I’m no longer surprised when something disappears from a new phone. I watched removable batteries and headphone jacks disappear, and I didn’t really blink because they’d already been replaced by quicker charging and more reliable Bluetooth headphones.
Now, though, the SIM tray has become an endangered species, and I’m worried about growing pains. It still exists on Samsung’s Galaxy series and all of Motorola’s latest launches, but Apple and Google have started leaving it behind. As a reviewer, it’s starting to cause me all kinds of headaches, and something needs to change.