of next generation nano sim cards will be 40% smaller than micro sim cards

The SIM Card is shrinking. ETSI has standardized a new form factor (4FF) for the SIM card. The nano SIM card will be 40% smaller than the current smallest SIM card design, at 12.3mm wide by 8.8mm high, and 0.67mm thick.


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ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, approved on Friday specifications for a SIM card even smaller than the micro SIM that Apple’s iPhone 4 first introduced in 2010. The new standard, called a nano-SIM, is the fourth form factor for the small smart cards used in GSM phones and is 40 percent smaller than the prior model.

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