All modern iPhones and iPads now use nano-SIM cards. Unfortunately, this can be a bit of a problem for anyone switching from an older device, because the nano-SIM is much smaller than the micro-SIMs ...

So let’s say you’re really excited to get a new iPhone 5, but unlike the average buyer, you’re getting an unlocked one straight from Apple, and you’re champing at the bit to bring it to your carrier.

One of the originators of the SIM standard has designed a new “nano-SIM” that’s considerably smaller than the micro-SIM it hopes to replace. One of the originators of the SIM standard has designed a ...

Most of us feel the average Subscriber Identity Module card is too small for our sausage-like digits, device makers loathe giving up that amount of space to an oversized plastic rectangle. Efforts to ...

A new, smaller SIM card, dubbed nano-SIM, will free up room for additional memory and larger batteries, helping phone vendors create thinner devices, German company Giesecke & Devrient said on Friday.