Globe Telecoms released this photo this afternoon. Confirming that nano-SIM are now available in all Globe stores beginning today.
Shown in photo is Globe subscriber Maria Salud Sison receiving her Nano-SIM from Globe store specialist Gilbert Calalay.
The Nano-SIMs are new generation subscriber identity module (SIM) cards for the latest generation of smartphones running on the most modern mobile network technologies. The Nano-SIM measures 12.3 millimeters wide, 8.8 millimeters high and 0.67 millimeters thick, or about 40% smaller than the Micro-SIM.
“We have ordered as much as 5x more Nano-SIMs than our usual SIM orders as we anticipate high demand from our subscribers, especially when smartphones running on Nano-SIMs are offered to the market,” said Martha Sazon, Head of Globe Postpaid.
The Globe Nano-SIM is free for new and existing postpaid subscribers while new prepaid subscribers can avail of the Nano-SIM for only P40.
With the nano-SIM in stores now, what the customer will wait in anticipation is the iPhone 5 which was initially sold in the gray market for P47,000.
We have no pricing for the iPhone 5 as far as the telco is concerned.
