As we all know, the American version of iPhone 14 has completely cut off the physical SIM card slot and fully adopted eSIM. eSIM is a more advanced technology that can directly write information through the air interface. However, due to different technical progress, the three major domestic operators have not yet opened up their eSIM services on mobile phones.
This has led to the fact that the US version of iPhone 14 has become a WiFi game console in China and cannot connect to the networks of the three major operators. This incident has no impact on most domestic users, but it is bad news for mobile phone practitioners in Huaqiangbei.
Anyone who is familiar with Apple knows card sticker . Its principle is to use overseas operators to crack the locked contract machine and transfer it to the domestic market. In this industrial chain, the American version of iPhone can be said to be the largest source of card stickers. After all, as the place of origin, the price naturally has an advantage.
Since the price of card stickers is lower than that of the Chinese bank, there is huge arbitrage space. I don’t know how many mobile phone practitioners this business has supported. After the launch of the iPhone 14, this road seems to be out of reach. Because the US version of iPhone 14 no longer has a physical SIM card slot, but uses eSIM, and the body does not have a card slot socket.
This means that the US version of iPhone 14 cannot be cracked without disassembling, and after cracking, ordinary users cannot replace the SIM card, and the difficulty suddenly doubled. But can this stump mobile phone practitioners in Huaqiangbei? The answer is no.
Theoretically, there is a possibility of cracking the US version of iPhone 14. According to the disassembly of iPhone 14 released by iFixit, the motherboard of the US version of iPhone 14 clearly has an eSIM built-in, but the physical SIM card slot is still retained, and it is just sealed with a square plastic piece.
Except for this, the US version is almost the same as the motherboards in the Chinese market. In other words, in order to reduce R&D costs, the eSIM version and physical SIM version of iPhone 14 both use a general motherboard. Just replace the eSIM module and solder the SIM card holder to solve the problem.
did not disappoint everyone's expectations. Huaqiangbei really started, and the American version of iPhone 14 was resurrected with full health. There is news online that the US version of iPhone 14 Pro has been successfully changed to dual-card.
The specific solution is this: If the user does not need to change the card in the subsequent card, he only needs to put the SIM card in the physical card slot and directly replace the original eSIM module. This solution is quite complicated to operate, and users need to disassemble the machine every time they change the card, which is quite troublesome. The second solution of
is a magic change. Disassemble the machine, replace the eSIM, and remove the original middle frame and replace the body middle frame with its own SIM card slot. This solution can simulate the normal experience of the iPhone 14 in China. Users can change the SIM card normally, but the price is that the middle frame is no longer the original.
In my opinion, although the US version of iPhone 14 can be cracked, there are too many places to be modified and the operation is too difficult, which is really unacceptable. It should be noted that this is motherboard-level repair. Who can guarantee that there will be no problems in the future? Many Apple fans said that since they are so troublesome, it is better to buy a national bank. What do you think about this? Welcome to discuss it.
