VIDEO: Have a micro-SIM punched

If you are a new one Smartphone you also need a new micro SIM. Alternatively, you can also have your old and large SIM card punched to the new size.

Have the card punched

• Many electronics stores offer their customers punching a SIM as a service. You can hand them in there and have them cut to the right size for a small contribution of up to a maximum of five euros, in some shops even free of charge.
• Many telecommunications retailers also offer the customer to punch his old card to the new, suitable size. You usually do this free of charge as part of a new contract or a contract extension as an additional service.

Reduce the size of the micro SIM itself

However, you also have several options for reducing the SIM itself to the size of a micro SIM.

• The simplest, but also the least secure, way is to draw the size of the smaller SIM on the old card through the appropriate slot in the mobile phone and then cut it out. However, this method is very imprecise and therefore not recommended. In the worst case, your card will be unusable.
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• A safer option is to print out a suitable template. You can find this in the Internet. Make sure, however, that you print them out with a size ratio of 100%, otherwise the size is no longer suitable. You should also have a steady hand as you will destroy the card if you cut into the area to be used.
• A final option is to buy a device that you can use to punch out the SIM yourself. You can do this on different pages purchase on the Internet. It usually costs less than ten euros. Insert your large chip card into this device and then punch it out. This is then available as a micro SIM.