Hi, guys! Today we have a talk about sim cards. Simcard is the one which makes our mobile phones meaningful. Without them our phones just like a box that used for nothing. Sim card varies from the mini to micro to nano sim cards. So let us see the difference between micro sim vs mini sim vs nano sim in this article
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What is SIM Card?
The sim card is abbreviated as Subscriber Identity Module. Sim cards have a small memory and a very low powered processor, but it can allow you to store the information such as phone numbers, security data, and much more things.
The size of the sim cards varies nowadays depending on the what type of phone we use. They can be either normal(mini) or micro or nano sim cards.
Sim cards are used to provide network connectivity and connect your phone to the internet, and it provides communication between the users.
Types of sim card
- Mini sim card
- Micro sim card
- Nano sim card
Mini Sim Card: What is Mini sim card?
The mini sim card is also called normal sim card or standard sim card. It is used in most of the older phones and also some of the new smartphones also.Example for mini sim card mobiles are Nokia 105, Samsung Guru Gt, Apple iPhone 3GS, etc. almost any mobile phone can use it.
The mobile phones with mini sim card price are low when compared to micro or nano sim cards. There is a chance to make it our mini sim card to micro or nano sim card without facing difficulty or extra pay by cutting your sim card.
Mini Sim Card Supported Devices:
Apple iPhone 3GS | BlackBerry 9720 | Blackberry Bold Touch 9900 | BlackBerry Curve 9320 | BlackBerry Curve 9360 | BlackBerry Torch 9800 | HTC Desire |
| HTC Desire 310 | HTC Desire C | HTC Desire HD | HTC Desire X | HTC One V | HTC Wildfire s | Huawei Ascend G300 |
| Huawei Ascend G330 | Huawei Ascend G510 | Huawei Ascend P1 | Huawei Y3 | LG L70 | Samsung Galaxy Ace | Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 |
| Samsung Galaxy Fame | Samsung Galaxy Music | Samsung Galaxy Nexus | Samsung Galaxy Note | Samsung Galaxy S | Samsung Galaxy S2 | Samsung Galaxy 3 mini |
| Samsung Galaxy 3 mini VE | Samsung Galaxy 3 Y | Samsung Galaxy 3 Young | Samsung Galaxy XCover 3 | Sony Xperia E | Sony Xperia E1 | Sony Xperia J |
Micro Sim card: What is Micro Sim Card?
The micro sim card is popularly used in newer smartphones and tablets these days. For example Samsung Galaxy J family, Moto G4, Xiaomi Redmi 3s, Vivo Y55L, Vivo Y556, Oppo Neo 7, Apple iPhone 4, Apple iPhone 4s, etc.
Micro Sim Card Supported Devices:
Apple iPhone 4 | Apple iPhone 4s | BlackBerry Leap | BlackBerry Leap | BlackBerry Q5 | BlackBerry Q10 | BlackBerry 3 |
BlackBerry 10 | BlackBerry 30 | HTC Desire 320 | HTC Desire 500 | HTC Desire 510 | HTC One Max | HTC One Mini |
HTC One X | HTC One X+ | HTC One S | HTC One M7 | HTC Windows Phone 8S | HTC Windows Phone 8X | Huawei Ascend G6 |
Huawei Ascend G7 | Huawei Ascend Mate | Huawei Ascend Mate7 | Huawei Ascend P6 | Huawei Ascend P7 | Huawei Ascend W1 | Huawei Ascend W2 |
Huawei Ascend Y530 | Huawei Ascend Y550 | Huawei Honor 4X | Huawei Honor 5C | Huawei Honor 6 | Huawei Honor 6+ | Huawei Y635 |
LG G Flex | LG G Flex2 | LG G2 | LG G2 Mini | LG G3 | LG G3 s | LG G4 |
LG G4c | LG joy | LG K3 | LG K5 | LG K8 | LG Leon | LG Nexus4 |
LG Nexus5 | LG optimus G | LG spirit | LG Stylus 2 | LG X Power | LG X skin | LG X style |
Microsoft Lumia 435 | Microsoft Lumia 535 | Microsoft Lumia 540 | Microsoft Lumia 640 XL | Microsoft Lumia 640 | Motorola Moto E(1&2 gen) | Motorola Moto G(1,2&3 gen) |
Motorola Moto E3 | Motorola Moto G 4G(1&2 gen) | Motorola Moto G4 | Motorola Moto play | Motorola Moto plus | Nokia Lumia 1020 | Nokia Lumia 1320 |
