Phone chips are about to die.. Why is this good?

Since the start of the smartphone era, changing the mobile phone service provider is subject to one pattern, obtaining a SIM card from the new telecommunications company and replacing the old one and so on, but this process will soon become a thing of the past;

Millions of people have moved away from physical SIM cards and turned to virtual cards.

And one day, the rest of us will do the same.

In his article in the American Wall Street Journal, Dalvin Brown said that the old phone chips are being replaced with integrated ones known as "eSIM";

Instead of getting a physical card from a telecom operator, the service will be activated digitally by logging into an app or by scanning a QR code.

He added that the program connects to a new cellular network while on the move, allowing the possibility of quickly registering for the service.

And because phone makers won't have to include space for a phone chip tray, they can create sleeker devices, they say.

E-SIM units allow obtaining two phone numbers at the same time, as it is possible to obtain a number for work and another for personal calls, or to set up an international number in addition to the regular service when traveling.

The writer mentioned that the 3 largest wireless service providers in the United States say that a future without a chip is close, and with the “iPhone 13” (iPhone 13) last year, Apple stopped including the current phone chips in phones.

The Razr foldable phone from Motorola since 2019 has not supported the current phone chipsets at all.

Currently, setting up the eSIM is not always easy, even if the phone supports it, the carrier may not, and if an attempt is made to transfer the integrated card between devices, it is possible that the user will have to reset the settings again .

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The writer stated that current phone chips transfer your user details to the carrier to authenticate the smartphone and enable making and receiving calls, texts and data, and the small dimensions of today’s popular “Nano-SIM” chips make them easy to lose, in addition to that they are also vulnerable to hacking and have been tracked and exploited By cybercriminals, embedded chips are intended to solve these problems.

Digital chips allow carriers or device makers to quickly roll out software updates if security vulnerabilities are identified, unlike existing chips, said the author, Anthony Gonetilic, chief technology officer and head of strategy at Amdox, an eSIM chip software company. Another advantage is over-the-air service activation, which makes it easier for customers to switch between wireless service providers.

The writer stressed, at the end of his report, that the current phone chip will not disappear immediately, but once Apple stops supporting it in its new iPhones, it will be a reality soon.