As reported by MacrRumours with reference to igen.fr, the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro will be sold in France without a SIM card tray. This means smartphones will only support eSIM.

If the SIM tray is removed in France, it may not be available on smartphones designed for some other European countries, as Apple usually sells an iPhone model in most European countries.

For example, the iPhone 14 Pro model A2890 sold in France is also sold in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and dozens of countries. other countries

Apple removed the SIM card tray from all iPhone 14 models in the US last September, forcing customers to use eSIM, which allows users to activate a data plan without using a physical SIM card. Apple advertises that eSIMs are more secure than physical SIM cards, as they cannot be removed from a lost or stolen iPhone. iPhone 13 and newer models can have two eSIM cards active at the same time.