<story><title>iPad Air 2</title><url>http://www.apple.com/ipad-air-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kaolinite</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m surprised nobody is talking about the Apple SIM which personally I feel is one of the most incredible features they&amp;#x27;ve shipped this year: no more SIM cards, just pick the carrier you want in the Settings app and you&amp;#x27;re signed up. Fed up with them? Switch carrier in an instant. Going abroad? Switch to a local carrier. Just wow. I really hope they bring this to iPhone.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-air-2/wireless/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;uk&amp;#x2F;ipad-air-2&amp;#x2F;wireless&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; (near the bottom, search for &amp;quot;Apple SIM&amp;quot;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eloisant</author><text>With a regular SIM, I can put any SIM from any carrier, and they don&amp;#x27;t have to be blessed by Apple.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not going to let go this freedom, thank you. I&amp;#x27;d rather have a physical operation to do than give even more control to Apple.</text></comment>
<story><title>iPad Air 2</title><url>http://www.apple.com/ipad-air-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kaolinite</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m surprised nobody is talking about the Apple SIM which personally I feel is one of the most incredible features they&amp;#x27;ve shipped this year: no more SIM cards, just pick the carrier you want in the Settings app and you&amp;#x27;re signed up. Fed up with them? Switch carrier in an instant. Going abroad? Switch to a local carrier. Just wow. I really hope they bring this to iPhone.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/uk/ipad-air-2/wireless/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.apple.com&amp;#x2F;uk&amp;#x2F;ipad-air-2&amp;#x2F;wireless&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; (near the bottom, search for &amp;quot;Apple SIM&amp;quot;)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Matoso</author><text>On the other hand I&amp;#x27;m grandfathered in to an unlimited data plan, If the Apple SIM isn&amp;#x27;t a swappable card I doubt I&amp;#x27;d be able to get unlimited with it.&lt;p&gt;For that matter I&amp;#x27;m also not seeing verizon listed as a participating provider, which seems to be cutting out a previously supported demographic.</text></comment>