Steve Jobs, presents the first iPhone, in 2007. Photo: AP
Steve Jobs had some of the most revolutionary ideas of the 20th century. From the legendary iMac, through the iPod, the iTunes platform and the iPad to its masterpiece: the iPhone. However, one of the concepts he has struggled with recently may be a reality only in 2022.
The founder of the Apple empire fought for the company’s first mobile phone to be a type of iPod a click wheel on the front and a numeric keypad in the back, something was finally not fulfilled.
In addition, he wanted to eliminate a function that at that time was practically important in mobile phones, in favor of a more iconic design. Jobs’ intention in 2007 was put up an iPhone for sale full screen with no ports or openings. However, the technology to do so was not available at the time.
according to the account Tony Fadelthe former vice president of iPod, during the first development of the iPhone, Steve Jobs was opposed to having a SIM card slot on the device due to your design preferences.
Steve Jobs was one of the great geniuses of the twentieth century. Photo by AFP
Jobs was frank with the engineers and designers working on the iPhone: “We don’t want another hole in its body.” However, all iPhone models include a SIM card slot, something that could change this year.
Steve used Verizon as an example to claim that an iPhone without a SIM card slot would be fully viable by being able to connect to CDMA networks rather than GSM networks. The problem is that this technology is not global and is only in the US and some countries in Asia.
In fact, Fadell said he had to use a team of engineers to convince Jobs that the availability of CDMA was limited and that Doing without a slot is a bad idea. He also makes sure that in order to refute the Work it is necessary to present statistical data and some tense conversation.
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The eSim card, now available in many markets.
A similar recreation took place on the iPad. The original version of the tablet included two charging ports, one on the horizontal side and one on the vertical side, to charge in any position. However, Jobs did not like the photos and decided to remove one of the ports. Using the iPhone doesn’t get it.
Rumors suggest that the iPhone without a SIM card tray could become a reality this year. Currently, it is possible to do without a physical SIM thanks to eSIM, a virtual format that allows connection to the networks of different operators simply by reading a code.
Apple introduced the first dual-SIM iPhone in 2018 when the iPhone XS generation added eSIM support in addition to a regular nano-SIM.
The feature has been available on every iPhone released by Apple since then, including the cheaper iPhone SE. The technology allows for iPhones that can operate without a physical SIM card.
Apple’s move to eSIM technology in the iPhone and Apple Watch has prompted carriers to speed up this support. Other carriers have also adopted the feature on their Android phones. Although there are many major markets where operators have not yet implemented eSIM functionality.
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Source: Clarin
