transferring pictures

Question

so i had a new phone shipped to me because my other ones charging port malfunctioned . After putting in the sim card and battery to the new phone i checked and all my pics were gone. I assumed they were on the sim card . I guess not. The old phone is on its way back. Are the photos lost for good?

tikibar1 · Accepted Answer

Photos are stored either in the phone's internal memory or on an SD card, if you had one inserted (they aren't stored on the SIM card).  Unless you had the photos backed up somewhere, I'm afraid they're lost.