Mobile phone with an SIM card being installed between a keypad supporting plate and a circuit board

Abstract

A mobile phone with a keypad supporting plate and a circuit board includes at least a subscriber identity module (SIM) card connector, wherein the SIM card connector is installed between the keypad supporting plate and the circuit board and is electrically connected to the circuit board. Moreover, such mobile phone can further include a plurality of SIM card connectors wherein these SIM card connectors are installed between the keypad supporting plate and the circuit board and are electrically connected to the circuit board. By means of control software, such mobile phone selects one SIM card connector from among several and makes the selected one enabled. In practice, a mobile phone can be equipped with a slot on its lateral side through which an SIM card can be connected to or disconnected from an SIM card connector.

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