Vodafone now selling and 'swapping' MicroSIMs
Vodafone New Zealand this morning announced via their official Twitter account that they are now selling and swapping MicroSIMs at their 17 retail stores nationwide.
Paul Brislen (Vodafone’s Head of Corporate Communications) announced that you can now swap your existing regular SIM card for a MicroSIM card for free if you are on an ‘On Account’ plan. They are also free if you are signing a new ‘On Account’ plan. For those unlucky prepaid customers out there, you will need to pay a fee of $29.95 to do the swap.
At this stage you must be an existing Vodafone customer in order to get a MicroSIM. You cannot walk in off the street and buy one.
This comes as no surprise as Vodafone plan on announcing their iPad data plans in the coming weeks, along with the impending arrival of the iPhone 4 – both of which require a MicroSIM.
Are you going to buy or swap a MicroSIM? Let us know how it goes in the comments below.
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i am not gonna get a micro sim. whats the point of getting a 3G iPad though? your hardly ever out of the house (except for some bloggers) and, 3G is a bit slower than wifi.
(richboy247 has made 12 comments)
@ richboy247:Only the 3G one comes with GPS. And I leave the house all the time, it’s good for your skin.
(Craig has made 32 comments)
I’ll try to cut up my sim into a micro sim first and if that doesn’t work I’ll just succumb to buying a new one when I get the iPhone 4..
Reckon we will have the antenna problem in NZ?
(Yaman_NZ has made 120 comments)
richboy247 wrote:
Not necessarily – data speeds over mobile broadband can be faster than some landline DSL connections.
(Steve has made 322 comments)
Any word from TelcomNZ?
(visionarymedia has made 65 comments)
@ oobidub:
Sharp knife – Check
Cutting surface – Check
iPhone 4 – Pending…
(visionarymedia has made 65 comments)
Yaman_NZ wrote:
Just played with the iPhone4 today. WOW what a great piece of hardware. Feels really solid in your hand! Tried my best to reproduce the antenna problem, but glad to say it never lost any bars. People here reckon that it is a USA AT&T issue, will have to wait and see
(jamesct has made 1 comment)
Wow awesome!! Where did you get the iPhone 4 from? Parallel? hehe… lucky!!@ jamesct:
(Yaman_NZ has made 120 comments)
what about 2degree???
(afaaaa has made 2 comments)
@ afaaaa:
They already tweeted about it. Haven’t provided a date…
Here’s a pic of one of theirs: http://yfrog.com/5m21078247j
(daba has made 15 comments)
Found it. Telecom announced it on Twitter on 20 April. Said they would let customers know as soon as they received delivery on the new microSIMs.
(commsdelta has made 77 comments)
You probably wont be able to use your iPhone 4 Micro SIM in an iPad – it knows its a data only device and wont work with a SIM set for voice and data. 8(
However I hope the price point is similar to the current 3Gs price. I’m going to give my old 3G to my wife (her prepaid phone is currently kaput) and I’ll grab the iPhone4.
As device consolidation goes, having the higher res camera saves on carrying around another compact camera to supplement my current 8MP SLR (the best camera is the one you have with you), the LED flash is good as a pocket torch, I’t nearly as fast as an iPad, and iOS4 give you access to iBooks, so I don’t really need the iPad unless I want the bigger screen. I might buy a wifi only one for Christmas rather than upgrade my MacMini.
(Chromeronin has made 2 comments)
@ Chromeronin: Incorrect. I currently use a SIM card that is both data and voice (in fact all SIMs are both, just depends on what plan you have)
(Dan has made 392 comments)
I think that the whole sim card tied to data only comes from some overseas telcos selling iPads and data plans where the sim card is somehow tied to the IMEI of the iPad. Word was that Telsta in Australia were considering this.
(oobidub has made 28 comments)
@ oobidub:
Not had to tie imeis to sims as they are both unique numbers. Bit whether there will be any valve in of don’t know. But if we follow the Australian model the price of prepaid data would male it reasonable enough to purchase bit we will see.
Don’t think I could be bothered moving sims from one to the other and assuming you’ve just dished out a couple of k for the iTwins (think Devito and Arnie) wouldn’t you want you talk on your iPhone while facebooking on your iPad sitting in the garden bar of your local and considering the current cost of a prepaid 100mb data for $10 a month or $20 for 200mb why wouldn’t buy a sim for each?
(Topes has made 35 comments)
Doh spelling
(Topes has made 35 comments)
richboy247 wrote:
A Micro SIM will be required for the iPhone 4 as well, so it's not just the iPad.
(Steve has made 322 comments)
I went into my local Telecom store and they told me that they don't know if they are getting micro sims, also they mentioned that as none of their phones use micro sims it was possible that they wont have them soon… Tweeted them a few times to with no reply.
Pity, as I thought Telecom in the past encouraged iPhone users to use the XT network. I guess a sharp knife and a steady hand (to cut my existing sim) will be in order sometime in late July when the iPhone 4 comes out (not to mention the iPad 3G).
(oobidub has made 28 comments)
I thought Telecom made a press release a while ago saying they were getting microSIMs in July???
Did anyone else hear this?
(commsdelta has made 77 comments)
Anyone done the switch yet? Do they come with adaptors? Cheers
(kanz has made 32 comments)