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IMPORTANT: we have to highlight that any manipulation of the SIM card may invalidates your iPhone/Device warranty, damage the SIM card and/or the iPhone/Device, or cause data loss.
What we have posted here, it's for demonstration purpose only and iPhonezen recommends to purchase an official nano-SIM card from your Operator.
What we have posted here, it's for demonstration purpose only and iPhonezen recommends to purchase an official nano-SIM card from your Operator.
How to make a nanoSIM card from a SIM or micro SIM
After T-Mobile Germany, rumors about Vodafone UK's nano SIM card have been circulated yesterday around the web, mention that 500.000 units are ready to be deployed, probably together with the iPhone 5 distribution.
What about if you want to buy an unlock iPhone 5 and the nano SIM is not available with your operator yet?
iPhoneZen has tested a "resizing" procedure to cut a SIM or a micro SIM down to the new tiny format 8.8mmX12.3mm also know as 4FF nano SIM card. The procedure is free to download here above.
You may also watch our video on youtube
What about if you want to buy an unlock iPhone 5 and the nano SIM is not available with your operator yet?
iPhoneZen has tested a "resizing" procedure to cut a SIM or a micro SIM down to the new tiny format 8.8mmX12.3mm also know as 4FF nano SIM card. The procedure is free to download here above.
You may also watch our video on youtube
Nano SIM. Resizing and thickness concerns: [Update]
After the release of the iPhone 5, many discussions around the net have been born on the new nanoSIM format and how to mange the new requirements.
Naturally, official specs from Apple states that iPhone 5 is equipped with Nano-SIM and is not compatible with the micro-SIM cards
Naturally, official specs from Apple states that iPhone 5 is equipped with Nano-SIM and is not compatible with the micro-SIM cards
Therefore, best recommendation (and we support so) is to request for a new nano-SIM form your operator. However, avaibility of nano-SIMs seems not be that fast as the iPhone 5 is (per ordered yesterday, delivery next monday!), mid october for T-mobile [via engaged] and not yet clear for those carries which will not officially distribute iPhone 5 but with customers which have purchased a unlock iPhone directly from Apple.
Few days ago, iPhoneZen has published a demonstrative procedure on " How to make a nano SIM from a Micro or SIM cards ", and post a video on YouTube which comments [Thanks a lot to everyone] focusing on the SIM thinksness.
In summary, based on the European Telecommunications Institute's Standard, ETSI TS 102 221 V.11.0.0, the nano-SIM dimensions are 8.8mm x 12.3mm and only 0.67mm depth. That's means 15% thinner than actual SIM or micro-SIM thickness, which however, they can be resized in their plan dimensions.
0.09mm difference, the thickness of a body hair, can be managed into the iPhone 5 SIM tray?
We haven't received yet the iPhone 5 [on they way...] but we were able to use a nano-SIM adaptor which fit a nano-SIM to a micro-SIM size to test our measurement, fuctionality of the cut sim and get an idea of 0.09mm looks like out of the edge.
Few days ago, iPhoneZen has published a demonstrative procedure on " How to make a nano SIM from a Micro or SIM cards ", and post a video on YouTube which comments [Thanks a lot to everyone] focusing on the SIM thinksness.
In summary, based on the European Telecommunications Institute's Standard, ETSI TS 102 221 V.11.0.0, the nano-SIM dimensions are 8.8mm x 12.3mm and only 0.67mm depth. That's means 15% thinner than actual SIM or micro-SIM thickness, which however, they can be resized in their plan dimensions.
0.09mm difference, the thickness of a body hair, can be managed into the iPhone 5 SIM tray?
We haven't received yet the iPhone 5 [on they way...] but we were able to use a nano-SIM adaptor which fit a nano-SIM to a micro-SIM size to test our measurement, fuctionality of the cut sim and get an idea of 0.09mm looks like out of the edge.
Our manually cut nano-Sim into the micro-sim adapter
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Above,Front View.
Left, 0.09mm out the adapter.
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What about if you want sand the SIM's back side?
This is a regular SIM [2FF, 0.76mm depth] section and there is a very little room to sand the back side in order to slim the SIM by a 15% and you may risk to expose the chip.
Update: Thickness not a problem. Resize possible. Tested.
Mini-SIM 25x15mm
Micro-SIM 15x12mm
can be resized to nano-SIM 12x8.8mm
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mini/micro-SIM depth is 0.76mm
nano-SIM is 0.67mm
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0.09mm difference only. Resized mini/micro-SIM fits into the iPhone 5's SIM tray
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Resized mini/micro-SIM fits into the iPhone 5 SIM's Slot
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