Vodafone introducing Micro-SIM

Anthony Cachia Bantick

Aug 9th 2010, 16:37

Microsims will be used by more companies other than Apple. Not to mention that microsims offer some advantages over sims (apart from their size that is)

edward bartolo

Aug 9th 2010, 00:03

Digital technology is based on a set containing only two elements. Nature uses an entirely different technology in biological brains. This is non-linear processing where every element has a continuum of states rather than just two.

Hype or not, modern technology is dwarfed when it is compared with what nature uses.

G Grech

Aug 8th 2010, 20:11

With this tool one can easily convert a normal sim card to a micro-sim. so o big deal from Vodafone.

http://www.ipmart.com/main/product/I,Pmart,Micro,SIM,Cutter,Tool,High,Class,Stainless,Steel,Never,Go,Rusty,,249641.php?prod=249641

James Attard

Aug 8th 2010, 18:34

Apple introduced the MicroSIM to make sure that early buyers were tied to AT&T (their contractual providers) who 'invented' the microsim, which is nothing, as the posters below stated, as a normal SIM with a smaller form factor.

I guess Vodafone are trying to tap the market by making some money from their sales, or else by convincing prospective buyers that in order to use iPad and iPhone4, they must switch to Vodafone. Clever maneuver but i doubt that gadget geeks are dumb not to notice :)

Ramon Casha

Aug 8th 2010, 18:19

It's not like the regular sim was a massive behemoth that was taking up half the space in the device. I can't imagine why Apple needed to do this - apart from just being different of course.

Naturally, if you have a micro-SIM then you won't be able to take the sim from your fancy Apple phone and plug it into an ordinary cheaper phone should your fancy phone get the hiccups. Could that be the general idea?

A.Mifsud

Aug 8th 2010, 17:53

Why such hype??? - it's no big deal!! Have Vodafone re invented the wheel??

david spiteri

Aug 8th 2010, 17:14

its exactly same sim but in smaller size .. in fact i cutted my sim at a local mobile shop for 1 euro so i can use it in my iphone 4 .

C Falzon

Aug 8th 2010, 15:46

Not exactly a new piece of technology. It is no different from a normal SIM except for the smaller physical dimensions. As far as the electronics in side it are concerned it is identical.

You can make your own easily by carefully trimming an ordinary SIM down to size. However the only reason why you may need a micro SIM is if you have an iPhone 4 or an iPad. One can only wonder why Apple came up with the stupid idea of making their products need an almost inexistent format of SIM card.