Silly question re sim

pjran

I've had my mobile phone for years and thought I would treat myself to an update. I assume not all sims are the same size. How can you tell if your sim is likely to fit another phone and different make and model?

Please be gentle as I have no idea.

bryanb

Your provider should be able to change your SIM for any size you need, keeping your number of course.

barmonkey

or you can cut it to fit

pjran

bryanb wrote: »

Your provider should be able to change your SIM for any size you need, keeping your number of course.

Thank you I didn't know they would do that. I'll ask them tomorrow.

How do I know what size, is it printed inside the phone? I haven't bought the new phone yet.

Biggles

pjran wrote: »

Thank you I didn't know they would do that. I'll ask them tomorrow.

How do I know what size, is it printed inside the phone? I haven't bought the new phone yet.

They'll know. Or just google the model number.

macman

There are only 3 sizes: standard, micro, and nano.
The former two cover most phones, the iPhone 5 being the main user of nano SIM's.
But, as above, since your current provider wants to retain your business, they will happily provide the size you need.

InsideInsurance

barmonkey wrote: »

or you can cut it to fit

Dont think you can cut a standard or micro to fit a nano sim slot. Certainly you can cut down a standard sim to fit a micro slot.

Inner_Zone

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Dont think you can cut a standard or micro to fit a nano sim slot. Certainly you can cut down a standard sim to fit a micro slot.

You can recently done it, but its tricky.

wildheart1979

Contact your network and they will send you a new sim out. Then you just need to call them to perform a simswap.


Failing that, upgrade through a networks retail shop and they should be able to do this in store for you.

Yorkie1

Out of interest, if you do swap Sim size as outlined above, do you lose stuff stored on the old one when you ask the provider to do a sim swap?

RumRat

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Out of interest, if you do swap Sim size as outlined above, do you lose stuff stored on the old one when you ask the provider to do a sim swap?

No you don't lose anything, the chip is where it's all stored and that remains unchanged. It's just cardboard you lose.
If you do want it cutting, go to any of the small mobile market stores or independents and they will have a cutting tool that does the job in nano seconds. My local one doesn't even charge for the service. It also leaves you with the residue which you can use to put the smaller sim back into a normal phone......So, it's not tricky and a lot quicker than relying on your provider and swapping the number over...