Why the sim cards can't be the same?
By youless
@youless (114117)
Guangzhou, China
January 8, 2017 9:18am CST
At first the sim card just had one size and let's called it as "standard sim card" until one day iPhone had its special size sim card. And later there were micro sim cards. Actually the micro sim cards come from the standard ones. So it is no more problem.
Now when I am going to buy a new smartphone, I suddenly found that today many advanced Android phone use a sim card called nano sim card. It is smaller than the micro sim card.
This is very inconvenient for me. As I have to go to the mobile phone company to change a new nano sim card with my micro sim card. It may be OK. But after that I can't even use my old mobile phone as the backup one as it supports micro sim card only
Why they can't make all the sim cards the same size?
Why they can't make all the sim cards the same size?8 people like this
8 responses
@snowy22315 (208768)
• United States
8 Jan 17
probably so you have to buy more stuff sad to say.
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
10 Jan 17
Can you ask the phone company to give you a new nano card while retaining the old one?
I doubt they want to do that, but no harm asking.
I also find it a pain to have so many different sizes of sim card.
If you travel overseas and you want to use the local prepaid sim card, you will have to bring along your old phone.
Your new phone cannot use for the larger sim card.
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
10 Jan 17
Yes, it is no problem for them to give me a nano card. The problem is I can't use my old phone any more since it uses micro sim card. I asked the phone company what if I want to use my old phone. They told me then I have to change the micro card again with my nano card
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
9 Jan 17
there's a lot of products that could be universal that they don't do it to
.i think some phones do it so to keep using it,you have to buy their phone again when you upgrade.
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
8 Jan 17
If one sim fitted all phones that would be too simple! Life always has to get complicated especially if it means they make more money 
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@mysdianait (66005)
• Italy
9 Jan 17
@youless Yes and then all of the others follow, especially if they realise that there is money to be made
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