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"3" Sim in a Standard Phone?

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hello everyone... im new to this forum so please don't bite my head off for asking such a silly question but... can you use a 3 sim in a standard phone? Obviously video features won't work but all I want is talk&text.

also... is 3 reception as bad as ppl say it is? (im in birmingham, where my t-mobile reception isn't exactly fantastic anyway... although my other orange is superb!).

any advice much apprechiated
Riad

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,626
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    You used to be able to do this with the older USIMs but newer ones won't let you put them in a 2(.5)G phone. When I tried with my Nokia 6800, I just got the error "SIM Card Rejected". If by chance you can, you might get caught by 3 and if you do, they'll probably send you a new USIM that definately won't work in a 2(.5)G phone.

    3 reception IMO isn't bad. This could be because I can see the nearest 3 tower out of a window ;) When you're out of the 3 video service area the phone roams onto O2 with no extra charge to you.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 44
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    hi, I'm in Birmingham and been on T-mobile for 2 year and yes my reception is c**p,just cancelled it and gone to orange, great reception.
    A friend of mine is on 3, hes got 4 phones on contract with them and raves about them, he came over to me last week and I tried his phone as good as orange where I live, pity I didn't know before i changed to orange.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 188
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    tony280 wrote:
    hi, I'm in Birmingham and been on T-mobile for 2 year and yes my reception is c**p

    ironic since when entering birmingham on the m6 motorway (just before the b'ham central exit) there's a HUUUUUGE illuminated T-Mobile poster on the side of a building that says, "T-Mobile... Relax, We've Got Birmingham Covered" ...

    yeah right! :rolleyes:
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    BexTechBexTech Posts: 12,957
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    I think it depends where you are, I know there are a few areas with T-Mobile where the reception drops to nothing or unusable, but I also know areas in Birmingham where there is no Orange and Vodafone coverage, haven't yet tested O2 all over Birmingham.

    Also 3 have had some serious problems in Birmingham.
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    Riad wrote:
    ironic since when entering birmingham on the m6 motorway (just before the b'ham central exit) there's a HUUUUUGE illuminated T-Mobile poster on the side of a building that says, "T-Mobile... Relax, We've Got Birmingham Covered" ...

    yeah right! :rolleyes:

    I saw that too :D

    I was just about to say about that, you beat me to it :)
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