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  • We employ a little black magic spudger to extract the SIM card tray.

  • Yesteryear's micro-SIM has given way to this year's nano-SIM. Next year: pico-SIMs?

  • And while it is glued in (boo), we are happy to see it as a modular component, separate from the logic board.

  • We'll call this a repairability-neutral finding.

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