The former boss of Apple once wanted the iPhone without a SIM slot

At an interview at the Computer History Museum event on May 12, Tony Fadell, former Vice President of Apple’s iPod division, revealed that the late CEO Steve Jobs did not want to have a SIM slot on the iPhone during this period. First development of this product. According to Fadell, Steve Jobs asked engineers to build an iPhone that “didn’t want another hole”.

He took Verizon to prove that the iPhone could work without SIM slot. However, Verizon at that time used the CDMA network standard instead of GSM, which allowed the phone to link directly with the carrier to make calls and text messages without the need for a SIM card.

With Steve Jobs’ steadfast character, Fadell’s team had to use market data to convince him that launching the iPhone with CDMA wouldn’t work. The reason is that this network standard has a relatively low deployment rate globally. At that time, up to 95% of phones still had a SIM slot.

Finally, the iPhone launched in many countries with a physical SIM slot, becoming one of the historical turning points of the mobile industry.

In 2018, iPhone was integrated with electronic SIM – eSIM. Even so, the device still supports a physical SIM slot.

Some sources believe that Apple may completely remove the physical SIM slot on the iPhone 15 Pro version.

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