{"id":2075,"date":"2011-12-12T17:02:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T15:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2011-12-12T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T15:02:54","slug":"sim-mini-sim-micro-sim-nano-sim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"SIM, Mini-SIM, Micro-SIM, Nano-SIM…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"You all know these Cards you need to have in order to activate your cell phone.
\nWhile the first cards had a size of 85.6x54mm, as the phones of earlier times
\nwere ridiculously big and heavy, modern smartphones happen to need smaller
\nand smaller cards. The current smallest factor is Micro-SIM.<\/p>\n

The first shrink of these SIM-Cards has been fulfilled in 1994 when first cellphones were smaller than the original SIM card that has a size of 85.6 to 64mm. So The Mini-SIM got invented of whose size is only 25x15mm. A radical shrink that was needed in order to shrink the phones also. In 2010 with the release of the iPhone 4, the Mini-SIM once again had to be shrunken. The result was a 15x12mm small card that fits into the iPhone 4, iPad and modern phones of Nokia. The thickness is 0.76mm<\/p>\n

However the Micro-SIM still seems too big for Apple’s newest upcoming phone, the iPhone 5. So Gisecke&Devrient, a company in Munich managed to shrink down the SIM size to an astounding 12x9mm size. Also the thickness has been reduced to 0.66mm! Et voil\u00e0, the Nano-SIM is born!<\/p>\n

Such a small card is also delicate to handle. Hopefully, Gisecke&Devrient makes the new Nano-SIM as ruggedized as their predecessors.<\/p>\n

The following picture might give you an idea on how the SIM-card has evolved in the last 15 years:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

I wonder if they still are enineering on even smaller SIM-cards for which you will for sure need pincers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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