Manuscript source: Zhongguancun Online
In fact, what most people don’t know is that the mobile phone cards we use today are getting smaller and smaller, and most of the credit comes from Apple ’s iPhone and iPad. With the release of iPhone 14 this year, Apple has directly canceled the small object SIM, and Apple can be said to be quite persistent in the SIM card size.
iPhone 14 directly replaces the physical SIM card with an e-SIM card. However, this operation is not real-time in China, and domestic iPhone 14 still retains the traditional SIM card.
Domestic iPhone 14 does not cancel SIM because my country's technology is not advanced enough? Of course not. Our country has always been involved in this regard, and in some smart watches, , smart devices or cars, there are actually eSIM card , but in the mobile phone industry, we have not completely released eSIM card.
eSIM card is definitely the direction of future development at present. After all, traditional SIM cards do not have an advantage over eSIM cards due to size and processing procedures. The eSIM card can give more space in the phone to place other hardware. At the same time, there is no card slot to increase the integration of the phone and improve waterproofness and dust resistance.
and eSIM can also be implemented by users, allowing users to change their numbers on their mobile phones without having to go to the business hall to handle them. At the same time, this means that after the phone is lost, the traditional card-removal operation cannot be carried out, and the mobile phone will be more secure in disguise. Xiaomi once launched similar functions, but in the end, it was not launched for various reasons.
However, although the advantages of eSIM are obvious, there are many problems that need to be solved for operators. First of all, once eSIM is used, the operator's package price will be more transparent, making it more convenient for users to compare prices in disguise, which will directly lead to a decrease in the operator's profits. Secondly, if eSIM can be operated online, it will inevitably lead to a decline in the operator's offline store traffic, and some additional derivatives will lose the promotional offline traffic. Finally, you currently need your own ID card to apply for a SIM card. Once you use eSIM, will there be a black card? This is also a problem. Once you cannot correctly have real names and telecom fraud problems occur, real-name traceability becomes a troublesome.
However, no matter what, eSIM cards will definitely be a development trend in the future, and it may usher in short-term discomfort for operators, but in the long run, it can indeed bring new business opportunities through the popularization of eSIM cards.
