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I want to get a cheap back-up phone is this possible since the iPhone 4 has a micro sim?

Yes.

You can get a micro-SIM adapter that will let you use the micro-SIM in a different phone

Amazon.com has some and they're only about $3 each (search for "micro sim adapter").
 
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