5G Smart SIM Plan - can I buy a new phone elsewhere

[popej]

Hello,

I’m on a 5G Smart SIM 200gb plan paying about £28 a month and I’m quite happy with it.

however my iPhone X is getting long in the tooth now (had it about 4.5 yrs) and I want to change my phone.

I intend to buy an iPhone 13 outright from another retailer (probably John Lewis). I’ll then trade my old iPhone X in.

I think my plan is SIM only but I’m not quite sure whether my old phone is tied to the contract somehow. can I simply plug my EE SIM card in to the new phone and retain my existing plan with no issues, or is my plan somehow tied to the iPhone X?

thanks

[bristolian · Accepted solution]

You can use your EE SIM in any compatible device that's not network-locked - it's not tied to any specific phone.

By "compatible device" I mean a device that has physically the same size SIM.

Apple support lists both the iPhone X & iPhone 13 as using Nano-size SIMs.

[popej]

Great, thanks

[Leanne_T]

Morning @popej

Great to see you got the information you needed on the community 🙂

If you need any further help, please let us know. 

Leanne 🙂