Has the Apple iPhone Air killed off the Sim card?

All phone users will be used to the small plastic cards they need to delicately insert into their devices to make them operate.But for buyers of the iPhone Air, that will be a thing of the past. It will only operate with an eSim – which allows users to switch networks or plans without resorting to a fiddly fork to open a tiny Sim card tray.

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