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Your SIM card |
Aivar
Joined: Jan 14, 2003
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From: Estonia
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As we know, a SIM card is like a soul of your GSM phone [battery = heart, software = brain] 
Just some questions about your SIM card:
* How old is your SIM card?
* How do you take care of your SIM card? Is it always inside one phone or do you often put it from one phone to another? Or you often keep it in your wallet where it can be easily scratched by coins.
* How frequently do you change your old SIM card for a new one? And for what reasons?
* How long have you used one SIM card? I mean, how old is your oldest working SIM card.
* Has your SIM card ever died of "being too old"? (Is not able to work.) |
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simply__me
Joined: Oct 07, 2005
Posts: 126
From: Sydney
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* How old is your SIM card? A little over 2 years.
* How do you take care of your SIM card? It's always in my fone (k750i), except when I buy a new fone.
* How frequently do you change your old SIM card for a new one? And for what reasons? Never have changed it.
* How long have you used one SIM card? I mean, how old is your oldest working SIM card. See first question. ;p
* Has your SIM card ever died of "being too old"? (Is not able to work.) Nope.. only ever used one sim.. and it hasn't died from that.. |
BlueQuill
Joined: Jul 29, 2005
Posts: 419
From: India
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Please Dont mind, but what exactly is the relevance of these questions?
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Mr Miyagi
Joined: Mar 28, 2005
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From: UK
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all my sim cards i have got within the last year. So under a year old. I have 2 phones. A  t630 and a Nokia 3210. Along with the 2 phones I have 3 sim cards. 2 With orange and 1 with o2. During the day I have one of my orange sim cards in my t630 phone. I have my o2 sim card in my Nokia phone all the time. In the evenings I swap my day time Orange sim card with my evening Orange sim card. The Sim card that is not being used either during the day or at night is kept in a little memory card holder box that I got with my nokia 6230i phone.
So its kept away from any dust etc. |
max99
Joined: Nov 24, 2004
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From: Manchester (@ Uni)
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On 2005-11-13 14:19:35, BlueQuill wrote:
Please Dont mind, but what exactly is the relevance of these questions?
This message was posted from a Nokia
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probz isn't one, but if you look bout 90% of threads in these sections don't have a purpose
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Aivar
Joined: Jan 14, 2003
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From: Estonia
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Thank you for the answers.
I'm asking it because I'm just curious. Mainly people talk about mobile phones - but without SIM card the GSM phone is quite useless.
By the way, I have read that the lifetime of a SIM card could reach up to 10 years. Interesting whether anyone has used his/her SIM card for such a long time. |
jcpsad
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sim where different from way back then, as far as i can remember. before you insert the entire card... not just the piece of it..
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mwjdavies
Joined: Aug 22, 2005
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My newest is an Orange sim, came with W800i jus over a month ago.
My oldest is my Genie Sim which is still the original on my original contract which I still use (jus for the free texts!!!) is almost 5 years old. (5yrs in feb!)
Dont do anything to take care of them tbh.
Only swap them into new phones when I have to!
[ This Message was edited by: mwjdavies on 2005-11-13 14:28 ] |
whizkidd
Joined: May 14, 2004
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From: India
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My oldest sim is over three years old now.. No problems yet!
T230 >> T610 >> Ngage QD >> N73 >> N85 >> Omnia HD >> And countless other review units |
BlueQuill
Joined: Jul 29, 2005
Posts: 419
From: India
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On 2005-11-13 14:47:42, max99 wrote:
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On 2005-11-13 14:19:35, BlueQuill wrote:
Please Dont mind, but what exactly is the relevance of these questions?
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probz isn't one, but if you look bout 90% of threads in these sections don't have a purpose
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nice one....  
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Aivar
Joined: Jan 14, 2003
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From: Estonia
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On 2005-11-13 15:26:34, mwjdavies wrote:
My newest is an Orange sim, came with W800i jus over a month ago.
My oldest is my Genie Sim which is still the original on my original contract which I still use (jus for the free texts!!!) is almost 5 years old. (5yrs in feb!)
Dont do anything to take care of them tbh.
Only swap them into new phones when I have to!
[ This Message was edited by: mwjdavies on 2005-11-13 14:28 ]
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So, has anyone had a SIM card over 5 years old? |
Ing. FijoK
Joined: Sep 11, 2004
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From: Prague, Czech Republic
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On 2005-11-19 17:45:23, Aivar wrote:
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On 2005-11-13 15:26:34, mwjdavies wrote:
My newest is an Orange sim, came with W800i jus over a month ago.
My oldest is my Genie Sim which is still the original on my original contract which I still use (jus for the free texts!!!) is almost 5 years old. (5yrs in feb!)
Dont do anything to take care of them tbh.
Only swap them into new phones when I have to!
[ This Message was edited by: mwjdavies on 2005-11-13 14:28 ]
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So, has anyone had a SIM card over 5 years old?
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my father... he has sim card about 8 yrs old 
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[ This Message was edited by: Ing. FijoK on 2005-11-20 13:30 ] |
DeLa
Joined: Jan 22, 2003
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I got a new one from my operator for free, they were introducing 64kb sim-cards that can be used to connect with your bank-account, much like the pay-terminals in a shop. You can top up any phone of the operator with that card and at a certain time maybe pay in shops. I guess they wanted to be the first to have a large 'installed base' of this type of card to convince interested companies to invest or use the service.
I never take it out. It just sits there. |
DickySnapples
Joined: Dec 05, 2003
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my sim is getting on abit now,had it since mid 1996. I realky should change it I suppose. I've got 1000`s of them at work,just never been bothered
[ This Message was edited by: Dicky Snapples on 2005-11-23 00:04 ] |
Miss UK
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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My o2 online contract sim card has past it's sell by date lmao...
sometimes in some mobiles it will keep coming up with please enter sim when it's already the phone and switched on, it's really old it came with my first Nokia 7110 many yrs ago 
I really want a new sim tbh as it's very tatty looking it's even bent but still works 
how long do o2 take to reconnect you when you change your soms anyway? some of you's know 
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