SIM card swappin' and the early snap of iPhonation

So maybe, contrary to previous reports, you will be able to swap out that SIM card on your iPhone. Although, with all things Apple, they would prefer you only use what they give you. The official word is "Other SIM cards may not work." Most AT&T cards will probably work.

In other news:
For a quick peek backwards of only a few hours ago, check out

the first Flickr pics of an iPhone unboxed
The very first iPhone unboxing, complete with the box being gutted like a fish
Someone driving home with their iPhone in a state of bliss
Rocketboom already has an iPhone-ready page (neat!)
There's a Flickr set for pics taken with the iPhone

Hey, where are those pics? Anyway, that was all within the first hour of sales. We can't wait to see Linux running on this thing, or at least iPhone Doom.

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Mario Burkhardt

What I wanna know is can I drop a european sim in there and use functions like phone and sms, wifi without having the carrier depending parts like visiual voice massage?

June 30 2007 at 7:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ggolinsky

So if you activate it with your older sim... does it work?

June 30 2007 at 1:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tnkgrl

TUAW, read my findings on SIM compatibility here: http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/unboxing-the-apple-iphone/

Basically, it appears that the iPhone only accepts the SIM used during activation! Pretty crazy...

June 30 2007 at 5:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John Williams

Rocketboom's videos don't load.

June 29 2007 at 11:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ajmiarka

Seems like linking to my photoset has brought Flickr down... whoops. :-)

June 29 2007 at 10:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Carl

Andy -- I totally agree.. is this news? It's totally unclear what this is claiming.. can anyone fill me in..?

What I want to know (and I think this is what Andy was getting at) is can I buy an iphone, drop in my EXISTING AT&T latest generation SIM card, turn on my iphone, authenticate it over Itunes, and have it just work?

I.E. have my existing number..

I don't mind signing up for a service contract -- but I do like the simplicity of buying, dropping in my own sim, activating in itunes, and it just working..

Anyone have insight?

June 29 2007 at 10:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

andy

That has to be the worst headline you guys have done - talk about absolutely no info. Swapping SIM cards doesn't mean you can take out the one that's in it and replace it, it means you can take your existing SIM card that are already associated with an existing AT&T account and plug it into the phone and have it work.

June 29 2007 at 10:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Scott

How about a picture of someone waiting hours and hours for activation to complete?

June 29 2007 at 10:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply