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Why Qualcomm taking away your SIM card might be a bad idea



Qualcomm revealed this week in time MWC 2023 that it will add the “world’s first commercially deployable iSIM” (integrated SIM) to Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform.

In other words, Android phones with this chipset will ditch the swappable SIM cards, opting for a hardware solution instead. Qualcomm has done this (opens in a new tab) thanks to the help of French electronics company Thales Group, a name most people probably won’t recognize but may be familiar with its technology. That’s because Thales is also the company behind the eSIM (embedded SIM) present on iPhone 14 series. Essentially, Qualcomm is bringing Apple’s technology to Android. The difference with this new hardware is that it will be integrated (hence the iSIM name) into the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2’s processor rather than existing as a separate chip on the motherboard.

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