what is Nano SIM card?

Sunday, November 13, 2011

what is Nano SIM card?

While the whole mobile industry was taken surprise when the microSIM card made it’s way onto the Apple iPad and the iPhone 4. Fast forward 2011 , we have the world’s largest handset maker going with a microSIM slot in it’s latest smartphones including the Nokia ,N9, Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. Motorola used a similar SIM card slot in the DROID RAZR. Now a German company Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has come up with the World’s first Nano SIM card which is significantly smaller than even a microSIM card.The main reason handset makers go with a microSIM card is to reduce the thickness of the device. With a Nano SIM card , they are only going to get even more thinner rather anorexic !

The nano SIM card measures only 12mmx9mm compared to a microSIM which measures 15mmx12mm making it 30% smaller. In comparison with normal full size SIM cards , its 60% smaller. The folks behind this crazy idea have not just reduced the size but also managed to shave away a few micrometres of the thickness. Its 15% thinner.

The company will be showcasing the nano-SIM at the CARTES & IDentification 2011 trade show from November 15 to 17.If the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) approves the nanoSIM card , it would become a industry standard. Operators are already testing the proposed SIM card and we assume device makers are also experimenting the idea.If all goes well , we might see mobile devices with a nano-SIM card in early 2012, MWC 2012 may be ? Don’t worry about older devices , the SIM card will be backward compatible – thanks to an adapter.