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Old 23-02-2013, 12:08   #1
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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?

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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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Old 23-02-2013, 12:21   #2
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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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Old 23-02-2013, 12:35   #3
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it is awful they charge. I cut my daughters down myself
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Old 23-02-2013, 15:34   #4
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[/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.
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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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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Old 23-02-2013, 20:47   #6
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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.
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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Re: Micro sim card - Sorted.

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it is awful they charge. I cut my daughters down myself
I cut my own card down using instructions here; http://www.thechinacellphone.com/micro_sim_template.pdf
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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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I can't understand why the Samsung s3 uses a micro sim, the phone isn't exactly small.
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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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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they should not be charging for these
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The space left by the smaller SIM on the S3 has been fit by nothing but air and plastic filler.
Ah ok. Maybe for Samsung it was simply to make it easier for iPhone customers to swap?
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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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I also agree they shouldn't be chargeable,
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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