Before iPhone 5, Chinese Prepare to Cut SIM Cards

Just after Apple announced its new iPhone, the iPhone 5 yesterday, a type of “cutter” that can make old SIM cards compatible with it appeared online in China.

An iPhone 7 in an undated file photo. A Michigan mother saw theft charges related to her taking her daughter's iPhone dropped on Sept. 18, 2018. Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images

New technology for the iPhone 5? No problem, the Chinese are ready for it.

Just after Apple announced its new iPhone, the iPhone 5 yesterday, a type of “cutter” that can turn Micro-SIMs to Nano-SIMs appeared on Taobao, China’s version of ebay.