How SIM Cards Actually Work

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • What SIM does stand for? It means subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module. The first SIM card in the world was developed in 1991 by the German company Giesecke & Devrient. They sold 300 SIM cards to Radiolinja, a Finnish wireless network operator. In 1992, they sold the first GSM mobile phone with a SIM card; it was a Nokia 1101. Today, it’s hard to find a person who’s never used a SIM card - over 7 billion gadgets around the world use them to make calls, send SMS and surf the web.
    Why do I need a SIM card?
    Can my phone work without a SIM card?
    How does a SIM card work?
    Can someone track my location with the help of a SIM card?
    Do SIM cards break?
    Why are SIM cards getting smaller?
    The future of SIM cards
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  • @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL
    @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL  Před 5 lety +139

    Hey there, BrightSiders! Do you have a regular or a micro SIM card?

  • @boburdz2020
    @boburdz2020 Před 5 lety +220

    Out of all the things to talk about, you picked simcard?? What a brilliant idea dude!!! Nobody talks about its history and origin so much. Liked!!! 🙂🙂🙂

    • @TimRoseOfficial
      @TimRoseOfficial Před 5 lety +4

      Agree entirely my friend, it's a neat topic that you never see! haha

    • @boburdz2020
      @boburdz2020 Před 5 lety

      @@TimRoseOfficial yeah dude. 😁😁 Genius isnt it!! No kidding. I enjoyed it honestly. 🙂

    • @merlinemonroepacquing
      @merlinemonroepacquing Před 5 lety

      Now I know
      35

    • @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL
      @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL  Před 5 lety +7

      Boburdz 1994 thanx! Did you like the content?

    • @boburdz2020
      @boburdz2020 Před 5 lety

      Yep its awesome!!! 🙂🙂🙂

  • @beerholikweissman8801
    @beerholikweissman8801 Před 4 lety +25

    0:42 In 1992... the first sim phone was nokia 1101... that it was first sold in 2005... and this is where the Parallel Universes colapse...

  • @ThusIsBrad
    @ThusIsBrad Před 4 lety +377

    In 9 minutes and twenty seconds a video titled "how do SIM cards actually work" fails to describe how SIM cards actually work.

    • @user-cv3dr4kt7j
      @user-cv3dr4kt7j Před 4 lety +3

      Huh?

    • @Bryanbkk
      @Bryanbkk Před 4 lety +11

      Yeah, they missed the call encryption handshake with the carrier part.

    • @thedutchone2442
      @thedutchone2442 Před 4 lety +7

      Indeed , the exact purpose of it , by going in to the smaller pieces. The best faillure is actualy saying there is no satelite connected to your simcard.....just towers....now i know why i cannot make phonecalls in a forrest, or mountainrange.

    • @happyfeet7280
      @happyfeet7280 Před 4 lety

      Yup

    • @robertmeigs5176
      @robertmeigs5176 Před 4 lety +3

      My first thought as well. What's in it does not tell how it works! Also, it's NOT made of "silicone"! This guy is ignorant!

  • @nicholasseymour7711
    @nicholasseymour7711 Před 5 lety +82

    I like learning about new things it’s fun.

  • @amandawright1372
    @amandawright1372 Před 5 lety +5

    Fascinating video. I got my first mobile in 1995. I was 28. The phone was huge and very basic. No texts. Just calls. We’ve come a long way.

  • @diorynovis
    @diorynovis Před 5 lety +51

    Same SIM number i'm using since 2002. Had it replaced with the same number last year 2018 when the phone was stolen. 32K sim got a fresh upgrade. This vid is informative.

  • @andrewgarbett3622
    @andrewgarbett3622 Před 4 lety +8

    Very important information everyone should know . Thank you for sharing

  • @kamlendraabhishek99
    @kamlendraabhishek99 Před 5 lety +6

    Well, Bright Side always brightens the day with some cool presentation of information. Thank you!!.
    BTW i got my first cell phone at the age of 18!! :D

  • @hueyiroquois3839
    @hueyiroquois3839 Před 4 lety +29

    I was 47 when I got my first cell phone. A mere nine years ago.

