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vetinari on April 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: My Sony "smart" TV has updated itself and tried to...

And you have to 'activate' an iOS device with a SIM card. No such need for any android device.

dep_b on April 1, 2018 | [–]

Clearly not the case for Apple TV, which is the product being discussed here. See:

https://www.apple.com/shop/question/answers/readonly/tag/app...

The only device that requires a SIM is an iPhone for obvious reasons.

digi_owl on April 1, 2018 | [–]

And Apple is in the forefront of pushing for a integrated "SIM", effectively going back to the CDMA days...

mclehman on April 1, 2018 | [–]

Would this be similar to the eSIM in my Pixel 2 XL?

ChickeNES on April 2, 2018 | | [–]

Yes

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