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iPhone 4 sim help!

Hello,
My sister is thinking of upgrading to the Iphone 4s on a different network and she is thinking of giving me her old Iphone4. I am currently on a different network (pay as you go) then her old iphone 4. Is there way a I can keep my old number?

Hope this make sense!
=)

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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    Two possibilities:
    a) order a PAYG sim card for iPhone from the network your sister is on and port your number from your network to the new sim.
    b) If the phone is unlocked (unlock it if it isn't) order a replacement micro-sim from your network or cut your existing sim to a micro-size and use it in iPhone

    As iPhone is known to eat loads of mobile data, generally PAYG is not a good option with very few exceptions like giffgaff.
    The third possibility is to switch to some other network with data-friendly sim-only contact or PAYG.
  • pingu
    pingu Posts: 1,467 Forumite
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    my son is using giffgaff micro sim in my tesco iphone4 just over 2 weeks now no problem
    Honesty is the best policy doesn't matter which web site
    you are on!

    if i had known then what i know now!

    a bargain is only a bargain if you really need it!
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