    • @saipai8114
      @saipai8114 Před 4 lety +9

      Wild how a 56 year old knows who pepe is

    • @Thatma
      @Thatma Před 3 lety

      Blanana

    • @tooslay
      @tooslay Před 3 lety +1

      I got my first cell phone when I was 10. 2 years ago

    • @imbored2006
      @imbored2006 Před 3 lety +1

      I got my first one at 5 lol

    • @lildarrdarr_16
      @lildarrdarr_16 Před 3 lety +1

      I was 2

  • @eveenz7165
    @eveenz7165 Před 5 lety +11

    I was 23 years when I got my first sim card in 2001. I love when phones got a sims card because can keep the same number when the phone breaks.

    • @eveenz7165
      @eveenz7165 Před 2 lety

      @Bakwaas kumar close 45 years now 😂

  • @jayallstar498
    @jayallstar498 Před 4 lety +2

    This is one of the best CZcams channel ever created...thank you for all the information you have given us.

  • @budlight2k
    @budlight2k Před 5 lety +3

    Was there for all the beginning of uk cellphones, dam close to accurate that I give you a thumbs up.

  • @joshuatuazon15
    @joshuatuazon15 Před 5 lety +4

    Very informative yet so entertaining! ❤️😊 All the way from the Philippines! 🇵🇭
    Ps. I love the voice of the narrator of this channel! So soothing! 😊

  • @markseddon3292
    @markseddon3292 Před 5 lety

    My first mobile phone was a Motorola m301. Built like a brick with a credit card SIM. I remember when I upgraded in 1997 I had to go to a phone shop where they cut round the contact to make it a thumbnail SIM. I've still got the Motorola somewhere in our house... It will need to go to a museum soon!

  • @DoNotHireForever
    @DoNotHireForever Před 4 lety +2

    I’m fascinated by the E-Sim concept. I’ll be studying this...

  • @wilsonsamiano
    @wilsonsamiano Před 4 lety +5

    There’s a mistake in this video. Not all all carriers used SIM cards back then. Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and Nextel didn’t use them before. They used a different technology.

  • @jcdg6288
    @jcdg6288 Před 4 lety +8

    I was 10 when I had my first phone. I think it was one of Sony Ericsson’s first colored screen phones, the T610. I loved it :)

  • @cmdraljaz77
    @cmdraljaz77 Před 4 lety +1

    Best Video ever you guys did a great job with music and pictures keep up with the great videos. 👍

  • @davidhunt7249
    @davidhunt7249 Před 3 lety

    Great info!!! Tks. Subscribed! 😄👍

  • @V3ryan
    @V3ryan Před 5 lety +7

    I once gave my old phone to a kid to use so he can play games on it. It had no SIM card, so no way of making or receiving phone calls. His dad told me later on they found out the hard way that some phones can still make 911 calls without a SIM card. Useful tip to know.

    • @tutacat
      @tutacat Před 9 měsíci

      All phones can call emergency services. It's the law. You have to teach it.

  • @medellinmedellin1794
    @medellinmedellin1794 Před 5 lety +25

    Did you know?
    Cell is the basic unit of life.
    And that explains why you can't live without your phone.

  • @fsiserir
    @fsiserir Před 4 lety

    Thank you for your explanation about the SIM and how it works, and its evolution during these two or three decades.

  • @kingcartierjs7022
    @kingcartierjs7022 Před 3 lety +1

    I recently just got service on my phone, guess I needed this cause it looks like I wasn’t that much into sims

  • @AdamDawood
    @AdamDawood Před 5 lety +4

    I got my first phone at age 10. Nokia XPRESS MUSIC 5800.

  • @farisspicypeanut
    @farisspicypeanut Před 5 lety +5

    Pls do more plane videos or airport videos cuz soon I’m going on holiday

    • @youdonthavetheprivilegetok5153
      @youdonthavetheprivilegetok5153 Před 5 lety +1

      Faris Spicy peanut same

    • @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL
      @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL  Před 5 lety +1

      Faris Spicy peanut are you going there by plane?

    • @farisspicypeanut
      @farisspicypeanut Před 5 lety +1

      BRIGHT SIDE so am going on plane THX so much that you replied I love your videos it’s amazing! I’m going on Ryainair to Slovakia from UK, my Mum used to be a flight attendant

  • @abitofeverything7892
    @abitofeverything7892 Před 5 lety

    Very educative video. I really learnt a lot. Thanks a lot.

  • @KimJakab
    @KimJakab Před 4 lety

    Great and informative video! Thanks!

  • @HowellConsultations
    @HowellConsultations Před 5 lety +37

    To anyone reading this, know that success is coming this year, Hope our channel helps !!

  • @rohangill2279
    @rohangill2279 Před 5 lety +10

    I am 20 and I still don’t have a phone or SIM card

  • @JefersonOliveira97
    @JefersonOliveira97 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the information, I’m new at this channel and I’m loving it, I got my first cellphone when I was 12 years old.

  • @numanwaheed691
    @numanwaheed691 Před 4 lety +2

    its great to know that my father bought nokia in early 90's since i opened my eyes in 1994 i saw that cellphone in their hands 🤩
    love you Dad 💗💗 Miss you everyday R.I.P 😢

  • @Kinosaurus
    @Kinosaurus Před 5 lety +3

    Your fact from this is wrong. Nokia 1101 is from 2005, Orbitel 901 was the first phone released for public in may 1992

  • @ryangordon5986
    @ryangordon5986 Před 4 lety +3

    A phone with no SIM card should still allow you to connect to emergency services when dialing 911, 999, etc... (also why smartphones have shortcuts for emergency numbers that bypass the lock screen)
    I believe the SIM card exists only to unscramble or unblock access to the network; a means of control for your service provider. Emergency services should be excluded from this. I was hoping the video would have been more clear about this.

  • @strivingformindfulness2356

    My first mobile phone was the same model of the LG flip-phone that Kirsten Dunst used in the film Elizabethtown (2005); I recognized it when I saw the film.

  • @elloradas8501
    @elloradas8501 Před 3 lety

    Loved the content. Bright side is the best. I learn more in Bright side than my high school

  • @yauwohn
    @yauwohn Před 4 lety +23

    SILICON NOT silicone, two different materials!!!

    • @daves2433
      @daves2433 Před 4 lety +2

      Exactly, i wish the people teaching the masses about things knew what they were saying.

    • @davidguymon1673
      @davidguymon1673 Před 4 lety +1

      You mean my fleshlight is not the same material as my computer 💻 circuitboard? 😉🤣🤣🤣

    • @daves2433
      @daves2433 Před 4 lety +1

      @@davidguymon1673 LOL

    • @tastelikechinahadababyandn9928
      @tastelikechinahadababyandn9928 Před 4 lety +1

      hes smart, hes making sure were still watching

  • @aep-world6752
    @aep-world6752 Před 4 lety +3

    I was 13 when I got my first phone, it was a Nokia 100.

  • @shantikhan749
    @shantikhan749 Před 5 lety

    Very useful info...just got my phones stolen so this is very timely info....Thank you....Bright side...Good going!!!

  • @terrystephens1102
    @terrystephens1102 Před 4 lety

    Another excellent presentation 😃👍👌👌👏👏👏

  • @xavierroca9026
    @xavierroca9026 Před 5 lety +4

    I was 13 (2005-2006)purchased it by not eating lunch and saving my lunch money and it was the grey boost Mobile chirp

    • @clementoseitano7568
      @clementoseitano7568 Před 4 lety

      SIMs in my country cost more than the equivalent of $20 during that time

  • @JohnnySyncs
    @JohnnySyncs Před 5 lety +3

    Pioneer to use nokia5110. Addicted to snake game lol

  • @TheTechPianoPlayerKid
    @TheTechPianoPlayerKid Před 4 lety +1

    My first phone, was a TracFone when I was around 9 or 10 years old. My next phone was a Nokia N82, then an iPhone 4s, then an iPhone 5S, then iPhone 7, and now the iPhone 11

  • @RakeshKumar-pt2eh
    @RakeshKumar-pt2eh Před 4 lety

    really awesome video and information

  • @PANDEY01RAGHAV
    @PANDEY01RAGHAV Před 5 lety +12

    The video starts @ 3:08
    Thank me later ...

  • @jmalloy2202
    @jmalloy2202 Před 4 lety +4

    Can still use mobile phone with SIM card, E-sim😂😂😂

  • @chrisreynolds6331
    @chrisreynolds6331 Před 5 lety +1

    I got my first SIM card in 1995 it was a credit card sized one on the orange network in the UK (which became EE later).

  • @georgehristov7265
    @georgehristov7265 Před 5 lety

    My first cell phone ...... When I was 19 .... 14 years latter I still have it and it still work......... It is in my collection , Sony Ericsson J 300, amazing machine.

  • @sayakonohana3291
    @sayakonohana3291 Před 5 lety +4

    I got my first cellphone when I was
    16 years old

  • @gaminggobrr6646
    @gaminggobrr6646 Před 5 lety +4

    I don't use Sim Cards, I just use Emails etc etc etc.
    Sim is that sim game right.

