https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/SIM-cards-Porting/Putting-SIM-in-new-phone/m-p/1572052#M54938 <P>Morning all</P><P>As soon as Apple get stock in, I’ll buy a 17 Pro Max and return my 13 for trade in. I’m not futzing with eSIMs. I can just take the SIM out of the old phone and put it in the new phone, right, and away I go?</P> Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:31:29 GMT Profile closed 2025-10-04T09:31:29Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/SIM-cards-Porting/Putting-SIM-in-new-phone/m-p/1572052#M54938 <P>Morning all</P><P>As soon as Apple get stock in, I’ll buy a 17 Pro Max and return my 13 for trade in. I’m not futzing with eSIMs. I can just take the SIM out of the old phone and put it in the new phone, right, and away I go?</P> Sat, 04 Oct 2025 09:31:29 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/SIM-cards-Porting/Putting-SIM-in-new-phone/m-p/1572052#M54938 Profile closed 2025-10-04T09:31:29Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/SIM-cards-Porting/Putting-SIM-in-new-phone/m-p/1572058#M54939 <P>Yes, just make sure if the Quick Start process mentions anything about transferring your number you&nbsp;<STRONG>skip that part via "Set up later in Settings" or a similar option.</STRONG></P><P>Otherwise this will initiate an eSIM conversion.</P> Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:07:49 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/SIM-cards-Porting/Putting-SIM-in-new-phone/m-p/1572058#M54939 Matt_124 2025-10-04T10:07:49Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/SIM-cards-Porting/Putting-SIM-in-new-phone/m-p/1572080#M54940 <P><a href="https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3554890">@Matt_124</a>&nbsp;</P><P>Excellent. Cheers Matt <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":thumbs_up:">👍</span></P> Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:46:22 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/SIM-cards-Porting/Putting-SIM-in-new-phone/m-p/1572080#M54940 Profile closed 2025-10-04T10:46:22Z