Sekunesikhathi eside kukhulunywa nge-eSIM, okuyi-SIM khadi engase isenze singabe sisaba nekhadi ukuze silifake ku-smartphone. Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi lokhu ngeke kusungulwe ngokuphelele kuze kube ngu-2019.
Ngaphandle kwe-eSIM kuze kube ngu-2019
Yize bekuvele kukhulunywa ngonyaka owedlule ukuthi enye i-smartphone esezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu, njenge-iPhone 7, yayine-eSIM, iqiniso liwukuthi ayizange. I-eSIM yayizofika ukuze sikhohlwe ngokufaka i-SIM khadi kumakhalekhukhwini lapho siyithenga. Ama-smartphone angaba ne-chip esebenza njenge-SIM ebonakalayo futhi kuzodingeka singene ku-akhawunti yethu yomsebenzisi ehambisanayo ukuze sikwazi ukusebenzisa i-smartphone. Ubuchwepheshe sebuvele bukhona, futhi i-Samsung Gear S3, isibonelo, isivele inale eSIM. Nokho, omakhalekhukhwini abakabi nabo ubuchwepheshe obunjalo.
Eqinisweni, ngokusho kokuhlaziywa, ngeke kuze kube ngu-2019 lapho lobu buchwepheshe buzoqala ukufika buhlanganiswe kuma-smartphones athengiswa kakhulu. Kukholakala ukuthi i-smartphone ene-SIM khadi ebonakalayo ingafika ngonyaka ozayo, kodwa ngeke ibe yinoma yimaphi ama-smartphones abakhiqizi abakhulu emakethe.
I-Apple, i-Samsung neHuawei yibona abanqumayo
Ukhiye we-eSIM ekugcineni ufinyelele emakethe yama-smartphone uzoncika kubakhiqizi abathathu abakhulu. Ngokusho kokuhlaziywa, lapho omunye walaba abathathu ethula i-smartphone enhle nge-eSIM, abanye abakhiqizi abakhulu nabo bazokwenza. Bese-ke bonke abanye abakhiqizi abangabalulekile kangako. Ngakho-ke, noma ngabe i-Apple, i-Samsung, noma i-Huawei, leyo eyethula ifulegi ngekhadi elibonakalayo, khona-ke abanye abakhiqizi ababili bazoyethula. Sekuyisikhathi eside sikholelwa ukuthi kuzoba u-Apple, ongakaze athande ukuhlanganisa i-tray ye-SIM khadi ku-smartphone. Kepha abakayifaki i-eSIM kuselula yabo eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Ngakho-ke, noma yimuphi kulaba abathathu angaba owokuqala kubakhiqizi abakhulu ukufaka i-eSIM. Kodwa noma kunjalo, kuze kube u-2019 sizoqhubeka ngaphandle kwale SIM khadi ebonakalayo. Futhi lokho naphezu kokuthi ubuchwepheshe bubonakala bulungile kusukela ngonyaka odlule.