  • @mohammedal-sharjabi3411

    u know guys, I felt in love with this channel

  • @saibhavitha8741
    @saibhavitha8741 Před 3 lety

    ThanQ for your information

  • @AmanGupta-rs6ns
    @AmanGupta-rs6ns Před 5 lety +5

    I get my first sim card at the age of 15 years with keypad phone.

  • @phalanx3803
    @phalanx3803 Před 4 lety +13

    3:20 its made of silicon not silicone.

  • @malgorzatamiroslawakim7187

    Thank you very much for sharing,

  • @fullStackInKannada
    @fullStackInKannada Před 4 lety

    Nice info! :)

  • @itsmaxifunyt
    @itsmaxifunyt Před 5 lety +6

    I Got My iPhone 5S When I was four.

  • @R-Dax
    @R-Dax Před 5 lety +3

    Got my first SIM card and phone when I was 9

  • @MrMike-ns4iy
    @MrMike-ns4iy Před 5 lety

    Thanks you so much, for wonderful idea

  • @cytrixchannel6956
    @cytrixchannel6956 Před 4 lety +1

    Bluetooth
    Touch Screen
    Wifi
    All kinds stuff are good topics to know about, I really loved this channel, it is really informative 😊

  • @abdullahquhtani4247
    @abdullahquhtani4247 Před 5 lety +3

    My father refused to let me get. My own private SIM till I finish high school, which if few weeks latter when I become 18.

  • @farisspicypeanut
    @farisspicypeanut Před 5 lety +3

    Pls do more plane videos they are amazing

  • @gaminggobrr6646
    @gaminggobrr6646 Před 5 lety

    Dear Bright Side.
    U know alot of things I don't really know. Cubic cubes etc, I hav been wondering about space.

  • @karthiksurya9727
    @karthiksurya9727 Před 5 lety

    Great tech videos.....keep doing

  • @7Kazi7
    @7Kazi7 Před 4 lety +3

    my first phone that i bougt with my money was when i was 10

  • @Nachos11
    @Nachos11 Před 5 lety +3

    18 when I had my first phone and sim

  • @riz3700
    @riz3700 Před 4 lety +2

    Please do another video for CDMA technology

  • @paulrabber8713
    @paulrabber8713 Před 4 lety

    Very tecky but in plain language THANKS!

  • @geardd
    @geardd Před 4 lety +4

    hmmm i sure hope that they didnt plagiarize from other youtubers like techquikie *cough cough*

  • @BiswajitPadhy74
    @BiswajitPadhy74 Před 5 lety +5

    My father gifted me a Feature Phone called KECHODA a Chinese Phone of $15 when I was in class 9th. And I remember I had spent great time with it.
    Though it was Chinese Phone it was running fine till 3 years until I sold it to someone just for $3 to purchase my new phone.
    Love and Peace to World from India 🇮🇳

    • @rohanrathore536
      @rohanrathore536 Před 4 lety +1

      Almost 90 % of today's phones are technically Chinese. (they are built/ assembled in China)

  • @tutacat
    @tutacat Před 9 měsíci

    eSIM and iSIM uses the same connection method. It is just rewritable and stored on the motherboard or SoC.
    It is different techonology, but it isn't inherently better at connecting or more secure.
    Though, it is physically harder to damage, or sim-swap. And preventing sim-swap could use ephemeral sims so if it is extracted it would be replaced quickly

  • @MarcFutoran
    @MarcFutoran Před 4 lety +2

    It was a Motorola flip phone with a pull out antenna. Around the late nineties or early 2000s.

  • @nelsonhong3682
    @nelsonhong3682 Před 5 lety +3

    I'm got my first tablet when I'm 13 years old and I'm got my first mobile phone when I'm was 15 years old

    • @ignxdank
      @ignxdank Před 5 lety

      nelson hong I got an iPod at 6 iPad at 7 and phone at 10

    • @msaintjo
      @msaintjo Před 5 lety

      Grammar police: I, not I'm .

  • @felixb6616
    @felixb6616 Před 5 lety +5

    Thank you. But please do not use this shirts background music again.

    • @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL
      @BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL  Před 5 lety

      Josef Fritzl whats wrong with background music?

    • @codoflife6115
      @codoflife6115 Před 5 lety +1

      BRIGHT SIDE it’s actually catchy I like it

    •  Před 5 lety

      @@BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL, music sucks.

