Does the new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro in Canada still have physical SIM card slots? The answer once again is yes.
Back when Apple launched the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, the company eliminated the physical SIM card tray in the USA, to focus on eSIM. But at the time, all iPhone 14 series models retained the physical SIM tray in Canada, as did last year’s iPhone 15 series models as well.
With iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, the physical SIM tray remains in Canada. Why? Likely because while Rogers, Telus and Bell do support eSIMs, it seems we’re not quite ready just yet to ditch the physical SIM card slot. Come on, this is Canada—things happen slowly.
Once again, taking a look at the marketing images on Apple.ca, you can see the physical SIM card slot on images of the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, as it’s pretty obvious.
You can pre-order the iPhone 16 series lineup this Friday, September 13 at 5am PDT/8am EDT. They will launch one week later on September 20, 2024.
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I think we can all blame Vidéotron for this.
“Blame” like having a physical SIM card slot is a bad thing or negatively impacts your phone in any way?
The Canadian model is the same model used in a variety of other countries as well, including Japan.
Videotron has absolutely nothing to do with the iPhone’s SIM card slot.
Do you work for Pierre Karl Péladeau?
Having a physical SIM slot is not a bad thing however Vidéotron is the only company to not support eSIM which also means no Apple Watch support.
Ohhh is that what this article is about? Some places in Canada can’t even sign up for Videotron… but they can sign up for their subsidiary Freedom… which does support Apple Watch.
I still don’t understand why you think Videotron is why Apple didn’t release an iPhone without a sim slot, or why that affects anybody. Videotron not supporting Apple Watches is nothing to do with anything.