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ZollyMonsta

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#66784 23-Aug-2010 17:25

Has everyone here (or a few) gone down the 'cut my current full size sim down to mini sim size' without ruining the sim card?

Just wondering how successful this usually is.. or wether I should go buy a $13 sim cutter off Deal Extreme?

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#371713 23-Aug-2010 18:00

Or just have it swapped to micro SIM.

p/s: Full SIM is credit card size, mini SIM is the current widely used SIM card, and micro SIM is the one used by iPhone 4 and iPad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscriber_Identity_Module#Card_sizes

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#371721 23-Aug-2010 18:07

chiefie: Or just have it swapped to micro SIM.

p/s: Full SIM is credit card size, mini SIM is the current widely used SIM card, and micro SIM is the one used by iPhone 4 and iPad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscriber_Identity_Module#Card_sizes

Hmm I suppose I could, but I am buying outright from Apple and I am on prepay. Surely Vodafone only swap out to microsim for on account?

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#371736 23-Aug-2010 18:25

Hmm.. Isn't the swap for prepaid for $30? And that is also to make sure you got the latest SIM version as well.

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#371766 23-Aug-2010 19:14

Ah ok.. thanks...

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