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soleobjective
03-09-2007, 01:40 PM
^^^does anyone know about this?

if so, where would it even be placed on the phone? since theres not a removable battery....
TrippalHealicks
03-09-2007, 02:06 PM
^^^does anyone know about this?

if so, where would it even be placed on the phone? since theres not a removable battery....


Yes, it will use a SIM card.

There's a small removable piece of (assuming) plastic on the back where the SIM card is inserted.
:2cool:
wot_fan
03-09-2007, 02:11 PM
Yes the iPhone will use a SIM card. The pick below showing the top and bottom of the iPhone is from Steve's keynote. It indicates that the SIM tray will be near the top of the phone though I have not seen any pictures showing it.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/9158/iphone2iv4.jpg

^^^does anyone know about this?

if so, where would it even be placed on the phone? since theres not a removable battery....
TrippalHealicks
03-09-2007, 02:14 PM
Yes the iPhone will use a SIM card. The pick below showing the top and bottom of the iPhone is from Steve's keynote. It indicates that the SIM tray will be near the top of the phone though I have not seen any pictures showing it.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/9158/iphone2iv4.jpg



oooohh, i thought that little thing on the bottom end was the SIM cover?
wot_fan
03-09-2007, 02:30 PM
Below is a pic I pieced together from the keynote. I'm not sure the prototype shown has the same case configuration as the final version of the iPhone will have. It doesn't appear to have a SIM slot. Maybe another member will have some insight.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7997/iphone1bn5.th.jpg (http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iphone1bn5.jpg)

oooohh, i thought that little thing on the bottom end was the SIM cover?
TrippalHealicks
03-09-2007, 04:43 PM
Below is a pic I pieced together from the keynote. I'm not sure the prototype shown has the same case configuration as the final version of the iPhone will have. It doesn't appear to have a SIM slot. Maybe another member will have some insight.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7997/iphone1bn5.th.jpg (http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iphone1bn5.jpg)

I'm pretty sure I read that's what that little dark section on the bottom is. Just a cover to access the SIM slot.
wot_fan
03-09-2007, 04:57 PM
I'm pretty sure I read that's what that little dark section on the bottom is. Just a cover to access the SIM slot.That could be, but in the keynote Steve said "So let’s take a look at the top now. We’ve got a headset jack. 3.5 millimeter all your iPod headphones fit right in. We’ve got a place, a little tray for your SIM card, and we’ve got one switch for sleep and wake. Push it to go to sleep, push it to wake up."
TrippalHealicks
03-09-2007, 04:59 PM
That could be, but in the keynote Steve said "So let’s take a look at the top now. We’ve got a headset jack. 3.5 millimeter all your iPod headphones fit right in. We’ve got a place, a little tray for your SIM card, and we’ve got one switch for sleep and wake. Push it to go to sleep, push it to wake up."


Oh yeah, that's right. I guess it'll be kinda like the Treo's.
Don't they have a small "tray" for a memory card or something, at the top. I can't remember...
soleobjective
03-09-2007, 05:10 PM
okay, thats good to know that i can use a SIM card on my iPhone when it comes out AND I GET ONE :2cool:
AK911dog
03-11-2007, 03:35 PM
It will have to use a SIM card because its coming out from Cingular. Cingular is GSM and GSM uses SIM cards.
Kabeyun
03-11-2007, 03:59 PM
oooohh, i thought that little thing on the bottom end was the SIM cover?

I thought that was the dock adapter. No?

-K
TrippalHealicks
03-11-2007, 04:25 PM
I thought that was the dock adapter. No?

-K


I wouldn't imagine you'd have to remove anything for it to fit in the dock....just a guess... seems kinda inconvenient. :P
Kabeyun
03-12-2007, 09:04 AM
I wouldn't imagine you'd have to remove anything for it to fit in the dock....just a guess... seems kinda inconvenient. :P

The removable door is on the back where I thought the SIM card goes. The dock connector, I thought, is at the bottom. The bottom port looks either open or fitted with a spring-loaded cover.

-K