[stavros]

Phones can call 112 without a SIM, so it might work, though I haven't tried it.

[ctm92]

I thought this was removed due to abuse taking place with such phones

[stavros]

Oh hm, I don't know, and I didn't want to try by placing spurious emergency calls.

[namibj]

Try next time you see an emergency that you can call in, to pop your sim first. At least if it's not one where seconds count.