{"id":21861,"date":"2010-06-18T14:33:13","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.razorianfly.com\/?p=21861"},"modified":"2010-06-18T22:09:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T21:09:23","slug":"iphone-4-the-micro-sim-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/18\/iphone-4-the-micro-sim-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 4: The Micro Sim Situation – [Updated x3: O2 Starts Sending Out Micro SIMs!]"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re not yet aware, iPhone 4 will take a special type of sim card different to that found in most other phones on the market. Its called a ‘micro SIM’ and it seems to be causing a lot of confusion among the Apple community. <\/p>\n

In a nutshell a GSM sim card is a tiny plastic card that holds all your contact info and carrier account information, but with the announcement of iPad in January, Apple introduced a new kind of sim card which wasn’t exactly new to the market, but hadn’t yet been used in a device so widely adopted as the iPhone. These cards will now reportedly be available from select UK carriers next Thursday, June 24th.<\/p>\n

The trouble is, on Tuesday of this week 600,000 of us<\/a> fanatical Apple fans put in our pre-orders for iPhone 4 .. okay, well you did if you could get through the absolute mess of a pre-order system<\/a> AT&T and Apple provided for US customers .. anyway, back to the point of the post – So far, only one UK carrier has announced it will be supporting micro sim, and that happens to be data-limiting @O2. Now as of yet, I haven’t been able to get my hands on a micro SIM for my unlocked iPhone 4 arriving next week, and according to my Twitter timeline, neither have you.<\/p>\n

Sure, you could cut your own out<\/a> of your existing sim card, but where would that leave you? Well, if your ever asked for your micro SIM serial number, you won’t have one.<\/p>\n

For new customers who haven’t pre-ordered unlocked from Apple, the process to actually get a micro sim is as straight forward as it can get. This is because @O2 yesterday announced that customers would receive one of their micro sims at the time of purchasing<\/a> the device on contract, on June 24th. But what about existing customers? Well according to this page<\/a> on o2.co.uk, it is virtually impossible for someone who has pre-ordered the device through Apple to get their micro SIM before next Thursday.<\/p>\n

Fancy visiting your local O2 store to wade through new and upgrading iPhone 4 customers just<\/em> to get your hands on a micro sim? – No, neither do I. This has led to mass panic over among new and existing customers on how they will be able to get their hands on a micro SIM before June 24th, so their phone actually has network service when it arrives.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of @ElaineGiles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/center><\/p>\n

After making the rounds to three different stores yesterday, each gave me the same robotic response of: “check back next week, O2 doesn’t have any micro sims yet.”<\/em> .. Ahem, photo above? Yes, O2 do have micro SIMs, and if anyone tells you any different they’re either lying to control stock or they’re highly misinformed.<\/p>\n

Orange on the other hand reportedly won’t sell micro sims without the actual phone, with @tomeglenn reporting a call to his local store resulted in this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“@RazorianFly Now I’m worried. I phoned an Orange store in desperation. They said they aint gonna sell the sims without the phone!”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, if you’ve pre-ordered from Apple in the hope to pickup a sim-only deal from Orange, looks like you’re out of luck.<\/p>\n

Failing visiting a store, @O2 says if you signed up to be notified of iPhone 4 news from the company they “may” send you a micro sim in the post. Well I can honestly say I signed up on June 16th and haven’t received my micro sim yet. Luckily I have someone on Twitter who is willing to help by posting one out to me, from a store in Manchester, UK who reportedly has stock – I’ll let you all know how that goes!<\/p>\n

One other piece of info – @BudgieUK notes @GeekyGadgets is today reporting micro sims will be available to all customers, in-store next week<\/a> according to an O2 representative.<\/p>\n

I have just spoken to O2 and it looks like the Micro SIM cards will be available from next week, probably the 22nd.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Update]<\/strong> @O2 just confirmed<\/a> via their official Twitter account that micro sims will be available in-store for unlocked customers starting Monday!<\/p>\n

Pre-ordered a sim free iPhone from Apple and need an O2 micro sim? Get one in store from Monday. How to swap: http:\/\/j.mp\/iPhoneOnO2<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Update 2]<\/strong> – As noted by @DavidForster O2 is requiring Apple customers to provide an e-mail receipt as verification of pre-order before they will issue micro sims to customers, Monday.<\/p>\n

[Update 3]<\/strong> Pre-registered with @O2 for iPhone 4 news using this form<\/a>? According to @AlsiB O2 have already started to send out<\/a> micro sims to those who pre-registered.<\/p>\n

“Just spoke to @O2 who said they’ve started sending out micro sims to people who pre-registered for iPhone4 info on their site!”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let us know your personal micro sim experiences in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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