“A week after it announced that it had chosen the final standard for the new 4FF nano-SIM standard, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has finally updated the documentation on its website, confirming Apple’s nano-SIM proposal has not been altered in any way,” Matt Brian reports for TNW.
“When the original specification was announced, the dimensions of the new SIM exactly mirrored Apple’s design. However, Motorola and RIM submitted an amended variant of the 4FF standard, which borrowed heavily from Apple’s original submission and used the same form factor, bar a small notch in the side used for locking it in place,” Brian reports.
Brian reports, “However, in the 181 page report published today, ETSI sets out the specification in its entirety — and it’s Apple’s design that won out.”
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MacDailyNews Take: What Apple wants, Apple gets. To the victor belong the spoils.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
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