Stephane Richard, the head of France Telecom confirmed that Apple will introduce a smaller SIM card in the next released iPhone. He also went on to say that Apple intended to release a device without the need for a SIM card at all.

As you probably know, Apple has been working for years on reducing the size of SIM cards because they need space in the phone. They even thought about a device without any SIM card, that is what is known as the e-SIM project. All of us told them it was a bad idea because the SIM card is a critical piece of the security and authentication process. It would be very difficult for a telco or carrier to manage the customer relationship. We are going to work with them in order to standardize a new format of SIM which takes into accout our needs with security and authentication and also is compatible with their wishes in terms of size.

Mr Richard believes reducing the SIM card size means a smaller.thinner iPhone.

I understood that the next iPhone would be smaller and thinner and they are definitely seeking some space.

Of course this is a rumor, but the information is point toward to the next release of the iPhone to be thinner,lighter,edge to edge screen named the iPhone Nano. Time will tell!!

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