With the introduction of eSIM, Apple bid farewell to the traditional physical SIM card. Now, your phone number is transferred through a digital, non-physical SIM card embedded within your device. The ...

Your phone's SIM card allows the device to make calls, send texts, and connect to the internet. The SIM card provides a phone number that identifies your device on the carrier's network, whether it's ...

The sim card that exists inside your phone is what connects your phone to your specific cellular network. For most of us we might not even realize it’s there. When we get a new phone from our carrier, ...

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Once you’ve activated your iPhone with your carrier, it should continue to work on the cellular network without any problems as long as you’re within range of a tower. Nevertheless, the vagaries of ...