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Different cultures for sure. I've had 5 mobile phones...some candybar in the early 00's, a flip phone in the mid 00's, and iphone 3g, 4s, and now 6. I've neve
by malyk 12y ago
Different cultures for sure.
I've had 5 mobile phones...some candybar in the early 00's, a flip phone in the mid 00's, and iphone 3g, 4s, and now 6. I've never even /seen/ a sim card in person. It's a piece of tech that I shouldn't have to every even know exists. I just want my phone to work. I shouldn't have to play around with a microscopic piece of plastic and metal for that to happen.
- maximumoverload 12y agoHm. Interesting. If you want to buy a new phone and keep your number.... what do you do? Well I guess you can just ask in the store to move it to the new one, that's true. It's just... strange.
- rblatz 12y agoYou don't ask, they hand you a phone and it just works.
- untog 12y agoUnless you want to buy an unlocked phone, etc. etc.
- pessimizer 12y agoWhy would you want to do that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World
- nknighthb 12y agoGive the provider the phone's public key fingerprint. You're letting yourself be constrained by the very brokenness people are saying should be fixed.
- maximumoverload 12y agoWell in that case you have to have it tied with your name, so it will only work for contracts; and only about half of the people here are on contracts.
- Keats 12y agoWorks for pay as you go as well
- untog 12y agoIt's a piece of tech that I shouldn't have to every even know exists. I just want my phone to work. I see it the opposite way. Every phone should have a part in it that is removable and replaceable and ensures that you can do whatever you want with your device. I was staggered when I found out that some US CDMA devices are literally unusable without the permission of the company you originally had service with.
- sanderjd 12y agoHaving a replaceable part is not the only way to ensure you can do whatever you want with your device! It is possible to ensure that with a universal SIM purely through software. That this isn't the current situation doesn't mean it isn't possible. I don't have to replace a tiny little piece of plastic in my computer to install Linux instead of Windows or to connect to wifi using Comcast instead of Qwest.