What is a nano sim?

What is a nano SIM card?I know that there is a nano SIM card in my iPhone 5 that I bought yesterday but I don't know what it is.I know that you need one in a phone that or a micro sim but what does it do? I don't know what a micro sim is either.

asked Feb 18 at 12:49

Solidsafety2
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edited Feb 19 at 12:30

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It is the Subscriber Identity Module... it tells the network who is using the phone... in most phones (that use sims), you can swap your sim from phone to phone (as long as they are compatible) and then use that phone without having to call your phone network to change phones. They can also store contact info and what not on the sim so the info can be moved from phone to phone as well.

answered Feb 18 at 16:54

Billtopia
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That, and your carrier doesn't care what phone that SIM card is in as long as you continue to pay for service.

(Feb 18 at 18:06) jjb0894

Got it thanks.

(Mar 09 at 17:07) Solidsafety2

1	It does nothing more or less than a Micro SIM. It simply saves space and is more compact and smaller. answered Feb 18 at 12:51 jjb0894 721●5●13●25

I think the Ipad mini takes it

answered Mar 11 at 02:26

hyderpotter
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Ya it and the full size cellular iPads have nano sims

(Mar 11 at 22:32) Solidsafety2

iPad 1-3 take MicroSIM and iPad Mini and iPad "4" take NanoSIM.

(Mar 13 at 01:56) jjb0894

Yeah just the cellular ipad 4 and mini have nano sims and also the iPhone 5 has one

(Mar 13 at 23:52) Solidsafety2

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