Ordered my MicroSIM cutter from Deal Extreme for USD$20.00, but now the price has dropped to USD$17.43. In case you are unfamiler with Deal Extreme, the price stated includes free shipping. Placed my order on the 11th July 2010 and got it delivered to me on the 22nd July 2010. Took about 11 days before it reaches my house. I think it is because of supplier’s stock issue as when I check the status, it was stuck at “Waiting For Supplier” for a few days.

Package Front

Package Contents

Align The Slanted Edge

Using the MicroSIM cutter is pretty straight forward, just place your SIM card into the slot and ensure that the slanted edge matches and press the cutter handle down real hard!

MicroSIM

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Finally, SingTel now support MicroSIM cards in their MultiSIM plans, however the price is 2x more expensive the normal SIM cards and from the description on the VAS page under “Others” tab, it was mentioned that then can be only 1 MicroSIM card in any combination of MultiSIM.

So if you got 4 SIM cards, only 1 of them can be MicroSIM and the other 3 is normal SIM. Perhaps it is due to the initial hight stock demand. But I believed that it will change eventually once the dust has settle.

But the justification of the price for just the 1 MicroSIM card is totally not worth it. I rather get the normal MultiSIM which cost only $5.35 monthly and get a MicroSIM card cutter for USD$17.43 (including shipping) from Deal Extreme to cut it than pay $16.05 every month for it.

General 1-time Fee

• Connection: SGD$10.70
• Multi-SIM Card: SGD$32.10 (for 1 set of 2 SIM cards)
• $10.70 each (for sub-sequent SIM cards)

Normal SIM Monthly Fee

• 2 SIM Cards: SGD$5.35
• 3 SIM Cards: SGD$10.70
• 4 SIM Cards: SGD$11.77

MicroSIM Monthly Fee

• 2 SIM Cards (1 of which is MicroSIM): SGD$16.05
• 3 SIM Cards (1 of which is MicroSIM): SGD$21.40
• 4 SIM Cards (1 of which is MicroSIM): SGD$22.47

Website: SingTel PostPaid VAS

SingTel offers 3 MicroSIM-only plans:

• MicroSIM 7.2 Mbps at SGD$37.30 per month
• MicroSIM 14.4 Mbps at SGD$44.20 per month
• MicroSIM 21 Mbps at SGD$53.80 per month

Things to note:

• All 3 plans above come with 50GB of mobile data, capped at SGD$94.16 per month. The plans come WITHOUT dongle.
• Customers can purchase the MicroSIM cards from all 11 SingTel hello! stores & SingTel Shops.
• A one-time data SIM activation fee of SGD$37.45 applies.
• Excess charges of SGD$0.001/2KB (min SGD$0.005/session) applies.
• Note: The plans are not available at SingTel Exclusive Retailers yet.

Alternatively, customers can also sign up for a Broadband on Mobile 7.2 Mbps plan at $41.40 and create their personal hotspot anywhere. (See flyer below).

Last Saturday, 29th May 2010, Starhub and M1 begun selling MicroSIM cards and SingTel will follow behind on 1st June 2010 which is tomorrow.

No idea whether does the telecos here allow MultiSIM card to have MicroSIM or it is strictly for data plans only. Nevertheless, you still can cut it to MicroSIM size by using just a scissors. Just BECAREFUL not to even snip a bit off the golden metal contact point as it will make the SIM card useless.

I failed the first time because I snipped a tiny weeny bit off the contact point, but thank god SingTel replaces my “damage” SIM Card for free, I tried the second time and it works perfect!

Lets hope SingTel do better the next round and be the first to bring in iPhone 4G instead.

On a side note, there is no press release from M1 that says they are selling MicroSIMs. Hmmm.

APPLE users who have to resort to cutting their SIM cards down to fit their iPads can soon purchase mini SIM cards created for that purpose, from Saturday.

Telcos Starhub and M1 will begin selling micro-SIM cards, specially tested to work with devices which use them, in stores. SingTel will follow suit from 1 June.

Although the telcos do not want to link the availability of these new cards with the upcoming launch of the iPads in Singapore in July, the iPads are the only devices around right now that use such micro-SIM cards, about two thirds the size of regular ones.

Many Singaporeans are already one step ahead, fitting their crudely-made micro-SIM into the iPad 3G.

In its statement announcing its micro-SIM cards on Thursday, Starhub said the micro-SIM cards will be available to those who sign up for its 7.2 mbps mobile broadband plan, dubbed MaxMobile Ultimate.

Likewise, M1′s card will also go with its 7.2 mbps mobile broadband plan while SingTel’s cards, supporting the highest speed of the three, will be up to 21 mbps.

Sources:

• DK’s Blog: MicroSIM has arrived Singapore
• Straits Times: Micro-SIM cards on sale Sat
• Starhub Press Release: StarHub makes available Singapore’s first microSIM card with its mobile broadband service

It seems that SingTel have already begun preparing MicroSIM for users. Accordingly to the user “MorpheusV” who posted in this thread, Looks like SingTel has started saling MicroSIM, states that when he sign up for SingTel’s 7.2Mbps 2 years contract, it comes with a Huawei E5832 and the sales person told him that the SIM card of the plan would be MicroSIM.