iPhone Air gains a SIM slot through impressive mod
Apple sells the iPhone Air as an eSIM-only device worldwide, but a team in China has shown that hardware limits are negotiable. Modders at an electronics shop in Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei market have reworked the phone to add a physical SIM tray beside the USB‑C port.
To make room, they removed the original Taptic Engine and installed a smaller vibration motor that keeps basic haptic feedback. The freed-up space fit a SIM card reader, wired into the phone’s internals. Details are thin and this is clearly a one-off hack, not a consumer product, but it shows that physical SIM support can be forced back into Apple’s eSIM-only design with enough skill and willingness to compromise on other components.
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