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You’ve just bought yourself an iPhone – welcome to the club! However, while you thought you’d just be able to pop your existing SIM card into your iPhone, you might be wrong. Here, we explain the ...

If you’re expecting a new iPhone 5 on Friday, and you’re buying it unlocked directly from Apple, you’re going to need a nano-SIM to go with it. Obtaining one is easy if your carrier is one supporting ...

As a last resort you can get a good paris of scissors and chop down your SIM. This is how I have done it in the past and if done carefully works very well. If you have access to another Nano or Micro ...

Sometimes the simplest things in life are the most necessary ones. Every phone inevitably uses a different size SIM card, and it’s more difficult than it should be to just get your old SIM card into ...

The Verge has obtained detailed information on the so-called “nano-SIM” proposals from Apple, Nokia, and RIM. The Verge has obtained detailed information on the so-called “nano-SIM” proposals from ...

Conflict is brewing in the mobile world over the adoption of a new, smaller standard for the SIM card — the chip in each GSM phone that dictates which network you connect to and your cellphone number.

Thinking of hopping on a new contract, but lacking that smaller SIM standard that the iPhone 5 will be packing? You'd best pick up one of these, then. UK carriers, including Three and Vodafone, are ...

4FF stands for 4th Form Factor. A SIM card that is simply physically smaller than a traditional (2FF) SIM card or Micro-SIM (3FF) card. See: SIM The electric contacts and circuitry of a Nano-SIM are ...

3FF stands for 3rd Form Factor. A SIM card that is physically smaller than a traditional (2FF) SIM, but larger than a nano-SIM (4FF). See: SIM The electric contacts and circuitry of a micro-SIM are ...

We’ve shown you how to turn a regular SIM into a Micro SIM, but what if you want to do things the other way around? Here’s how to turn a Micro SIM into a regular ...