Cutting a SIM card down to fit a new mobile phone.

[David071]

Hi everybody
I have bought a new phone a little while ago. I am considering trying to put my old SIM card into the new phone because the plan attached to the SIM card is great!
I am just wondering if anybody knows how or where to get the SIM card cut to fit the new phone. I am on a Optus plan and am just wondering if one of the Optus booths at the shopping centres would cut the sim card to fit the new phone. Any help would be great!
Thanks everybody.
David

[LeroyPatrol]

I was with Telstra and at the time they just reissued me with a micro sim. I don't think they cut them only replace.

Leroy

[ol' boy]

Kitchen Scissors do a fine job, done it many times.

[Seymour Butts]

I have a sim cutter and it seems every time we replace a phone at work we also do a cut down.
As oceanboy says, kitchen scissors will do it. I've also been known to use a Dremmel just to get the size exact as well.

[gulliver]

My daughter decided to have a rotten Fruit phone(which I paid for),I went to you tube,a pair of scissores,and all is working fine,

[lsemmens]

Telstra shop just gave me a smaller one.

[mkhannah]

Most phone kiosks in shopping centers will do it for you for $5 or free if you buy a screen protector or some other cheap thing.

[David071]

Thanks everybody
Thanks mkhannah and everybody else for the replies - I was wondering if phone kiosks provided some sort of service. I did not really want to get a pair of scissors onto the sim card myself. I have an old nokia on a very old Optus plan that is pay as you use service with no monthly fees which has worked well for us for years so I wanted to keep that sim. I bought a Motorola moto e a few months ago and now need to swap the phones over.
Thanks guys!
David

[jok11n]

if you're that unsure of yourself buy a $10 SIM cutter off eBay

[Tiny]

Be warned some of the older sim cards have a slightly larger chip & cannot be cut down without damaging the chip, I know as I have 2 of them.

Went to Telstra shop & they issued new sims on the spot for free, surely Optus would do the same.

Check the dimensions using a ruler;




Or print this;
Printable Micro-sim template


from: How to make a micro sim from a normal sim

[vnboost]

I have used a template like the one above with a pair of scissors a few times.

[gulliver]

Yes,I did the same,printed the template,marked it with a marking pen and CUT.No heads rolling but the phone works.