How to make MicroSIM your own hands

SIM-card - an integral part of the mobile device, without which it is impossible to make any calls (except for emergency calls) or send a message. To "sim cards", as they are called in the people, everybody has already got used to it. However, high technologies do not stand still. Year after year, smartphones, tablets, communicators are becoming more productive, the memory capacity is increasing, support for two or more SIM cards is included, and the devices themselves are reduced in size. However, for the sake of such a miniature, along with enviable technical characteristics, we have to sacrifice something. This time, this "something" was a SIM-card. If you pick up a modern smartphone and look at the connector for the SIM, then you are surprised to see that it has become smaller. The matter is that recently a new standard of microSIM chip cards was introduced. In the near future, the novelty will supplant the MiniSIM crashes that are familiar to us.

Such a evolution of the SIM in MicroSIM in many people who are not very familiar with mobile technology raises an alarm and a lot of questions: will the phone work correctly, where can I buy such SIM cards, how much will it cost? All these fears are completely groundless: the new MicroSIM-card differs from the usual Simka only in size. Moreover, you can make MicroSIM yourself, for this you need only a little patience, ruler, pen and sharp scissors.

Any SIM-card consists of two parts: a chip with contacts, where all our information (phone numbers, messages, call history) is stored, and a plastic casing whose shape and size fit the telephone jack, which ensures the correct connection. If MiniSIM plastic shell took up a lot of space, then in the updated SIM they sacrificed it for the sake of increasing the functionality of the phone. The idea and its implementation turned out to be so good that the manufacturers of mobile communicators decided to make the micro-sim a new standard for their devices. They are convinced: users will like the innovation.

So, how to make MicroSIM yourself? Armed with the already mentioned tools, we will start marking. The necessary sizes and even templates are easy to find on the Internet. For reference: the size of MicroSIM is 15 x 12 mm, the right angle is cut at 45 °, the allowance on both sides is 2.5 mm. Now take the sharp scissors (the ideal tool for such an operation - the cutter for photos) and carefully cut along the lines, trying not to touch the body of the chip. After that, we insert MicroSIM into the smartphone and reboot it. Now everything should work. But! Make MicroSIM with your own hands will only work if your SIM card was not released before 2008. The fact is that with older SIM cards, the chip area is too large for such transformations.

If you are afraid that you will not be able to make MicroSIM yourself, you can contact your operator's office with a request to replace the card. This service is completely free, a new SIM-card will be given to you immediately, the tariff plan and the list of connected services will remain the same.

In addition, in many salons of cellular communication when buying a smartphone with support for MicroSIM, the consultant offers the buyer to immediately cut off the old SIM card. Such a service costs about 150 rubles.