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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document
Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 18:08:51 -0700
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On 2024-05-24 09:44, sms wrote:
> On 5/22/2024 8:07 AM, -hh wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> Indeed.  All that saying that ~95% of Android products have moved 
>> along to current design philosophies, while the last 5% haven't. It 
>> would take some more research to determine if these holdouts are 
>> actually still in production (and for what market segment) or if 
>> they're now down to "New Old Stock" that's still available for sale.
> 
> Thankfully, one iPhone philosophy, only on U.S. models, has not been 
> adopted by any Android phone manufacturers, and that's the decontenting 
> of the physical SIM slot. This loss is a a royal PITA if you're 
> traveling outside the U.S. and want to buy a local SIM card complete 
> with a phone number. While foreign data-only eSIMs are readily available 
> for travelers, travel eSIMs that include an actual phone number, are few 
> and far between.
> 
> My sister's boyfriend had his iPhone 12 stolen in Paris and he needed to 
> buy a new iPhone. He had a hard time finding an iPhone 13 since there 
> was such a rush on the 13 when the 14 came out. He travels a lot and 
> needs to use a physical foreign SIM.
> 

You not understanding the physical SIMs can be made in to eSIMs is not 
the world's problem.