For many years, mobile phones received cellular service through a physical SIM (subscriber identity module) card that connected your handset to your phone carrier. These physical SIM cards made it ...

If you’ve purchased a new cell phone in the past decade or so, you’re probably already familiar with the SIM—the little thumbnail-sized card that’s used to connect to your your carrier’s cellular ...

The digital version of the SIM card, included on many newer phones, is set to become prevalent. It also offers affordable cellular data abroad. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

SIM cards have been an integral yet forgettable aspect of owning a smartphone over the past few decades. For most users, the SIM card defines the basic commercial relationship they have with their ...

The eSIM standard was introduced in 2016, slowly gaining support as a secondary option in smartphones. Rather than holding ...

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These two ways of connecting your phone to a cellular network are very different. We tell you about each and how you can switch from one to another. I started my career with CNET all the way back in ...