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phone upgrade

daisyjulie — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 23:59:15 GMT

how do I go about moving from my old apple 3 phone to a apple 12 thanks

Re: phone upgrade

Chalupa_Batman — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:05:37 GMT

Very simple actually. Just take the SIM card out of the phone, place it inside the new iPhone. Then restart your phone. Easy as that!

Re: phone upgrade

Phil_Adelphus — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 01:00:15 GMT

@daisyjulie I think the iPhone 3 has the mini sim, the full size sim card? iPhone 12 is nano sim size. Currently the Public Mobile sims are 3 in 1 and so you would have to remove the outer spacers to get down to the right size if that's the kind you have. How old is the sim card in your iPhone 3?

Edit - I just noticed you posted in another thread about transferring esim. Are you switching from physical sim card in the iPhone 3 to an esim in the 12?

Re: phone upgrade

computergeek541 — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 03:41:15 GMT

@Phil_Adelphus wrote:
@daisyjulie I think the iPhone 3 has the mini sim, the full size sim card? iPhone 12 is nano sim size. Currently the Public Mobile sims are 3 in 1 and so you would have to remove the outer spacers to get down to the right size if that's the kind you have. How old is the sim card in your iPhone 3?
Edit - I just noticed you posted in another thread about transferring esim. Are you switching from physical sim card in the iPhone 3 to an esim in the 12?

There's actually no such thing as an iPhone 3, but yes, both the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS both used mini SIM. The iPhone 3G is actually the 2nd generation of the iPhone series. Mini SIM isn't actually the largest SIM card size, though I've never actually seen one that would be considered a full sized SIM card.

Re: phone upgrade

Phil_Adelphus — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:33:43 GMT

@computergeek541 Thanks, I meant the largest of the current 3 in 1 PM sim cards. I wasn't sure when that type of adaptable sim became a thing at PM? Is it possible that the OP's sim is not that type, since the phone it's in is quite old? If so she will need a new physical sim or switch to esim, it's not clear which is being asked about between the two threads

Re: phone upgrade

computergeek541 — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:53:28 GMT

@Phil_Adelphus wrote:
@computergeek541 Thanks, I meant the largest of the current 3 in 1 PM sim cards. I wasn't sure when that type of adaptable sim became a thing at PM? Is it possible that the OP's sim is not that type, since the phone it's in is quite old? If so she will need a new physical sim or switch to esim, it's not clear which is being asked about between the two threads

In the early parts of about 2016, Public Mobile still asked what type of SIM card was needed. From what I remember, Public Mobile had switched over to the 3-in-1 SIM cards by the time that Fall Promo 2016 had started.