Iwasawa 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

heh, Apple messed up their tech specs pages: the US iPhone 15 has no SIM card tray, yet it's present in the illustration, and the EU iPhone 15 has a SIM card tray, but it's not present in the illustration!

β¬…πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ https://apple.com/iphone-15/specs
βž‘πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ(πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί) https://apple.com/se/iphone-15/specs

illustration of an iPhone 15 Plus with a SIM card tray illustration of an iPhone 15 Plus with no SIM card tray

Iwasawa 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

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(this is the case at the time of writing, but i'm sure they'll fix it soon enough, so don't @ me when they do)

Iwasawa 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

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oh, i have been told this is actually the 5G antenna window??? why would that differ between regions

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Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

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@hikari different antenna to match the bands regionally licensed for 5G operation, most likely.

Iwasawa 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

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@gsuberland it's the lack of mmWave apparently

Iwasawa 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

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oh they only have mmWave support on the US model. i see. well that's interesting!

Saagar Jha

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@hikari Hmm so what you’re telling me is I should buy the Swedish model

Iwasawa 🌟 (one hikari of too many)

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@saagar unironically yes, fuck eSIMs. if i lived in the US and was interested in buying a new iPhone, i'd import

Saagar Jha

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@hikari Ok well that too