??
@@Colt8722 when the Notch first came out with Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Google Pixel, etc., they all copied the same notch design for sure period
@@sounds0fmeows I believe you. I just don’t remember.
I’ll look up those android models of that era
A true benefit I see from this is that people who steal your phone can't stop you from tracking it at all now. Even if they turn the phone off, they can't remove the SIM card and now they can't turn off iPhone tracking.
I bought the iPhone 14 Pro because here in the UK, it'll likely be the last iPhone to have a physical SIM slot. I need to be able to put my SIM in another phone if something happens to my new handset. My iPhone XS actually broke this year, so it felt good to be able to put my SIM into an iPhone 7 Plus which a friend let me borrow!
Yes, it give more space to put other things on the phone, but the US phones which do have e sim do not even take advantage of that, there is just an empty space there. So there is not any point. I think you should have mentioned that in the video as well. It is a pretty important detail.
It's not an empty space, it's a plastic brick with no benefits to the phone
1:31 no, there is nothing but a piece of plastic where the SIM card trey was
This eSIM is on the iPhone 13 Pro Max as well. I learned this when my physical SIM card died. All my carrier did was told me to remove my old SIM card and they activated the phone’s internal SIM card. To bad the slot cannot be used for additional memory or data storage.
In my country some telecom provider, give you with two SIM on same number with no extra cost.
You also have chance to choose between 2 SIM card, or 1 SIM card and 1 eSIM
and to be able to use them, one SIM has to be switch off.
Example if your using primary SIM/eSIM , the secondary has to switch off and vice versa
Was this part of the rumour that Apple was releasing a portless iPhone? I remember that rumour/leak going around but personally felt that removing the charging port is too drastic. But Apple removing the sim card slot isn’t too shocking
This kinda makes me glad I’m gonna stick with this 12 lol. Although most companies at some point usually have a free line offer. So switching from apple to android or vise versa isn’t that difficult anyway. I get apples idea but it’s about 3-5 years too early
Thankfully in India the iPhone 15 has a SIM slot.
Hey Greg, have you ever thought about narrating documentaries. You have a cool voice, you’re articulate and have a good cadence.
And thats why they made less sales on the iPhone 14. I travel a lot and now need two phones to go overseas because not every country will support esim in years to come. I sold my iphone and went to the s23 ultra that still has a sim. No need to travel with two phones anymore.
Would still prefer Physical Sim since I do not want it embedded inside my phone. And if we're talking about more than 1 simcard, most of the people don't need more than 1 sim... Some maybe do but I along with a lot of other people do not require more than 1 sim
This Channel explains apple more than apple themselves
Those physical cards costs them cents and providers aren’t likely to willingly change to esim without reason. For all intense and purposes providers are interested in making it harder to change ones provider not easier.
Best way to get around this: fly to Europe or one of the countries that has it still and come back and get a SIM card in the USA, and tie it into that phone.
I have a question. Why apple didn't make the iphone require face id if u want to turn off the phone? Like if someone tried to steal ur phone he can't turn it off and by that u can locate where ur device is easily
that is a good idea.
well he could force power off it with some electricity spikes or lightning connection, button combination or shooting the phone
@@oqocraft2661 i think the only one that a theif could use is bottons combination which can also be made to require face id. And the other options simply aren't a good ideas cuz the iPhone will be destroyed and the point of the theif is to sell the phone and not damage it
The space argument for now isn’t applicable as non-US models still have the sim tray like UK so they can’t be designed that differently.
i've never had an iPhone but always stay in tune what's going on in Apple world, and methinks removing sim card slot was the most convenient thing ever
Love the channel although 20$ for sim must be a retail U.S. price. The actual production is more like 1$ and on bulk order it drops to 10cents.
Yet again , their greatest innovation is removing usefulness for undeveloped, undervalued, under-processed, and unavailable commonly. It used to be obvious to remove PC cables for USB. Then later the bulky iPOD connecters for simpler single corded options. Now they have too little to gain in cutting out physical sim slots.
My carrier supports esim, but I have to sit on hold and then read a million numbers to activate it! Physical card would have been instant. What happened to allowing BOTH sim options?
The more space inside the 14 pro due to the slot is not being used yet. They put a plastic insert instead of using it. Hope they take advantage of that space next yet. Curious how or what they may do.
Making provisions for both e sim and sim slot would have been more flexible except flexibility isn’t the main reason for this. 🤓
Apple: Hmmmm, we don’t need a phone, just use e-phone.
To be honest I’m glad I got my 14 pro max in Canada since it still have SIM card, and it could not be easier to switch from an old device to a new one, some friends from the US took from 30 to one hour to switch from one to another due some issues with eSIM, and they are kinda worried if they have to travel and so.
Some stuff is great to change, to be honest when they removed the headphone jack I was already mostly using wireless headphones so I didn’t missed much but the SIM card situation doesn’t make much sense, is something convenient and easy, even if something goes wrong and you are in a different country or wherever, you can just go to a gas station get a prepaid SIM put it in and you good to go, with eSIM I have seen people get out of service until the whole transferring was done, that is not good.
the price is the same with us ?
I Really Hope They Won't Be Removing the Silent Switch, Power Button and Volume Button
Well actually they are😂😂 some people say iPhone 15 series will feature solid-state buttons.
Also, turns out they didn't actually use the space that was used for the sim card tray for anything else. I'd have expected them to cram some battery or so into the new given space lol
I work at T-Mobile, and I can tell you SIM cards do not cost any money. We hand them out like candy. Last week at this crazy place
Yeah. It is ridiculous that he is claiming that a sim card cost companies $10-$20.
Even $1-$2 is high.
We always over complicate every decision Apple makes but whatever Apple does is purely driven by how much profit they can gain it’s as simple as that, I’m pretty sure this will allow Apple to charge network providers some sort of fee.
