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(@trewmte)
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AT&T iPhone 4

Apparently, the SIM card and SIM tray were the only user-serviceable parts in the AT&T iPhone 4, but iPhone does not now contain any user-serviceable parts, according to Apple.

What no SIM reads? Come on US members, tell me this is not so for AT&T iPhone?

Updated with this photo as this is an image I was looking at when I heard about AT&T iPhone 4.


   
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(@agolding)
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this website http//www.macnn.com/articles/07/06/28/iphone.return.and.repair/ appears to say they can be removed, i think apple are going for a virtual sim altogether. Being in the uk im not entirely sure of CDMA phones but i know they dont have SIM cards? How much data is actually stored on the SIM card? i imagine not a tonne.


   
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(@trewmte)
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Thanks agolding for your reply. I see the article is dated 2007 but I did think iPhone 4 was out in that year.

I have added the photo above of an iPhone SIM and gate for the reasons stated.


   
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(@agolding)
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ah right didnt notice the date, are you saying the at&t iphone has no servicable parts? im sure a new cdma iphone was released on verizon so wouldnt have a SIM card? for that reason there wont be a sim card i believe. Although as i said they want to remove the need for a sim altogether anyway so it may not be long until this is started, and it only takes apple to do it for others to follow suit.


   
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(@alexc)
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http//www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4-Verizon-Teardown/4693/1

Here's the iFixit teardown for the Verizon iPhone4. Usefully most of the screen shots compare it to the standard (at&t?) handset.

On page 2 you can see that the Verizon one doesn't have a SIM slot at all - so CDMA only. Interestingly they identify the Qualcomm MDM6600 on the board which supports GSM and CDMA - so the handset has the hardware to support both - well, apart from not having a slot for the SIM!


   
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http//www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4-Verizon-Teardown/4693/1

Here's the iFixit teardown for the Verizon iPhone4. Usefully most of the screen shots compare it to the standard (at&t?) handset.

On page 2 you can see that the Verizon one doesn't have a SIM slot at all - so CDMA only. Interestingly they identify the Qualcomm MDM6600 on the board which supports GSM and CDMA - so the handset has the hardwear to support both - well, apart from not having a slot for the SIM!

My understanding is that the Verizon version of the iPhone 4 has a different antenna design which limits it to only be used on the CDMA network.


   
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