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It would likely be a literal smartcard reader. E.g. you put something in there that looks the chip in your debit card.
by confounded 8y ago
It would likely be a literal smartcard reader. E.g. you put something in there that looks the chip in your debit card.
- newnewpdro 8y agoThat seems incredibly unlikely on a smartphone, no?
- wiml 8y agoI don't see why it would be unlikely. The standard identity smartcard (DoD PIV card, openPGP card, etc), like the standard credit/debit card, uses the same physical and electrical interface as a SIM (because a SIM is also a standard smartcard): the ISO7816 pattern. Dual-SIM phones are pretty common — even Apple has one! — and there's no technical reason you couldn't make one of the SIM sockets hotpluggable and present it to the applications on the phone instead of to the cellular module.
- newnewpdro 8y agoIf it's the size of a SIM or MicroSD card sure, but if we're talking about credit card sized cards it strikes me as unlikely for packaging reasons. The phone already requires tools for battery replacement, and now it's going to accomodate a durable credit card slot? Apparently this phone is going to be much bulkier than I imagined.
- confounded 8y agoApologies, my description was poor. I meant something that looks like a SIM card.
- mastazi 8y agoWhat do you mean when you say "a literal smartcard reader"? Do you have a link? All the smartcard readers that I have seen are way too large to be placed in a smartphone e.g. http://www.dualboost.com/index.php?pos=photos http://www.dualboost.com/index.php?pos=photos
- Avery3R 8y agoAll you need is a little slit on the bottom of the phone that you can insert the smartcard into. It doesn't even have to go in all the way, just enough to get the contacts touching.