If monopoly and charging high tariffs for usage are what Apple wants, they can simply work with a single carrier in a market to achieve them. Apple already had that control before.
Perhaps the more sound reason to go SIM-less is to reduce the barrier to switch, promote competition among mobile carriers and improve the whole user experience.
Don't forget that iPhone only works well with good mobile services. To Apple, the prices are easy to control but the quality of service is not. If virtual SIM is really coming, we could even expect a configuration that allows you to use different operators in different locations or for different purposes (data, voice call or SMS). I believe that this is what Apple is truly interested in.
I'd posit that reducing the barrier to switch doesn't improve the whole user experience. Granted Apple would staunchly disagree with me on that. But when I engage in a 2 year contract, that's on the carrier-side. I should be able to use whatever phone I want on that contract. I no longer use an iPhone, but I used to regularly pop the SIM out and put in an old flip phone if I thought I was going to do something that had a high likelihood of breaking my iPhone.
>Perhaps the more sound reason to go SIM-less is to reduce the barrier to switch, promote competition among mobile carriers and improve the whole user experience.
Perhaps the more sound reason to go SIM-less is to reduce the barrier to switch, promote competition among mobile carriers and improve the whole user experience.
Don't forget that iPhone only works well with good mobile services. To Apple, the prices are easy to control but the quality of service is not. If virtual SIM is really coming, we could even expect a configuration that allows you to use different operators in different locations or for different purposes (data, voice call or SMS). I believe that this is what Apple is truly interested in.