Apple would love to kill the sim card. They have numerous patents around technologies that will enable the SIM card to become software based. http://www.nfcworl

Apple would love to kill the sim card. They have numerous patents around technologies that will enable the SIM card to become software based. http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/09/311213/apple-patents-sim-within-secure-element-technology/ http://www.nfcworld.com/2011/11/09/311213/apple-patents-sim-... The carriers won't want this at all. They are trying to move payments from a card (with a chip) to another card (with a very similar chip i.e. the SIM) but this feels pointless to me. The SIM and the plastic payment card have had their day.