Nano Sim card is the next generation sim card which is being designed, patented and standardized by the apple computers.Nano Sim cards come under the 4FF (Fourth form factor) standard. To better understand what its means and the evolution of sim cards we have a comparison of Mini Sim Vs Micro Sim vs Nano sim. What exactly nano sim will benefit the mobile device manufacturers is it will help them reduce the sim card slot dimension which will inturn help them design more slimmer phones which the market is hungry. Its almost confirmed that Iphone 5 will be designded to accomate so as like the Micro sim for Iphone 4S.
As we are certain that the Iphone 5 will use the the nano sim card, but what will the benefit nano sim card bring to the Iphone 5, First and foremost it will help save the design space which in turn will help Apple to reduce the size of Iphone 5. Looking from the design its very compatible for the sim locked phone which the Apple and the operators promoters will love on the other hand end users like us who love to unlock may face some kind of pain do it. For unlocked users also it will tempt you to stick with single operator.
Normal Sim (Mini Sim) vs Micro Sim vs Nano Sim
As you may clearly see from the above picture the normal sim or the mini sim we are using covers around 375 mm square of space, where as the micro sim cut it more than half intelligently removing a lot of plastic space, but Apple was very late to communicate this to the market which led may operators cut there normal mini sim to accomodate to the device and poorly plan there micro sim supply. Whereas very latest of the lot the Nano sim which is of 4FF standard is only 108 mm square dimension almost half micro sim. as you may see there is virtually no plastic part and only the chip is left with. One good thing is as you may see from the three pictures the evolution was only by cutting the plastic part wheras leavinmg the chip intact so we can very well assume we will be getting all the sophistication which is there in mini sim in micro and nano sim cards, this confirmed by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) which sets the standards for the sim cards.
Iphone 5 Nano Sim – What it Means for the Product
Apple’s iPhone will be the first consumer device to adopt the Nano SIM standard, just as the iPhone 4 popularized the Micro SIM card.
What do you think, will the next iPhone will feature Micro SIM or Nano SIM?