Nokia Lumia 520 | Nokia Lumia 525 | Nokia Lumia 530 | Nokia Lumia 610 | Nokia Lumia 620 | Nokia Lumia 625 | Nokia Lumia 630 |
Nokia Lumia 635 | Nokia Lumia 710 | Nokia Lumia 725 | Nokia Lumia 800 | Nokia Lumia 820 | Nokia Lumia 920 | Nokia Lumia 925 |
Nokia Lumia 930 | Samsung Ativ s | Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 | Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 | Samsung Galaxy C5 | Samsung Galaxy C7 | Samsung Galaxy core prime |
Samsung Z1 | Samsung Z3 | Samsung Galaxy Young2 | Samsung Galaxy J1 | Samsung Galaxy J2(2016) | Samsung Galaxy J2 pro(2016) | Samsung Galaxy J2 |
Samsung Galaxy J3(2016) | Samsung Galaxy J5 | Samsung Galaxy J7 | Samsung Galaxy J7(2016) | Samsung Galaxy k Zoom | Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 | Samsung Galaxy Note 3 |
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 | Samsung Galaxy Note edge | Samsung Galaxy S4 | Samsung Galaxy S4 Active | Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini | Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom | Samsung Galaxy S5 |
Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini | Sony Xperia E3 | Sony Xperia E4 | Sony Xperia E4g | Sony Xperia m | Sony Xperia M2 | Sony Xperia Aqua |
Sony Xperia S | Sony Xperia SP | Sony Xperia T | Sony Xperia T3 | Sony Xperia Z | Sony Xperia Z ultra | Sony Xperia Z1 |
Nano sim card: What is Nano Sim Card?
Nano sim is very small and thinner than the Micro sim and mini sim. It most probably used in newer version smartphone.
For Example iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7s plus,
Blackberry passport, blackberry DTEK50, blackberry DTEK60, Google Pixel, Google pixel XL, Sony Xperia X family, etc.
Nano Sim Card Supported Devices:
Apple iPhone 5 | Apple iPhone 5c | Apple iPhone 5s | Apple iPhone 6 | Apple iPhone plus | Apple iPhone 6s | Apple iPhone 6s plus |
Apple iPhone 7 | Apple iPhone 7 plus | Apple iPhone SE | BlackBerry DTEK50 | BlackBerry DTEK60 | BlackBerry keyone | BlackBerry passport |
BlackBerry Priv | Google Pixel | Google pixel XL | HTC 10 | HTC Desire 10 pro | HTC Desire 520 | HTC Desire 610 |
HTC Desire 626 | HTC Desire 630 | HTC Desire 650 | HTC Desire 816 | HTC Desire 820 | HTC Desire 825 | HTC Desire 830 |
HTC Desire Eye | HTC One A9 | HTC One M8 | HTC One M8s | HTC One 9 | HTC One S9 | HTC One X9 |
HTC One Mini 2 | HTC One U Play | HTC One U Ultra | Huawei G8 | Huawei G9 plus | Huawei Honor 5c | Huawei Honor 6X |
Huawei Honor 7 | Huawei Honor 8 | Huawei Honor v8 | Huawei Mate 8 | Huawei Mate 9 | Huawei Mate 9 pro | Huawei Mate S |
Huawei Nexus 6P | Huawei Nova | Huawei Nova Plus | Huawei P10 | Huawei P10 Plus | Huawei P8 | Huawei P8 Max |
LG G5 | LG G5 SE | LG G6 | LG K10 | LG Nexus 5X | LG V10 | LG V20 |
LG X Cam | LG X mach | LG X Screen | Microsoft Lumia 550 | Microsoft Lumia 650 | Microsoft Lumia 950 | Microsoft Lumia 950 XL |
Motorola Moto G5 | Motorola Moto G5 Plus | Motorola Moto X(2013&2014) | Motorola Moto X Force(2015) | Motorola Moto X play(2015) | Motorola Moto X style (2015) | Motorola Moto Z |
Nokia 3 | Nokia 5 | Nokia 6 | Nokia Lumia 1520 | Nokia lumia 735 | Nokia Lumia 830 | Nokia Lumia 930 |
Samsung Galaxy A3 | Samsung Galaxy A3(2016 & 2017) | Samsung Galaxy A5 | Samsung Galaxy A5(2016 & 2017) | Samsung Galaxy A7 | Samsung Galaxy A8(2016) | Samsung Galaxy A9(2016) |
Sony Xperia C4 | Sony Xperia E5 | Sony Xperia Aqua | Sony Xperia M5 | Sony Xperia X | Sony Xperia X Performance | Sony Xperia XA |
Differences Between mini, micro, and nano sim cards:
Sim card is used for making calls, to connect network and sharing data.
