China's four major operators do not support the American version of Apple iPhone 14 / Pro series: there is no mobile eSIM business, consumers are cautious to buy

CTOnews.com, Sept. 8 (Xinhua)-- at the Far Out launch in the early hours of this morning, Apple released the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, retaining most of the iPhone 13 design-including bangs grooves for mobile selfie cameras and Face ID sensors. Apple also introduced the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, equipped with "Smart Island" pill screens to display alerts and background activities, brighter displays and AOD message screens, A16 bionic chips, new color options, and more.

It is important to note, however, that Apple's American iPhone 14 series has become very radical, completely eliminating the physical SIM tray, using all eSIM technology, and switching to eSIM cards supported by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.

However, for Chinese operators, there has been no mobile phone eSIM service, so the American version of iPhone 14 series will face the problem of being unable to use cellular network in China. Some foreign students said that the American version of iPhone 14 does not have a card slot, so it is impossible to insert a physical SIM card if they return home. In this regard, the four major domestic operators China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, China Radio and Television all said that they do not support mobile phone eSIM business, consumers need to consider buying clearly. According to Apple's official website, the national version of the iPhone 14 series will be equipped with two nanoSIM card slots and will continue to use physical SIM cards.

However, the American version of iPhone 14 may require the following extended SIM card slot accessories to solve the problem (joking):

CTOnews.com learned that eSIM is an embedded SIM card, which is called Embedded-SIM in English. ESIM transforms a pluggable physical SIM card into a virtual SIM card, which is embedded directly into the device chip, providing identification for each terminal device and enabling it to access the operator's network.

ESIM can further save space inside the phone and make room for processors, batteries and other components. But eSIM to change the mobile phone number is more troublesome, need to go to the business hall or use another mobile phone to scan the code and other operations can be replaced.