The iPhone 14 has not yet been released, and the foreign media of the iPhone 15 has come out again
But even the foreign media are exposing this matter, perhaps there is really a certain degree of credibility
Recently, according to the latest news of the Brazilian website BlogdoiPhone, Apple will launch the iPhone 15 Pro series in 2023

The physical SIM slot design will be removed and will be the first iPhone model without a physical SIM
It can support dual eSIM or SIM card with eSIM card two kinds of dual SIM dual standby combination
It can be seen from the breaking news that Apple has been vigorously promoting the development of eSIM technology
If there is a small partner who is using the cellular version of Apple Watch, it should be very familiar
About eSIM, many small partners may not know what it is, and Haozai is here to popularize science
The full name of the eSIM is Embedded-SIM can be called an embedded SIM card or a virtual SIM card
The new generation of SIM card specifications was proposed by the GSMA Association at the 2014 Mobile 360 Series Middle East Conference
In February 2016, the eSIM card remote setting specification was established for smart watches, lithographs and body trackers, and in June 2016, the eSIM specification was also added for smartphones
This specification is also greatly supported by more than 30 telecom companies, chip manufacturers, Apple, Google, Samsung and other related mobile device manufacturers around the world, and has become a new generation of mainstream specifications
As a leader, Apple is also quite active in promoting eSIM, so in 2018, the three new iPhones have also joined eSIM to achieve dual SIM dual standby
A lot of people don't know, right? Since the iPhone XS, some regions have begun to use eSIM, such as the US version
As mentioned earlier, one of the dual cards is a combination of "physical SIM" + "eSIM", but not a physical card, but a "digital version"
It is a small chip (SON-8 package IC) embedded directly in the circuit board of the iPhone XS/XS Max/XR or the new model, and the size is only 6mm(L)x 5.0mm(W) x 0.9mm(H)
It is smaller than the traditional Nano-SIM, and the advantage is that it can reduce the size of the SIM card
Inside the mobile phone, you can save space to put down the originals such as larger batteries, which is something that every manufacturer is happy to do
Especially Apple, the headphone holes have been cut for you, and it is only a matter of time before the SIM card slot becomes eSIM
In addition to the revelations of sim cards, foreign media sources pointed out that the current Samsung Display (Samsung Display) has developed a new OLED screen face lens technology for Apple
Mainly to hide the iPhone's Face ID module under the screen
The technology was first used on their own folding screen phones and iPhone 15 Pro devices to hide the Face ID holes of the punched screen
According to the South Korean media "The Elec" report, Samsung is working with Canadian OTI Lumionics to develop the off-screen lens technology "UPC"
This technology can be used in OLED panels, which can hide the Face ID lens behind the screen panel, and usually do not feel that there will be a Face ID module at all, so as to achieve the effect of full-screen design.
The report also added that the current technology is in the development stage, and Samsung will use this technology as early as the new Galaxy Z Fold 5 folding phone
The future will be used for Apple's iPhone 15 Pro series or subsequent flagship models, and the market is expected to appear as soon as 2024
The media "The Elec" also stressed that the iPhone 14 series will be the first time Apple has adopted a punched screen, and the shape is like an "exclamation point i"
Unlike the current Android phone with only a single hole shape, the current network has also flowed out of the iPhone 14 Pro series CAD chart file in advance, which seems to imply that the iPhone 14 removal of bangs has become imperative
Previously, Apple's well-known analysts Mingji Guo and Ross Young have both said that Apple plans to use face ID technology under the screen for the iPhone in 2023 or 2024
Capable of completely hiding the Face ID module under the screen, Guo Mingqi said that Apple aims to launch in 2023
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If these rumors are finally confirmed by other whistleblowers to be accurate, Apple will still face the need to add a physical SIM card slot design for countries or regions that cannot support eSIM services, and the rest of the countries iPhone 15 Pro models can use SIM-free slots
Of course, Apple has been vigorously promoting eSIM technology, and should also be ready to eliminate the physical SIM card slot, when the cancellation of sim slot will also bring many advantages, such as can improve the waterproofness of the iPhone, but also move more internal space
From the iPhone 13 began to shrink the bangs and then to the iPhone 14 burst punch screen, removing the bangs is also a big trend, Hao Zi feels that the reliability of this leak is also very high
With the iPhone 15 Pro series still two years away, no further confirmation has been made
I think it must be treated as an unconfirmed breaking news, just as some analysts said that lightning charging holes may be cancelled in 2023 ~ follow-up there are more news Haozai will also be presented to everyone at the first time!