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So if the iSIM goes bad or stops functioning. Instead of replacing the SIM or eSIM chip. Now you have to replace the entire SoC because of one faulty component.
by xyst 4y ago
So if the iSIM goes bad or stops functioning. Instead of replacing the SIM or eSIM chip. Now you have to replace the entire SoC because of one faulty component.
Good for phone designers (as mentioned, more space for other components). Amazing for phone manufacturers because it pushes more units when a device goes bad.
Bad for consumers because repairability is significantly reduced. Terrible for the environment.
- camillomiller 4y agoIt is an extremely simple chip and right now it is integrated into the motherboard of any phone. This would make sense if the eSim component was an easily swappable element, which it isn't. Sorry but this critique holds no water. I would even add that, if anything, eSims and iSIMs would probably lower the environmental impact of Sim Cards, which are physical pieces of plastic that are produced (with CO-2 emissions) and shipped (with CO-2 emissions), and also contribute to plastic pollution, as they get shipped in credit-card sized plastic holders that are mostly trash as soon as you get a minuscule nano-SIM out of them.
- dmix 4y agoHow is this different than any other thing used in an SoC? Do you just not like SoCs?
- lxgr 4y agoAre you aware of any phone (released in the last 10-15 years) where it was possible to exchange faulty components, soldered onto a PCB, in the first place?