One Sim Card Two Phones

PhotogTom

I probably don't really understand sim cards, but . . . I'm going to have to use two phones for business calls. My home office has a very weak signal due to mountains, etc. So, I'm using an old Nokia 6310 with external antenna port connected to a 11db external antenna. And then, a second, more modern, feature rich phone when I'm on the road.
My question is - can I simply take the sim card out of the 6310 and put it in the new phone and off I go. Or, do I need to do some type of setup each time I swap back and forth?
Thanks for any input.

Sam Vimes

there are two things you have to make sure of

1. you have your phone book on both phones. that should only be a matter of copying your contacts to the sim card but some phones will only read contacts that are on the phone memory. what is the other phone?

2. the phone will accept a sim card from the network your sim card is on, eg you're not trying to put an o2 sim card into a phone that only accepts vodafone sim cards

PhotogTom

Hi Sam,
Thanks for the reply.
1) About the contacts, I assumed most phones would let you have your contacts on the sim card and that is what I'd thought I'd do. If not, copying them won't be a huge hassle and I'll have the "mobile" phone in my office so I can always check back to it, etc.
2) Same network, in fact maybe I didn't make it clear. It would be the same number, same network. In other words, people ringing me wouldn't know which phone I was using. I'd just use the 6310 with external antenna at home and the "other" one (I don't yet know what kind of phone it will be) while I'm on the road.
Its that ability that I want to make sure is that straightforward. Just take the sim card out of the 6310, slam it into the "other" phone and head out the door! That will work, won't it?
Thanks again.
Tom

Doctor DooM

What the good commander meant there is that phones are locked to certain networks, so you need to be sure that both phones can accept the same sim- for example, a phone tht originated with O2 wont work with a vodafone sim in it.

PhotogTom

OK, now I understand. Thanks so much. I've heard the term about "locked" most recently with the iPhone but guess I didn't understand it.
I'll do some checking on that issue and see what's up.
That's exactly the kind of issue that I had not considered - thanks again.

Tom