In earlier days sim card looks like a credit card size(1FF). As well as technology developed , there is changes made on the sim card size for our comfortable. Now we use the normal phone to smartphones. The smart phones are more popular for their attractive features especially the thin structure of the mobile phones.
So according to the changes on the mobile phone size, the sim card size also changed from mini(2FF) to micro(3FF) to nano(4FF) sim card.
The main difference between sim card is that the dimensions reduced or plastic surrounding reduced in order to make the smartphones smaller and thinner.
So here we discuss about the differences between the sim cards
Size: Mini sim card Vs Micro sim card vs. nano sim card
When mini sim card Vs. micro sim card vs. nano sim card, the first thing come our mind is their size.
Sim type | Length | Width | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
Mini sim card | 25 mm | 15 mm | 0.76 mm |
Micro sim card | 15 mm | 12 mm | 0.76 mm |
Nano sim card | 12.3 mm | 8.8 mm | 0.67 mm |
Form Factor:
The sim card also known by their form factor
Sim | Form factor |
|---|---|
Mini sim card | 2FF |
Micro sim card | 3FF |
Nano sim card | 4FF |
Standard reference
Sim type | Standard reference |
|---|---|
Mini sim card | ISO/IEC 7810:2003,ID-1 |
Micro sim card | ISO/IEC 7810:2003,ID-000 |
Nano sim card | ETSI TS 102 221 v9.0.0,Mini-UICC |
Mini sim card vs. micro sim card
The mini sim card supports phone book with only details of contact names and their contact numbers. The micro sim allows you to attach the multiple contact numbers with single name and e-mail addresses & definable groups.
We can convert the mini sim card into micro sim card. By referencing a template we can cutting down the sim card with the help of scissors, razor blade or micro sim cutter & cut mini sim card into the micro sim card size.
After cutting the mini sim into micro sim it perfectly fits your micro sim slot.
Micro sim vs. nano sim card
Nano sim card are 40% smaller than the micro sim and also 15% thinner than the micro sim card. Usually the sim card made to smaller because that plays the important role in the structure of the phone. Yeah! It helps to make the smartphones smaller and thinner.
User can cut the micro or mini sim card or can buy a new nano sim altogether. But user always not lucky because there is possible your effort of cutting down the sim card method not suitable for all kinds of smartphones(nano sim card).
even the user cuts the sim card with proper dimensions, it has chance to do not fit into a sim tray.
Anyway,the simcard functionality are same but some extra featuers available in micro and nano sim cards.
TRANSFORMATION OF ONE SIM CARD TO ANOTHER
We can obtain the micro sim card from mini sim card and also we can obtain nano sim card from micro or mint sim card.
It can be performed easily , cutting down the sim card by razor, bade or scissor. But there is a chance of damage will occur to the sim card so we use successful adaptor and just like tool such as Nano Sim cutter.
Benefits of using sim card
- Connecting us to network, communication. You can put your existing sim card in your phone, that enables you to keep on continue your existing service.
- By using sim adapter we can easily change the sim card from mini to micro or nano sim card.
- There is no any diffence in terms of providing service among them, but they can vary in size that is we can see the diiference in height, width, depth among them.
