Micro seems to be Apple not small enough. So, you can suggest at least the efforts of the Californian company. Because a Reuters report according to working with the iPhone manufacturer still on a new solution for the SIM.

Only last year change Apple the requirements of the chip card, in the fourth generation iPhone and the iPad 1 and 2 only so-called micro-SIM cards can be used. According to the French mobile phone provider orange the competent European telecommunications standards has included a proposal of Apple’s Institute (ETSI), which provides for a smaller show.

In this endeavour, Apple is supported by some European providers, the motivation for this is unknown. The goal is to be able to construct even thinner phones. Until the first devices with the appropriate interface on the market come, it will still take, orange is based of the coming year.

End of October 2010 we also reported that Apple would work on a new SIM card together with the Dutch specialist Gemalto. In contrast to the chips used today, the new development envisaged to make the provider data required for the operation of interchangeable. You would have can, handle the distribution through the mobile phone companies which led to an outcry within the industry.