My friend works in the o2 shop and they haven't been told about the nano sim but he expects it will be the same as the micro sim. Take your new iPhone and current sim to your local store and they will transfer your details over.
I'm sure there are hundreds of Apple Geniuses up and down the country who already know the iPhone 5 like the back of their hand (what happens if someone drops theirs on day 1 and needs the screen replaced) but i'd imagine that these people are also on some secrecy-based contract.
No.
The "Geniuses" don't know anything like that at all.
They receive a small amount of training, and generally just give people replacement devices (particularly when a new device is released). Repairs are carried out by other (more qualified) staff members.
Very few people within Apple will know what's going to be announced at the event.
Anyone heard if Vodafone UK no anything about a nano sim.
I get a 20% discount per month through work so don't really wanna jump ship to another carrier
Why are people so worried? I thought Apple carried blank sim's that you can just transfer your number over... that's what my brother did, the Apple girl just logged onto the Voda website whilst we were there and it was all done and dusted.
O2 are obviously going to sell the iPhone, as is every other major UK network. When they do, they'll obviously have the right SIMs available. There's no point getting in a tizz about it. If O2 staff are anything like Apple employees, they might not be allowed to say anything (since if they did, sales would crater as opposed to what they do now, which is tail off).
True, of course O2 are going to have the right SIMs available for new customers buying iPhones on launch day, but what many people want to know is will those of us not buying our phones direct from O2 also be able to get them on or before launch day, or will we be stuck with new phones we can't use for several days?
Hopefully the number of similar requests might get flagged at O2, even if it's by chatbots, and make somebody there actually prepare for the event.
Good point. There's no doubt they are preparing though, just not at store level. I can't remember what the timescale was before does anyone know if there was any micro-SIM availability prior the iPhone 4 being announced?
It was a couple of days before for the iPhone 4, though see my post #30 above.
You can just modify your sim into a nano sim. There are already Sim cutters around that will cut a regular/micro sim into a nano sim.
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You'll have to wait until they are more widely available as they're just rolling out.
The thickness difference between the nano sim and micro sim is 0.09 mm, less than a tenth of a milimiter. All electrical connectors have some tolerances to them, otherwise they wouldn't work. And the toleranceswouldn't show any difference to a tenth of a milimiter. A tenth of a milimiter is less than the thickness of a really thin sheet of paper.
Unless the iPhone uses some sort of ultra thin ultra precise sim reader, you shouldn't have to sand the bottom in addition to cutting it, but if you do it will take only a few passes with 2000 grit.
Hope that helps.
If the iphone 5 requires a nano sim then all the Uk operators that will offer the new iphone will offer it.
It would be business suicide not to !
Basically - calm down and wait til tomorrow evening.
Follow this link, this should help everone...
http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/iphone-5
There is a bit of information at the bottom about the nano sim.
I think you can order one from today?