News Summary

• Apple announced its new thin iPhone 17 Air on Tuesday at its annual hardware event.
• The company said that this device will have only eSIM support all across the world.
• “We pioneered eSIM years ago, and now it’s an industry standard, and compared to that, decades-old piece of plastic, eSIM is so much easier to use, has better security, and saves precious space inside the iPhone,” Apple said during the keynote.
• Apple opted to ditch physical SIMs for eSIMs for iPhones sold in the U.S. in 2022.