Silly question...

poodledoodledoo

Want to buy my husband a new pay and go handset for his birthday but he needs to be able to use his current sim card in it. The sim card is ancient. There shouldn't be a problem putting his old sim into a brand new phone should there? They will be on the same network (o2).

I know it sounds like a daft question but I don't want to waste my money buying a phone only to discover that it won't accept his sim!

Browntoa

should be no problem at all

don't forget to do this

http://www.o2.co.uk/mobilestariffs/tariffs/paygo/upgradepaygotrade

Upgrade with us and we’ll reward your loyalty by giving you 10% of the value of your top-ups as call time worth up to £200 or 5% as discount off a new handset up to £100. Based on top ups over the last 18 months or since connection or your last upgrade whichever is the most recent. It’s up to you how you take it! So, the more you top-up, the more you receive!

• Call 2210 from your NEW mobile, using the NEW SIM card
• Enter your authorisation code and record your name and address when prompted
• Once you’ve accepted and confirmed your upgrade request you’ll be given a confirmation code for your records
• Now insert your EXISTING SIM card into the new mobile.
• Your free calltime credit will be automatically added to your new mobile after 14 days, and confirmed by text message.

Sagz_2

Weren't the really old sim cards bigger than the ones we have now?

poodledoodledoo

Thanks folks. It was actually the age of the sim that bothers me the most. It must be about 6 years old!

poodledoodledoo

Norbertsmum wrote: »

Weren't the really old sim cards bigger than the ones we have now?

How old are we talking here?

DonnyDave

poodledoodledoo wrote: »

Thanks folks. It was actually the age of the sim that bothers me the most. It must be about 6 years old!

If it is a Pay&Go or U SIM in a Philips C12 or the older Diga, then I think you will be out of luck. What model is the phone?

That said, did they not discountinue C12s/Digas earlier this year?

espresso

poodledoodledoo wrote: »

Want to buy my husband a new pay and go handset for his birthday but he needs to be able to use his current sim card in it. The sim card is ancient. There shouldn't be a problem putting his old sim into a brand new phone should there? They will be on the same network (o2).

If you buy a replacement O2 PAYG handset, you won't have to use this ancient SIM, as the existing account (number/credit) can be associated with the new SIM on registration. The new SIM may have a larger capacity for numbers/texts etc. and extra features.

poodledoodledoo

The sim is the same size as a normal modern one.
The reason we can't simply transfer the number is that the sim carries a one-off bolt on which enables my husband to send a couple of hundred free texts every month for life. He would obviously lose these if he used the new sim card and transferred the number.
Is it the case that the old sim would restrict the use of any new calling features which the new phone may have?

Forgot to mention that this particular sim is currently being used in a 2003 Nokia 3650 without any problems.

diamonds

old sim will work fine in any o2/unlocked mobile, your husband is on the old BT cellnet platform and yes transferring to a new sim that is on newer o2 platform is not available as different platforms have different payg/contract plans - hold on sim to it for dear life ! because o2 are bar-stewards not programming newer o2 system with old plans cos they want you off it onto a plan that makes them £ not loses them £, business is business fair enough but loyalty...NIL POINT

DonnyDave

poodledoodledoo wrote: »

Forgot to mention that this particular sim is currently being used in a 2003 Nokia 3650 without any problems.

In which case it will work in any of today's phones.

Some really early pay as you go SIMs had to be used with the handset they came with, but that was when it was the O2 network was branded Cellnet and BT Cellnet.

espresso

poodledoodledoo wrote: »

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The reason we can't simply transfer the number is that the sim carries a one-off bolt on which enables my husband to send a couple of hundred free texts every month for life. He would obviously lose these if he used the new sim card and transferred the number.
Is it the case that the old sim would restrict the use of any new calling features which the new phone may have?

I don't see why that has to be the case on O2. I have done similar upgrades on Orange with old unavailable texts for life add-ons and ring fenced tariffs with absolutely no problems. Are you saying that if this "texts for life" SIM went faulty, they would not provide a replacement?