March 7, 2006

3 To Glue SIM Cards Into Phones

by Guy Brighton

In some obscure way to fight mobile phone re-sales, mobile telecom giant is turning to epoxy resin to stick the SIM cards of pre-paid user phones in permanently!

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2 Responses to “3 To Glue SIM Cards Into Phones”

  1. mizubitchy
    Posted from: 62.8.196.210

    March 7th, 2006 at 11:48 am

    Didn’t we have this already a couple of years ago with the “simlocked” Phones which would work for the first year or two only with the providers you bought the phone with? Somehow the providers have stopped that and you can use your contract phone with any simcard. no big deal. ebay happiness. Glue.. errh.

  2. Caymag | Tecnologia, Viaggi, Moda e Tendenze
    Posted from: 65.39.217.72

    March 8th, 2006 at 1:28 pm

    Passo a Vodafone

    Nel Regno Unito 3 incollerà le SIM card ai telefonini di fascia bassa per evitare che i suoi clienti li rivendano allestero per trarne un profitto personale.
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    3, UK, Mobile
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