Transfer number to SIM-only?

[Anonymous]

Fairly simple question- have been on my existing phone and tariff for nearly 4 years and am looking to upgrade to a Galaxy-S5.

After doing some intensive research, the best deal I could come up with was a combination of a SIM-only one (3rd party seller offering better deal than O2 directly), while buying the handset separately. This looks to save quite a bit of money

My question is, can I transfer my number from my old phone without issue? Keeping in mind that whether I get a new contract through a 3rd party seller or SIM only, I'll be switching from one O2 deal to another. I'm hoping that as it's within the same network it'll be easier than transferring to/from someone else.

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

Yes, once you have your phone and sim just call CS on 202 or pop into an O2 shop and they will be able to request a number transfer for you.
Your old tariff will then be cancelled and you will stop paying for it.

[jonsie]

Very easy to do with a simple phone call. I would advise anyone to go this route if they can buy the phone outright.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the quick reply, now I just need to find the best handset deal I can- I've been using a spreadsheet to calculate the TCO!

[Cleoriff]

I did exactly the same. Bought my Note 3 sim free and changed my tariff to sim only in January. Took new phone into the local O2 shop and they transferred everything onto my new sim. Done and dusted in 10 minutes

[Anonymous]

I'm glad I took the time to check which size of SIM card the S5 takes, which seems to be the micro-size. Hopefully this doesn't derail things...

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I'm glad I took the time to check which size of SIM card the S5 takes, which seems to be the micro-size. Hopefully this doesn't derail things...

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Actually when O2 sent me my new sim......it was a nano size. (They seem to send these out all the time now)

When I took it all instore they changed it and transferred everything over as I said

[MI5]

Sim swaps are free with o2 as many times as you like or you can just cut down your old sim if you are careful.

[Anonymous]

Do I need to purchase the sim-only deal directly from O2 to swap the sizes for free, or will they do a swap if I purchase through a retailer like:

http://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/brands/sim-only/sim-card/

In the meantime I'll see if I can find a deal that does the micro-sim. I did find a youtube video on cutting the sim down to size, obviously I'll make that a last resort!

More info

[MI5]

Doesn't matter where you get the deal from.