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Educational_Worth906 t1_iu4mt01 wrote

Physical SIMs will be around for a long time yet. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about. Plenty of people are using older phones with no thought of updating. There are over 6 billion smartphones in use and probably at least the same that aren’t smartphones.

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Kindnexx t1_iu4uorp wrote

I don’t know about that, last time Apple removed something everyone had been using forever, it took about two years for the whole industry to follow

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Educational_Worth906 t1_iu4yq0t wrote

It’s still going to take a long time for everyone using physical SIMs to move to new phones. Loads of people I know are using 5+ year old phones with no intention of getting a new one until it breaks. There’s still a large market for non-smartphones and other devices like mobile routers, cameras etc. that need a SIM card. These don’t get replaced anywhere near as frequently as smartphones. My last mobile router lasted 5 years and I expect my new one to as well.

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