23-02-2013, 12:08
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Micro sim card - Sorted.
Hi guys,
Just bought a Samsung Galaxy 3 and found out that it takes a micro sim card. I have a normal Virgin sim card in my current Galaxy 2, will Virgin supply me with a micro sim if I ask nicely?
Ta.
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Well the answer is yes. Spoke to a very nice lady and she's sending me one for 5 quid. A satisfied VM customer yet again.
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23-02-2013, 12:21
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
hi
I just bought a htc windows phone (on contract) and was given a micro sim for free and instructions on how to register it once my contacts were moved over
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23-02-2013, 12:35
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
it is awful they charge. I cut my daughters down myself
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23-02-2013, 15:34
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
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Originally Posted by ThunderPants73
[/COLOR]Well the answer is yes. Spoke to a very nice lady and she's sending me one for 5 quid. A satisfied VM customer yet again.
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I'd phone back and get that refunded - there isn't a charge to go from a normal SIM to a micro or nano one.
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23-02-2013, 16:20
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
Really? - When I phoned I got a flat 'NO' When I asked for a micro sim - so I bought a cutting thingy off ebay.
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23-02-2013, 20:47
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
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Really? - When I phoned I got a flat 'NO' When I asked for a micro sim - so I bought a cutting thingy off ebay.
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Depends when you asked - they only got introduced for swaps end of last year http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...s/td-p/1603418
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23-02-2013, 21:04
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
cheers
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25-02-2013, 01:09
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
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it is awful they charge. I cut my daughters down myself
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I cut my own card down using instructions here; http://www.thechinacellphone.com/micro_sim_template.pdf
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25-02-2013, 23:56
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
I cut my regular sim down and it works okay but for 5 quid I might as well have a proper one. I just downloaded a pdf template, grabbed a pair of scissors and a pencil and went to work. LUCKILY I tried it with an old Orange sim card first and did it back to front! Then I got my brain in gear and did it properly.
I can't understand why the Samsung s3 uses a micro sim, the phone isn't exactly small.
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But it is smooth, fast, and silky to the touch, and awesome, finally, I have found a worthy replacement for my beloved Blackberry.
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26-02-2013, 10:46
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
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I can't understand why the Samsung s3 uses a micro sim, the phone isn't exactly small.
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iPhone 5 uses a nano-SIM which is even smaller than a micro SIM.
I would expect you can fit a fair bit of stuff into the space left by the smaller SIM
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26-02-2013, 15:16
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
The space left by the smaller SIM on the S3 has been fit by nothing but air and plastic filler.
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26-02-2013, 16:06
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
they should not be charging for these
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26-02-2013, 16:38
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
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The space left by the smaller SIM on the S3 has been fit by nothing but air and plastic filler.
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Ah ok. Maybe for Samsung it was simply to make it easier for iPhone customers to swap?
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26-02-2013, 17:48
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
Perhaps, or the general Apple pushes a standard and everyone has to follow it or get left behind...
I also agree they shouldn't be chargeable, Orange once tried charging me £15 for a SIM that didn't do what I wanted anyway, I went and ordered 4 free SIMs off the web :-/
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26-02-2013, 17:53
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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.
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I also agree they shouldn't be chargeable,
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Well the brief has gone out again to staff to remind them going from a mini SIM to a micro/nano SIM isn't chargeable
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