In theory you could go back to around ~1992 and still make calls/SMS. You can't backdate the clock so I don't know. Not sure if iPhone can do 90s degraded resolution civilian GPS. You'd also need SIM cutter and I'm not sure how those standards have changed over years. Followers?https://twitter.com/DANGEROUS_media/status/979359662758858758 …
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GPS and GSM should work fine, given a suitable SIM. Cutting SIMs is easy and I don't see why it would be any harder with a vintage SIM. SMS should work fine. Not sure if the iPhone supports retro style CSD data (pre GPRS) though. You might be stuck without any Internet access.
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I'm sure it wouldn't support circuit-switched data. You might have trouble with a 5V SIM card, but I haven't tested that. Also, older SIM cards might be physically too big to cut down to nano size.
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SIM cards were originally full size smartcards ("chip and pin" credit card format) but even then, and even with 8 contact form factors, you can usually cut right through part of the contact area without an issue. The actual IC is a small portion in the middle.
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