You forgot to mention how a physical SIM card can let someone return your phone to you if you lose it, by potentially finding your phone number in it! Hugh Jeffreys recently made a video on this.
@Khaliil bin Ammar how do tell siri, when the phone is locked or broken?
@Khaliil bin Ammar most people in the US don't have/use a pin for the SIM.
Usually after loosing their phone, people will call their Carrier and order a replacement SIM with the same phone number and the old lost SIM gets disabled.
So if you find a phone, there is a good chance, that the SIM card in it is disabled, but you are still able the read the information that is stored in the Card, like the phone number. And then you can call that phone number and the original owner will probably pick up.
@Khaliil bin Ammar the original comment mentioned a channel that exactly does this, to contact the owner of the phone.
In my opinion, no SIM card and only eSIM is a huge no-go for me. Luckily the iPhone 14 in my area does have a SIM card slot
Only some countries have esim option. The rest of iPhone 14 users can use physical sim
This dude is literally defending Apple's bullshit
At this point, one day they’ll just remove the phone entirely. 😂
Probably yes, because they do phones with a rare matirial, in Africa they kill to get money, (1 cent) for a pice, or I don’t know
@@leonardobarrera2816 “pice, or I don’t know.” LOL
Apple in 2020: We’re removing the charging bricks from our iPhone boxes
Apple today: We’re removing the SIM card tray on our newest iPhone models
A sim card is closer to 10-20 cents than 10-20 dollars. You could buy a whole data plan for that amount.
Also, Steve Jobs didn't want a Sim Card slot in the original iPhone so this is just another situation where Apple is fulfilling his requests after his death
It will save space as soon as both Europe and Asia accept eSIM only phones. For now Apple still needs to produce SIM trays for these territories, and doesn’t want to offer more hardware features in US models.
We have mmwave support in the us that is a hardware future that isn't supported on the international models
Still available in other parts of the world, there are 4 models, one model, the Chinese version has two physical SIMs
great vid, i wish there were more carriers around the world that support esim but we all know apple always take the blame and first steps when it comes to innovation and big changes like this
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They haven’t done anything to counteract removing the tray. It’s just empty space which makes it difficult to believe that this is a “revolutionary” design choice.
@@Baddknewz you forgot that apple exists else where and they dont want to change the phone only in the usa as thr other countries may not have an option
I use ESiM all the time at home and use my empty physical slot while traveling. Apple already had it right, this is a back step IMO.
They didn't remove the SIM card slot, they replaced it with a plastic spacer. This (and using the same processor) pissed me off so much I switched to Pixel 7 this year.
I hate the concept of not having a physical SIM. It is so much easier to have a physical chip that contains your phone number when you need to switch phones. (whether for upgrade, damage, or broken)
Apple claims they need the extra space in the future, but how much space is inefficient (and bad for environment) wireless charging taking up? And the inefficient lightning port takes up a huge amount of space compared to USB-C.
If Android phones are gonna copy this then its bad news cuz we don't only have a sim card slot there but also a Sd card slot which is exclusive in Android hope they don't remove it
Removing the sim card tray is mostly for the apple supported carriers. Enabling e-sim is more expensive for smaller carriers so a lot of them choose not to provide it, which leads to less competition. The simcard itself also only cost penny’s to produce, not $10-20. Removing the SIM card tray in the us only is not that beneficial, but in the upcoming years they will remove it everywhere, witch can be used for a larger battery
Yep, it was removed to benefit the big three (T Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T)
1:37 ah yes more valuable technology like the plastic square (no new stuff was added to fill up the space)
If you watch ifixit’s tear down all Apple did in place of the sim reader space is they placed what’s like a black plastic Lego brick instead of using the space for a bigger battery for example
Basically, Apple removed the SIM card slot because it helps carriers save money and allows Apple to further enforce their walled garden by making it harder to switch from iPhone to Android. All of which, they can justify by saying that it makes the experience more "seamless", unless if you are an international traveler. In that case, tough cookies.
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I had no idea they removed the physical SIM on the 14. My wife and I love traveling to other countries and need to be able to switch SIM cards. This sounds so premature on Apple’s part to remove it this soon until it at least becomes more widely adopted. Then again this is Apple we are talking about.
The sim on the 14 is removed only on the us models. Any other model outside of the us should still have a physical sim
Apple in 2100 be like:We are removing display to make phone stronger(breaks in first drop)
Hoping they don’t remove the screen 🤞🤞
na bro commented the same thing but a different part, imagine grinding youtube likes
because sECuRitY
1:19… plus the fact that Find My stays on when the phone is switched off and not being able to remove the sim makes it even more safer because the phone won’t have that risk of someone taking out the sim rendering Find My useless.
We know apple can remove some parts for more space and removing friction during new upgrades but the sim slot removal was a shock to me
People used to complain about non-removable battery , non-expandable storage , lack of usb-c, lack of 3 mm headphone jack. I never bothered and never saw these as deal breakers. Were pretty minor issues in my opinion. But but but…..for the first time, I am against this decision of killing sim tray. Give customers an option. Both e sim and physical sim should be there. Don’t worry about what happens if phone is stolen. People can decide for themselves, whether to use physical sim or not. By removing sim, you restricted your customers in numerous ways. Phone breaks-- problem, travel -- problem. Just to force your customers to get stuck with iPhone only, Apple killed so many other things (that affect consumers severely ) , not just sim tray.
The thing is true. There's more space on the inside of the iPhone. But Apple didn't use that extra space on this model. They only covered the sector with a plate that has no use. So the iPhone 14 has no more space inside due to the exclusion of the SIM Card
Apple removes cameras: well you see, we like to make it so that our customers can capture the moment with their eyes so they can fully immerse themselves