Cutting SIM card - how it works

A common problem when switching to a newer smartphone is taking the SIM card with you. You want to carry over your old number and you may still have contacts stored on the card, but it won't fit in the new phone. Now you have to cut the card manually.

Cutting the SIM card - templates help

SIM cards essentially consist only of the golden chip, which is embedded in the plastic casing. Modern SIM cards can simply be broken out of the socket.

1. To make the SIM card now fit, you must first find out which format fits into your smartphone.
2. This is usually in the user manual of the smartphone.
3. You can, however, quite safely rely on the fact that smartphones since 2016 are equipped with a nano SIM card.
4. Now go to this link and print out the template.
5. You can mark your SIM card according to the template and cut it with scissors or a cutter knife.

Cut SIM card: You must pay attention

1. The most important thing about the card is and remains the chip. Dieser darf unter keinen Umständen beschädigt werden.
2. Beim Plastik hingegen können Sie (beinahe) lustig drauf los schneiden und versuchen, die Form des Kartengehäuses möglichst genau zu treffen.
3. Wenn Sie die Karte zu klein schneiden, ist das kein Problem. Die meisten Smartphones erkennen die Karte, auch wenn sie leicht versetzt eingesetzt wird.