Are many new phones being made with Sim slots? I assumed physical cards were fading.
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HeyJoe@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
As someone who only uses a phone without a SIM card this would suck for me.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 hours ago
Pretty much all phones still have SIM card slots.
It’s really mostly North American models that have been releasing with no SIM card slots lately, but they usually release it in other markets with one.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I think a bunch still do. I don’t have it because I just purchased the phone with no cell plan. I just use wifi and if I go out I use my work phone Hotspot to provide wifi to my personal. I use Google voice so I have a number and some of those chat apps that my friends use to keep in touch. Im in my 40’s and have never had a cell phone bill still. Outside leaving the house, I honestly cant believe people are paying $60-$100+ dollars a month when you can get everything it does these days off wifi. For the minor inconvenience ive ran into sometimes I still think it’s worth it for the price.
Cort@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I just pay 15/month on mint for the lowest plan. Just so I can get directions and basic Internet while I’m out.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
Isn’t that like a month’s rent in some parts of India?
Zak@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
It looks like that plan allows 35gb of data use in a month before it throttles, I don’t think I’ve ever used that much mobile data.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 hours ago
Pretty much all phones still have SIM card slots.
It’s really mostly North American models that have been releasing with no SIM card slots lately, but they usually release it in other markets with one.
wordmark@mas.to 18 hours ago
@HeyJoe @schizoidman it's time to migrate the planet to #signal and ...
CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Signal was also part of this as well
Zak@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Signal seems unlikely to comply. It will be interesting to see how they respond. A way to register without a phone number would be ideal.
mp3@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Matrix then, no need for a phone number and good luck having all instances to comply.