hello,
I want to take my Samsung Galaxy Alpha back for a refund/exchange… but Samsung will spend like a month "inspecting" it.
In the meantime I need a temp phone which will take my Nano SIM.
What's the cheapest? can be a piece of crap as long as it can take my SIM card.
excellent idea. never even thought of SIM adapter. ty
You can grab them from ebay for $1 from Aussie sellers
Most of those stores in shopping malls that do screen replacements etc. will sell them too… obviously for more than $1 but you'll get it straight away
is there any nokia for $10?
sure there is. Im sure people would even give away their old Nokia for free
if you find on ebay etc post them here, i want to get one for spare if only $10. the classic 8210, 8250 for example.
what network are you on? even the humble nokia lumia 530 can be had for as little as $30 if you are on optus or Telstra. it uses a microSIM.
sorry I actually have a nano-SIM :S
SIM adapter is still the solution.
And just borrow a friend's old handset that sitting in a drawer somewhere.
+1 on that. See if you still have the card your sim came with. They usually have multiple sizes you clip out. You might be able to create a larger sim by sticky taping nano to bigger frame. I also agree friends are likely to have spare phones, certainly worth an ask.
Cant you just swap for a new sim? its easy enough - go grab a blank sim from a store front and ask for instructions on how to move to the new sim. They will tell you that this is usually done online.
na best idea is the SIM adapter
surprised that the galaxy alpha uses a nanoSIM…
why? isn't a nano SIM pretty much the same technology as a normal SIM but with the plastic cut away?
@edwinlin88: yeah, but not many phones outside of the apple world are using them. there has been a lot more inertia to moving towards nanoSIM than there was moving towards microSIM. rightly so really - apple doesn't deserve the position to be the standards -creator and -enforcer for such things (and it sets a dangerous commercial precedent).
@xyron: ummm do you have an iphone ?
the past two phones ive had used nano sim.. htc one m8 and galaxy alpha
How about buying sim adapter and buy el-cheapo nokia or something for $10?