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[The Sheriff]

Save contacts to sim on old phone,then swap sim to new phone and load contacts.

A Lot of older phones have the old, big sims. New phones have the awkward, fiddly smaller ones.

Yes ....that was the problem I had

you can cut them down easily

Not quite. Old new phones had a mini sim, which you could cut down your old sim to use. New new phones have a micro sim, which is smaller than the chip on a big old old sim. Got it? Good 

[The Sheriff]

Just give both phones to a young person and tell them you'll be back when they've done it.

[Mr Gav]

G-mail is so easy, once you`ve signed into your account it will automatically sync all your contacts and photos, I`ve just done it from a reset when halfway through it couldn`t restore from the back up. I wasn`t too happy when my contacts list was empty due the failed back up but half hour later all was magically back there 

[AndyRoid]

Not quite. Old new phones had a mini sim, which you could cut down your old sim to use. New new phones have a micro sim, which is smaller than the chip on a big old old sim. Got it? Good 

The chip is the same size regardless of whether it is Mini, Micro, or Nano SIM Steve, the only difference between the 3 is the physical dimensions of the plastic surrounding the chip. A normal sized SIM card (currently Mini) can be cut down to either Micro or Nano, but once cut there is no going back unless an adaptor is used.

[The Sheriff]

Not quite. Old new phones had a mini sim, which you could cut down your old sim to use. New new phones have a micro sim, which is smaller than the chip on a big old old sim. Got it? Good 

The chip is the same size regardless of whether it is Mini, Micro, or Nano SIM Steve, the only difference between the 3 is the physical dimensions of the plastic surrounding the chip. A normal sized SIM card (currently Mini) can be cut down to either Micro or Nano, but once cut there is no going back unless an adaptor is used.

What about the old ones that were bigger than mini? I'm fairly sure that the chip on the sim from my ancient galaxy was bigger than the sim in the wife's iphone? But, then again, i could be wrong 

[AndyRoid]

What about the old ones that were bigger than mini? I'm fairly sure that the chip on the sim from my ancient galaxy was bigger than the sim in the wife's iphone? But, then again, i could be wrong 

SIM sizes are as follows Steve:

SIM = Credit card sized (no longer used)
Mini SIM = What your Galaxy (and most other phones) use
Micro SIM = Used by handsets such as the Galaxy S3, S4, etc)
Nano SIM = Used by the latest handsets (eg, iPhone 6)

The actual chip is the same size on all types of SIM card regardless of the form factor that the plastic surrounding it uses.

[The Sheriff]

You are, of course, correct, Mark. I've just looked 
Should have known better than to get into it with you.

[AndyRoid]

You are, of course, correct, Mark. I've just looked 
Should have known better than to get into it with you.

I haven't had too much to worry about (other than staying alive of course) for the last 4 years (doesn't time fly), so I figured I'd learn phones inside out mate.

[CaptainZok]

If you need to swap sizes this kit will do it for you Steve.
ebay linky

[The Sheriff]

If you need to swap sizes this kit will do it for you Steve.
ebay linky

Thanks John.
£1.50 from Hong Kong. Opti will buy that, whether he needs it or not.