Can I just switch SIM cards between flip phones

[Northwoodswolf]

My father has a heavy duty flip phone on my account. He wanted a less bulky one which I have purchased and am wondering if I can just switch the SIM card from his old flip phone to the new flip phone, and download his contacts from the cloud or do I to go through Verizon to do all this? The phone is an unlocked phone but compatible with Verizon.

[SynthpopAddict · Accepted solution]

Don't see any reason why not, and it'll save you the fee for having a Verizon rep do it.  See the link here (includes a transcript in case that's easier to follow along):

https://www.verizon.com/support/how-to-activate-device-video/

The one catch is if the old phone was a 4G phone only and the new one is a 5G phone, or if the current SIM card is several years old.  Then I'd suggest checking with Verizon to make sure the line is provisioned correctly so the new phone will be able to use all the available spectrum, and to get a new SIM card so the new phone won't be acting like it's stuck way in the past.

[SynthpopAddict · Accepted solution]

Don't see any reason why not, and it'll save you the fee for having a Verizon rep do it.  See the link here (includes a transcript in case that's easier to follow along):

https://www.verizon.com/support/how-to-activate-device-video/

The one catch is if the old phone was a 4G phone only and the new one is a 5G phone, or if the current SIM card is several years old.  Then I'd suggest checking with Verizon to make sure the line is provisioned correctly so the new phone will be able to use all the available spectrum, and to get a new SIM card so the new phone won't be acting like it's stuck way in the past.

[Ann154 · Accepted solution]

You should be able to swap SIM cards, but as the other poster said I would verify the "new" SIM cards are compatible with the intended phone.