17ronin

Then there’s also this:
“… a two-design standard could result. In other words, different phones could use entirely different SIM designs, a nightmare for everyone involved — manufacturers, carriers, and consumers alike.”
So any company could ‘go at it alone’ if it convinced the governing body that a multi-design standard is acceptable.

But as far as I understand it the creators of the original SIM standards and the carriers support Apple, not Moto/Rim/Nokia i.e. Apple’s camp does seem to have wide(er) industry support than the other camp which are basically just 3 failing phone manufacturers. In short – Apple doesn’t need to go at it alone, Nokia/RIM/Moto would have to and as you point out it would be very hard to say the least.

I really don’t know what the problem is, Apple is the only one that can enforce it’s own standards (too many loyal and satisfied customers, too much momentum in the market) and this time they even have the carriers on their side. So what’s the point in going against them?

I think the tray option is acctually easier to handle and more elegant. With these tiny cards it’s easier to insert them into a tray correctly and then into (and out of) a device (if it fits snugly and nicely from the outside).

Even with a microSD card (which is closer to RIM/Nokia/Moto proposal) it’s sometimes hard to hold it and insert it the corect way or then get it out by presing onto the card so it jumps out,… cumbersome and not elegant to me.