Apple and Samsung are reportedly gearing up to get rid of the traditional SIM card

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by Sindy Cator on July 16, 2015 at 3:54 pm

Apple and Samsung – along with several others in the telecoms industry – might be gearing up to get rid of the need for a traditional user-swappable SIM card. According to the Financial Times, the two companies are working with the GSMA – the association that runs the GSM telephone system used by T-Mobile, AT&T in the US and most carriers worldwide – to implement an E-SIM (embedded SIM) card. Whereas a traditional SIM card associates you with specific networks, an E-SIM would allow a device to switch between carriers instantly. As the name implies, however, this chip wouldn’t be…