Re:Ask HN: Why do we have different simcard sizes?
by MichaelCrawford on Tuesday December 16, 2014 @08:20AM
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It's known as "The Cable Conspiracy".
By making all our connectors different, we have to keep buying stuff. Consider that I can't take my SIM card out of my phone then put it in a different phone. That means I have to buy a new SIM card, if I want a new phone. That means sales of SIM cards.
Consider that we have both Firewire and USB, and that USB has four different kinds of connectors. It moves product!
By making all our connectors different, we have to keep buying stuff. Consider that I can't take my SIM card out of my phone then put it in a different phone. That means I have to buy a new SIM card, if I want a new phone. That means sales of SIM cards.
Consider that we have both Firewire and USB, and that USB has four different kinds of connectors. It moves product!