Apple patents a SIM you can't remove

[Archean]

Apple has been awarded a US patent on an embedded SIM capable of switching between mobile network operators under command from Cupertino, assuming the operators comply. The patent places an embedded SIM within the secure element which one would expect to see managing electronic payments, which is why it was spotted by NFC World.

 

[slh28]

First of all it's a non-removable battery. Then the micro-sim. Then this?