SIM-card is an integral part of a mobile device, without which it is impossible to make a single call (except emergency) or send a message. Everyone is already accustomed to "sim cards", as they are called by the people. However, high technology does not stand still. From year to year, smartphones, tablets, and communicators are becoming more productive, memory capacity is increasing, support for two or more SIM cards is enabled, and the devices themselves are decreasing in size. However, for the sake of such a miniature, coupled with enviable technical characteristics, something has to be sacrificed. This time, that “something” turned out to be a SIM card. If you pick up a modern smartphone and look at the SIM slot, you will be surprised to see that it has become smaller. The fact is that a new standard for MicroSIM chip cards has recently been introduced. In the near future, the novelty will replace the usual MiniSIM cards.
Such an evolution of SIM to MicroSIM in many people who are not very familiar with mobile technology causes anxiety and many questions:whether the phone will work correctly, where you can buy such SIM-cards, how much it will cost. All these fears are completely groundless: the new MicroSIM card differs from the usual SIM card only in size. What's more, you can make your own MicroSIM with just a little patience, a ruler, a pen, and sharp scissors.
Any SIM-card consists of two parts: a chip with contacts, where all our information is stored (phone numbers, messages, call histories), and a plastic casing, the shape and size of which is adjusted to the phone jack, which ensures a correct connection. If the plastic shell of the MiniSIM took up a lot of space, then the updated SIM sacrificed it in order to increase the functionality of the phone. The idea and its implementation turned out to be so good that manufacturers of mobile communicators decided to make micro-sim the new standard of their devices. They are convinced that users will like the innovation.
So, how to make a MicroSIM with your own hands? Armed with the tools already mentioned, let's start marking. We can easily find the required sizes and even templates on the Internet. For reference: the size of MicroSIM is 15 x 12 mm, the right corner is cut at 45º, the allowance on both sides is 2.5 mm. Now we take sharp scissors (an ideal tool for such an operation is a photo cutter) and carefully cut along the marked lines, trying not to touch the body of the chip. After that, insert the MicroSIM into the smartphone and reboot it. Now everything should work. But! Do-it-yourself MicroSIM will workonly if your SIM card was released after 2008. The fact is that in old SIM cards, the chip area is too large for such transformations.
If you are afraid that you will not be able to make a MicroSIM with your own hands, 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 issued to you immediately, the tariff plan and the list of connected services will remain the same.
Besides, in many mobile shops, when buying a smartphone with MicroSIM support, the consultant suggests the buyer immediately cut off the old SIM card. This service costs about 150 rubles.
