In the iPad tablet, Apple implemented a new card model called micro-SIM, a model that was later used in the iPhone 4, iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. Well, iPad 3 and iPhone 5 could bring us a new SIM card model for our terminals and I present you nano-SIM card. This new card is the result of several years of research done by the company Giesecke & Devrient, which launched the first SIM cards for mobile phones on the market in 1991.
Just when we thought all would be made right again, though, Giesecke & Devrient — the German firm that made the world's first commercial SIMs back in 1991 — has debuted a new "nano-SIM" that trims about 30 percent of the size off the already tiny micro-SIM. Although it's thinner than both the standard SIM and the micro-SIM, G&D promises that reverse compatibility with older devices will still be ensured with an adapter — not a great solution, of course, but it's better than producing an entirely incompatible component.
The company now comes with a new card model called nano-SIM which is 30% smaller than a micro-SIM card but is also thinner. Practically, the new cards will allow manufacturers of mobile terminals to make much thinner devices and will make it difficult for users to insert the card from one terminal to another. The news is very good for manufacturers like Apple, which in the last year has launched increasingly thinner products for its users.
For now, the card has been sent to the European institute that regulates standards in the telecommunications industry, and by the end of the year the nano-SIM should receive all the approvals it needs. Mobile phone operators have already received prototypes of this card and it probably won't take long until we struggle to insert it into a smartphone.
