Iphone 17 Air Will Be Esim Only Worldwide

Apple announced its caller bladed iPhone 17 Air connected Tuesday astatine its yearly hardware event. The institution said that this instrumentality will person only eSIM support each crossed nan world.

Apple managed to cram a batch of tech into a 5.5mm heavy design, but astatine nan disbursal of a beingness SIM tray.

The institution opted to ditch beingness SIMs for eSIMs for iPhones sold successful nan U.S. successful 2022.

“We pioneered eSIM years ago, and now it’s an manufacture standard, and compared to that, decades-old portion of plastic, eSIM is truthful overmuch easier to use, has amended security, and saves precious abstraction wrong nan iPhone. Esim is besides awesome for travel,” Apple said during nan keynote.