摘要 |
The invention provides an apparatus, for example, a portable telephone, which includes a chip card reader that has a connector which can be brought into contact with the contact pads of an integrated circuit present on a chip card of a first format called full-SIM format, which apparatus further includes a removable casing intended for being fixed in the operating position facing the chip card reader, and finally includes an adapter that makes it possible to insert and read a chip card of a second format called micro-SIM format, charactrized in that the removable casing contains the adapter which has a recess for receiving a chip card of the micro-SIM format, in that the removable casing contains a positioning device for holding the chip card of the micro-SIM format in position in the recess, and in that the recess and the positioning device have a configuration so that the contact pads of the integrated circuit which is present on the micro-SIM card are placed opposite the connector of the chip card reader after said card has been inserted.
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