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Apart from needing to accommodate a standard SIM slot im curious BTW why the main GSM module is so big given what is crammed into a phone these days. Would a GSM 5 be able to be made at a fraction of the size and cost, i wonder?
My answer is that reducing the size does not necessarily reduce the cost of a device, unless there is very large volume as in the case with phones. Modern phones must be thin and light, since they have to fit in a shirt pocket, but a UCM/GSM does not need to be small and thin so there is little to be gained from reducing the size. A micro or nano sim holder could be used in place of the standard size SIM holder, but that consideration is based on the ease of handling a standard size SIM vs micro or nano sims and inserting it into the holder.
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