4G NFC Sim card or existing 4G SIM card

[droidguy22]

Just got my shipping confirmation email from Verizon, they are also shipping a 4G NFC sim card (even though I didn't selected in my order).

Currently I am using the 4G sim card (got with Gnex) in my GS3.

When I receive Note 3 - which sim card should I use, can I use my old 4G sim card in NOTE 3 or do I have to activate the new sim?

I have unlimited data and upgrading (ordered during the "glitch"), does sim card has any effect on the data plan (don't want to loose my unlmtd data)?

Are any of you also receiving 4G NFC sim card with Note 3?

Thanks for any useful information about this.

 

[kisypher]

i think they send out a new sim card because the Note 3 requires a micro sim. i could be wrong, but that is my understanding.

Just got my shipping confirmation email from Verizon, they are also shipping a 4G NFC sim card (even though I didn't selected in my order).

Currently I am using the 4G sim card (got with Gnex) in my GS3.

When I receive Note 3 - which sim card should I use, can I use my old 4G sim card in NOTE 3 or do I have to activate the new sim?

I have unlimited data and upgrading (ordered during the "glitch"), does sim card has any effect on the data plan (don't want to loose my unlmtd data)?

Are any of you also receiving 4G NFC sim card with Note 3?

Thanks for any useful information about this.

 

[dalumberjack]

I am curious too as my order says this
"Gemalto 4G NFC SIM Card "

So the sim card has nfc capabilities? I thought it was built into the battery?

 

[lsxrx7]

i *think* i already have an NFC sim card but I am mot 100%
how exactly do you tell ?

 

[polo2883]

Isn't NFC part of the battery? The specs show the battery has the NFC chip in it.

 

[lsxrx7]

this is all i can find

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/17/how-to-setup-isis-mobile-wallet-on-verizon/

 

[billf2b]

this is all i can find

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/01/17/how-to-setup-isis-mobile-wallet-on-verizon/

So it sounds like Verizon is issuing SIM cards with NFC on them in anticipation of ISIS. I wonder how the NFC on the SIM card and the built-in NFC on the battery will interact with each other?

 

[twkellen]

They work fine together

So it sounds like Verizon is issuing SIM cards with NFC on them in anticipation of ISIS. I wonder how the NFC on the SIM card and the built-in NFC on the battery will interact with each other?

I was able to order an ISIS SIM for my Note II and the NFC payment process and the NFC transfer process both worked fine.

 

[staticx57]

So it sounds like Verizon is issuing SIM cards with NFC on them in anticipation of ISIS. I wonder how the NFC on the SIM card and the built-in NFC on the battery will interact with each other?

The NFC in the battery is just the antenna, where as the NFC in the sim has nothing to do with that.

 

[billf2b]

The NFC in the battery is just the antenna, where as the NFC in the sim has nothing to do with that.

Yeah, now I see that the NFC element on the SIM only contains data, such as for ISIS.

 

[gerg004]

So if there is any difference in the SIM cards, the question for those of us activating on an alternate line, then swapping our main (unlimited data attached) SIM cards the question is:

After that process is finished, can we walk into Verizon and say "hey, can I get one of those new fancy SIM cards with NFC? "

Lol, lord knows if its better I want it :good:

 

[Timuu-kun]

After that process is finished, can we walk into Verizon and say "hey, can I get one of those new fancy SIM cards with NFC? "

Yes, you can do exactly that. I did that on my g'nex to try and use ISIS...never worked, but the sales rep had no issue upgrading the SIM. No charge and no threat to unlimited data.

Just to clarify, by the way: the SIM cards do not make a phone NFC-enabled by default. You can't suddenly start tapping if you plug an "NFC-Enabled" SIM into an older phone like a Droid Razr or equivalent. They simply provide another place for credit card info or other secure information to be stored, called a Secure Element. I'm fairly sure that ISIS is the only service that uses the SIM-based SE, as Google Wallet uses the SE that comes integrated in the battery on most other phones (yes, there's a little bit of flash memory in the battery). The reason for the use of the SIM card is because it's 100% carrier owned and controlled--if anyone recalls, that was the excuse used to keep Google Wallet off the play store: the carriers wanted access to the SE, but the SE was on the phone, which they didn't necessarily own. So now they get the SE in something that they *do* actually own, and nobody's any happier for it.

Hurray for bureaucracy.

 

[mrlaigle]

Verizon sends out a new SIM for all orders regardless of what kinda SIM you have in your current device. When you go online to activate (which is how i suggest you do it) you will use the new SIM.

 

[keynith]

Why would they offer then? ^

But i think its time for a new sim for me anyways. Had this one for 3 years haha

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