    • @felixb6616
      @felixb6616 Před 5 lety

      BRIGHT SIDE it makes the whole video unprofessional. Even if the content is good, the hilariously music makes is bad

  • @privateaccount233
    @privateaccount233 Před 5 lety

    ive been binge watching brightside videos😂😂😂

  • @Virgomans
    @Virgomans Před 3 lety

    Very useful tips

  • @kookie7254
    @kookie7254 Před 5 lety +5

    Early for the trillionth time😂🔥

  • @toxicflatulence9437
    @toxicflatulence9437 Před 5 lety +6

    i am not even interested in the video, just came here because i saw this video was posted 8 minutes ago lol

  • @thanduxolocembi2539
    @thanduxolocembi2539 Před 4 lety

    I love the animations on this video

  • @deddufiz
    @deddufiz Před 4 lety

    May I know the music u playing at the background? especially from 6mins onwards..thank you

  • @whatever8940
    @whatever8940 Před 5 lety +6

    💡Lights
    *camera*
    _action_
    Ok I am weird
    Good day ;)
    Bye! ❣

  • @sidtube15
    @sidtube15 Před 5 lety +3

    Yes your Phone can, work without a sim card and, make local and international calls to land lines and mobile phones without a sim card..... All you need is access to internet, and an account with a social network that provides telecommunication like Skype or Google Hangouts and yes you can make local and International Phone calls.

  • @sahilgaonkar1257
    @sahilgaonkar1257 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for making a video 🙂

  • @hujjatullahsahib380
    @hujjatullahsahib380 Před 5 lety +2

    Keep it up Brightside ! A decent presentation on SIM technology.

  • @peridotuniverse4082
    @peridotuniverse4082 Před 4 lety +3

    I got my first phone when I was 10 it was an iPhone 5s

  • @juancarlosortegagarcia2609

    I was a CDMA for quite a while until I had to forcibly had to switch to GSM...

  • @kousthubhakrishnach767

    How do you make these awesome looking animated videos ?. What software do you use ?. Its great.

  • @donaldsmith3048
    @donaldsmith3048 Před 3 lety +1

    I got my first cell phone at 57. In 2004 hurricane took out my home phone, power, internet. I needed to let family and friends know how was and what I needed. So I got a cell phone. I don't want to be without one now!

  • @charlitavisado4103
    @charlitavisado4103 Před 5 lety +1

    Humble beginning of using cellphone I had Nokia 5110 and 6700, Motorola pearl. Back then.

  • @dikshasoni52a98
    @dikshasoni52a98 Před 2 lety

    thankyou so much for your explanation, but I have got a doubt that what happens that we cannot connect to the internet when my cellular data use limit is reached? Are these data that we get from our SIM Internet service providers, like a memory space in SIM that starts filling if we use internet?

  • @brentrobin
    @brentrobin Před 4 lety +2

    I was 17 in 1995 when I got my first phone. It was an Ericsson.

  • @FNTravelogue
    @FNTravelogue Před 4 lety

    outstanding ✌🏻😊

  • @appleglow2657
    @appleglow2657 Před 5 lety

    Hi this was helpful

  • @whichwaynetwork5742
    @whichwaynetwork5742 Před 5 lety

    I even like your videos before watching them. ♥

  • @pinoyeh
    @pinoyeh Před 5 lety +1

    I got my 1st CDMA cellphone in 1994 while my 1st GSM phone was in 1996.

  • @camaromodschannel
    @camaromodschannel Před 4 lety

    Got my first cell phone in 1992 a bag phone, at 31 years old. That thing was heavy!

  • @andrewengele4282
    @andrewengele4282 Před 4 lety +1

    This is such a simple video I can't even

  • @alecgrolimond1678
    @alecgrolimond1678 Před 4 lety

    A sim card is limited in storing contacts and relevant information because of memory size. Yet a good video.

  • @farhangani2534
    @farhangani2534 Před 5 lety

    In sweden some operators has replaced the simcard with eSIM, u scan a qr-code and install your eSIM. But this currently can only be done on the latest iphones.

    • @TemporalAxis
      @TemporalAxis Před 4 lety +1

      Android had supported eSIM for a while now. Google's Pixel phones use them too. No idea why people seem to think the iPhone is the only phone to use them.

  • @joshualynam1844
    @joshualynam1844 Před 5 lety

    The esim sounds a bit like good old CDMA network here in Australia no sim card could change provider fairly easily but had to go in-store to do so