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No Charger, No Jack, No Sim: Everything the Phone Lost to Become a Smartphone

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For a little more than two decades, the mobile phone underwent a silent but radical transformation. In its career towards sophistication, thinness and “premium experience”, it was stripped of pieces that for years seemed indispensable. First the physical keyboards disappeared, then the chargers in the box, the hearing aid hole, the slot for the memory card and now, in full transition to the eSIM, even the SIM card threatens to become a vestige o…
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For a little more than two decades, the mobile phone underwent a silent but radical transformation. In its career towards sophistication, thinness and “premium experience”, it was stripped of pieces that for years seemed indispensable. First the physical keyboards disappeared, then the chargers in the box, the hearing aid hole, the slot for the memory card and now, in full transition to the eSIM, even the SIM card threatens to become a vestige o…

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Expansion broke the news in on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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